Babies Sleep Safest Alone - Video Transcript

Video Audio
Extreme close up of infant’s face [:02] Sounds of children’s music box
Close up of infant on back on sheet [:02] Sounds of children’s music box
Medium close up of infant face falling slowly asleep [:03] Sounds of children’s music box
Medium wide shot over infant child sleeping on sheet [:03] Sounds of children’s music box- some distressing music begins to chime in
Zoom out to shot of Parent sleeping in bed with infant- blankets and pillows (opposite sides of the bed) [:03]

Sounds of children’s music box

Mother tossing and turning in bed- moving closer to infant with each toss and turn.

Parent rolls over onto child in deep sleep.

Close up of Parent hair/crook of arm over infant face. Infant hand poking out from under [:12]

Sounds of children’s music box

Voiceover:
Last year, 43 babies in New York died needlessly when they slept in an adult or sibling’s bed.

They got tangled up in the bedcovers or trapped between the bed frame and mattress or smothered when an adult or older sibling fell asleep and rolled onto them..

GRAPHIC:
For more information call:
1-800-345-KIDS

New York State and the City of New York.
Voiceover:
Remember, babies sleep safest alone.

For more information about how to keep your child safe, please call 311 in New York City and ask for a safe sleeping brochure or go to www.nyc.gov/acs; throughout New York State, call 800-345-KIDS, or go to www.ocfs.state.ny.us.