If utilizing a used crib, ensure the parents or caregivers are checking to make sure there is no recall on the product, there are no missing pieces of hardware, or that they are not trying to fix missing or broken components themselves. The crib being used should always be manufactured after 2011.

 

If the family needs a crib and are unable to purchase one themselves there are resources that you, as a caseworker, can use to help the family with locating one, such a local Rainbow Room. Click on the link to go to the Rainbow Room page.

  The American Journal of Epidemiology published research that showed that the side sleeping position is just as risky as the stomach sleeping position is, so babies should not be put in this position.