If there is a baby in your life, this is a story you shouldn't miss.
It's about the common mistakes parents make when putting the little one to bed.
N-B-C's Tim Waller has details on crib safety...
Casey Seawell considers herself lucky that her daughter, now two, is still in one piece.
CASEY SEAWELL, MOM - "You don't want your children not to enjoy themselves and be scared of everything. You know they're going to fall, and they're going to get hurt."
At least she made it through the infant years when something as simple as a crib can be a danger.
LINDA BREES, SAFE KIDS - "It's very important when you bring the baby home from the hospital that you place the child on it's back. It's really the best position for a baby to sleep."
Linda Brees of Greenville safe kids is preventing "SIDS" or sudden infant death syndrome, which can even be caused by blankets and bumpers that look pretty, but can suffocate a child.
"If you're going to have a baby bumper, make sure it's something you can tie down."
Even mattress covers should be removed from the crib and replaced with tight fitting sheets. If you must use a blanket, brees recommends you cover the lower half of the body.
"No higher than the child's chest and then the blanket should be tucked down in the crib mattress."
And parents, she says, should resist the urge to let their infants sleep in an adult bed. The risk of injury or death are too great.
"There is a probability the adult could roll over on top of the baby."
They are simple precautions that could help reduce the more than 10-thousand sids deaths that occur each year, and they come just in time for casey seawell, who is expecting her second baby in november.
"Good job!"
