#ClearTheCrib Challenge
Join the NICHD's campaign and upload a quick #ClearTheCrib Challenge video. You just need a partner, a phone, a sleep space, and items that don't belong. Get your nurses and docs in on the fun, or even set it up in the lobby or other accessible area. Check out the info here:
Follow & Share Cribs for Kids on Social Media
If you haven't already, now is the time to finally follow our pages. In addition to great sharable safe sleep info, you'll get connected to other like-minded accounts. Be sure to send your hospital's safe sleep efforts for us to share, too!
Use "Just Baby: A Safe Sleep Lullaby"
Download our video or audio lullaby to open or close a meeting or use at a community safety event in October. "Just Baby", available in English & Spanish.
https://safesleepacademy.org/video-library/
Just Baby: A Safe Sleep Lullaby by Amrita Soon (songfinch.com)
Sign Up for Infant Product Recall Alerts
Visit the CPSC link below, click "choose your recall emails". You just provide your email and choose "product recalls" to get real time notices that will include infant products. A great way to stay in the know for the people you serve.
Create a Google Alert for Infant Safe Sleep
Set up a Google alert to get infant safe sleep information from your county, state, or beyond. You choose the alert subject (Infant Safe Sleep, SIDS), the mailbox to which the Google Alert email will be sent, and how often its sent. Simple!
Sign the Petition for Safe Sleep Images
Our partners at Safe Infant Sleep along with KIDS in Danger launched a petition asking HGTV & other networks to follow AAP's safe sleep guidelines in their programs. Consider signing & sharing the petition here:
Petition · Depict Safe Infant Sleep in HGTV Content - United States · Change.org
Safe or Not Safe Photo Module Available for Free
Cribs for Kids is excited to debut a new free education resource to mark infant safe sleep month. It’s our new “Safe or Not Safe” photo module. Like our Safe Sleep Ambassador, the Safe or Not Safe photo module is a free, on-line educational resource anyone can use. The module is simple, but impactful. There are 26 photos. Users are asked to choose if baby in the photo is “safe” or “not safe”. Clicking their answer, they are told if they are correct or not-- with explanations outlining why or why not. This new image-based module can be used by individuals or in a group setting. It can assess knowledge before a training, evaluate learning after training, refresh your own learning, or simply generate conversation in a group setting. Click the link below to access the module. You're asked to provide some information about who you are and how you are going to use the module-- simple. Right now, it’s available in English, but like all of our education, will soon be available in Spanish.
Safe or Not Safe Photo Module: https://cribsforkids.org/safe-or-not-safe/
Safe Sleep Ambassador: https://cribsforkids.org/safe-sleep-ambassador/
Check Your State or County's Website
Your state may offer free infant safe sleep education in non-English languages, often reflecting the languages spoken in your community. As you look to share infant safe sleep information with those who do not speak English, go to your state's website and simply search, "infant safe sleep education" with links likely to follow of other languages offered.
NIH: Safe to Sleep
he NIH's NICHD "Safe to Sleep" program now offers a complete website in Spanish. Education materials can be downloaded and ordered for free in English, Spanish, French & Arabic. Linkto both the Spanish site itself along with the download page.
NICHD Espanol: https://espanol.nichd.nih.gov/
Order & Download: https://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov/resources/order
Medline Plus - Infant & Newborn Care
The NIH National Library of Medicine offers an online resource, Medline Plus. Click on Infant & Newborn Care, there is a listing of each language and under each language available, you will find "Safe Sleep for Your Baby". From Arabic to Vietnamese, safe infant sleep information is available in 12 languages.
Visit Our Partner Catalog
In addition to our new education module, Cribs for Kids is excited to have lots of new infant products available. We are especially pleased to offer a new Mini-Cribette. It has all the same great features of our Cribette, but is about 20% smaller-- 7" less in length and 4" less in depth. Click the link below to flip through the e-pages to see everything we have to offer. Below the catalog on the website, is the pricing list organized by SKU numbers. If you are a partner ready to place an order, click on the "store" tab in the upper right-hand corner of our website to start that. If your department or agency isn't a partner yet, just go to the partner menu and scroll to “become a partner”. Any non-profit can become a partner via a simple online process.
If you need a quote before you place an order, our logistics team is here to help.
thing. Of note, Cribs for Kids has expanded our warehousing and distribution capabilities beyond our Pittsburgh headquarters to include California, New York, and Indianapolis. This means reduced shipping costs and wait times. If you haven’t ordered or requested a quote recently because of costs, we hope you'll give us consideration.
Catalog: https://cribsforkids.org/partner-product-catalog/
Become a Partner: https://cribsforkids.org/become-a-partner/
Southwest Louisiana Law Enforcement
Florida County Collaborates with Juvenile Wellness Board
Kittitas County in Washington State
Free Series Relaunched in October
On Thursday, October 2nd, Cribs for Kids relaunched our Safe Sleep Champion Webinar Series. We offered these live webinars monthly across 2023, and then uploaded them to our library to be viewed on demand. Thanks to feedback from partners, we are relaunching the Safe Sleep Champion Webinars to be offered each quarter. We held our first quarterly webinar on Thursday, October 2nd. That episode will be available online later this month. The next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, January 9th, 2025, at noon Eastern. Topic and registration information will be sent later in December.
Cribs for Kids YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CribsforKids
Webinar Library: https://cribsforkids.org/webinar/