Does this look familiar? Many well-meaning parents place their baby in an adult bed for sleep and sometimes use pillows in an effort to keep them safe from rolling off the bed.

We know many babies die sleeping in an adult bed. In 2021, seven Gaston County babies died as a result of sleeping in an adult bed. Soft bedding, pillows, loose bedding, and other people in the bed all pose a suffocation risk for infants as shown below.