Daniel Eastman, of Paradise, Calif., is facing charges including manslaughter after allegedly falling asleep on his baby on Sunday, Jan. 19 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

It's common to fall asleep while feeding your baby, but it could increase the risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID).

If your baby doesn't stay asleep when you transfer her from car seat to crib -- "I think it's a gene that babies are born with or without," jokes West -- then try to keep driving, or park at home ...

You say, "How's the baby sleeping?" Then you usually follow ... just a general medical point of view is that most people fall asleep in trains and planes and cars, especially if they're tired.

Michael Donnelly, 35, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide for the 2010 death of a baby. According to a criminal complaint, in April 2010, Donnelly fell asleep on the couch with his 1 ...

A Taiwanese mother used a hairdryer to dry her newborn daughter’s damp bed but accidentally fell asleep, resulting in severe burns on the baby’s legs and leading to the amputation of three toes.