Sleeping with baby’s can cause cot death
Filed under: Sudden Infant Death — Alan @ 8:41 am
A new report released today points to alcohol and drugs as the reason why more than half of all cot deaths may result from a baby sleeping with a parent on a sofa, or in a bed.
The report outlined the fact that most of the cot deaths on a sofa or shared bed, result from a parent who used drugs or consumed alcohol, before going to sleep.
Out of all the deaths studied, one fifth of the babies were found smothered by a pillow and another quarter were swaddled.
The authors of the report stated that while the UK cot death rate is down since the beginning of the 1990’s, further emphasis must still be placed on advising parents not to co-sleep with their children, so that the numbers continue to fall further.
At the same time, another study conducted concerning Sudden Infant Death, unearthed the fact that over a quarter of mothers believe that co-sleeping is not a dangerous habit, and does not increase the risk that their child may be a victim of cot death.
This survey involved 506 mothers, with children between the ages of six months to three years, and was conducted by Ipsos MORI.
