Holiday Travel Reminders

Many families will be traveling over the coming months to celebrate the holidays with friends and family. Make sure your baby or the baby in your care has a safe place to sleep, for nap time and night time, at home and as you travel. Here are some tips to keep baby safe while you travel.

Review the Safe Sleep Steps on what a safe sleep environment looks like. A firm, flat sleep area is safest for infants. A crib, bassinet, portable crib, or play yard that follows the safety standards of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is recommended. The mattress should be covered by a tightly fitted sheet with no other bedding or soft items in the sleep area.
 
Arrange for a safe sleep space at hotels and at your final destination. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has a Crib and Infant Products page, which explains that federal crib standards apply to hotels and motels and notes that inflatable air mattresses can be a deadly danger.

Educate other potential caregivers. When traveling for the holidays, other family members may want to place blankets, crib bumpers, or soft toys in the baby’s crib. Our Infant Safe Sleep site has resources and publications that can be used to show others all about safe sleep.

For more information on infant safe sleep, visit www.michigan.gov/safesleep.