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During the two or more years a child sleeps in the crib, they will change from a newborn, unable to turn from side to side to a toddler capable of standing, walking, and jumping. After they are able to move around in the crib on their own, babies will change positions frequently during sleep, even turning from end to end, sometimes sleeping at the very edge of the mattress and sometimes in the middle. Thus all areas of the sleeping surface should be consistent in its firmness. Feel the mattress to see that there are no soft spots and that is firm at the edges. Soft Bedding May Be Hazardous To Babies To prevent infant deaths due to soft bedding, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development are revising their recommendations on safe bedding practices when putting infants down to sleep. Here are the revised recommendations to follow for infants under 12 months:
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