Imagine that one night you are putting your baby to sleep as you always do, when you wake up in the morning and find that your baby has suddenly died in his sleep. This phenomenon has become a parent's worst fear. Their baby died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and there is nothing they can do or could have done about it. SIDS is a real thing and has occurred throughout history. It is very important to understand the variables that can increase the chances of losing a baby to SIDS, look for signs in their crying that might suggest SIDS, and do everything you can to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome from affecting your family . Sudden Infant Death Syndrome has been around since the beginning of time (Mitchell, 2009). If you look at 1 Kings 3:19 it says, "And the son of this woman died in the night." This verse implies that the child dies due to a sudden event or perhaps an illness such as sudden infant death syndrome (Mitchell, 2009). “When an apparently healthy infant less than 1 year old is put to sleep and later found dead, he or she is a victim of SIDS if no other cause of death can be found. Although SIDS is unpredictable and unusual, it is the leading cause of death in infants between the ages of 1 month and 12 months. (Maindonald, 2005, p.53). The most common age for a baby to die from SIDS is between 2 and 6 months, and boys are more likely to die than girls (Maindonald, 2005). Although SIDS was not actually a diagnosed disease until 1965, after sudden infant death syndrome was identified as a disease, diagnoses increased dramatically and SIDS became more prevalent (Mitchell, 2009). Every year approximately 3,000 children die from sudden death syndrome. (PREPI) The cause of SIDS has not yet been... at the center of the paper......at the Use of Materials. Relational Practice for Child and Young People's Care, 24(3), 33-39.Maindonald, E. (2005). Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Nursing, 35(7), 53.Mitchell, E. (2009). SIDS: past, present and future. Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway: 1992), 98(11), 1712-1719. doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01503.xLiebrechts-Akkerman, G., Lao, O., Liu, F., Sleuwen, B., Engelberts, A., L'Hoir, M., & ... Kayser, M. (2011). Postnatal parental smoking: an important risk factor for SIDS. European Journal of Paediatrics, 170(10), 1281-1291. doi:10.1007/s00431-011-1433-6Lester, B. (1996). Babies' cries give information about many things, including SIDS. Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, 12(10), 1Phillips, D.P., Brewer, K.M., & Wadensweiler, P. (2011). Alcohol as a risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Addiction, 106(3), 516-525. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03199.x