Ok I'm going to keep this short its really simple I'm just sharing my view after a resent article about children dying due sudden infant death syndrom SID'S here's my way of ensuring my son is safe and well once he down for the night:-

If you live

I always use a room thermometer, I keep a refrence close by so I can check how much clothing he needs weather I need to add or remove bedding etc etc, bedding I don't like I feel much safer knowing he's in a sleep sac, but when really cold we have used a fleece that was before he learned to riggle this year I think we will be looking into buying all the sleep sac's diffrent tog's. As kids get older I also think there fun with so many designs and they'll never loose the covers shame they dont do one in my size ...lol

(If your not aware of dressing according to room temprature I've linked some earlier advice that may be useful)

                                                        NEVER ALLOW A CHILD TO OVER HEAT  DURING SLEEP

Toys in the cot are a no no my son loves his alfie bear but at night time we use a cot buddy, which I choose rather than a mobile.

Cot Buddy attatches to side of cot securley his has light on tummy and projects on to ceiling its also sound activated so if he wakes i the night it soon settles him again,

Mobile also attatches to the side of the cot but hangs over as your child gets older they will grab my son managed to get his down the sheep were attatched by a sort of string needless to say its not there now.

When putting my son down to sleep both at night and nap times I always place him on his back, make sure they are sleeping on a firm surface such as cot mattress and use fitted sheets.

Never allow smoking around your child and never near were they sleep.

Use monitors but dont rely on them alone they will not save your childs life althought will provide you with some reasurance i can hea my son breathng and he is never distresed as ai can get him as soon as he needs me, keep the sleep area of your baby seprate but still close so you have quick access.

My son has a dummy you sloud always give them a clean dummy/pasifier when putting to sleep.

The US department of health advices us to stay away from theses so called products that claim to reduce the risk of SIDS

It also states that although there is no exact reason why children pass in there sleep there is evidence to support the fact all these procautions could reduce the risk, and apparently falt head has been implicated so to avoid this try not to have your child in car seats bouces etc allow tummy time when ever you have time to .

I hope one day this will be solved and we will have answers to why so many little angels are taken but in the mean time please follow these tips, nothing is 100% but this is all we have for now, I hope it never happens to any of you and for those it has I'm truly so very sorry xx.

If there's anything I've missed plz comment and let me know I will amend any mistakes as soon as I am aware of them 

Thanks for reading hope some one finds this useful

Hugs Jo xxx