Bed sharing fears for smokers
A PROMINENT doctor has called for a recommendation that parents who smoke should not share a bed with their babies. The call comes after further research into sudden infant death syndrome, or cot...
View ArticleCot death: babies at risk because parents lack safe sleeping knowledge
The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) has launched a new campaign for Baby Safety Week (9-15 May 2005) to highlight the importance of room sharing and the dangers of bed sharing. A new...
View ArticleCoroner warns parents about baby deaths
A coroner has warned that more than 300 babies may be dying each year in England and Wales after sharing a bed or sofa with their parents. Roger Whittaker, who covers Bradford Calderdale and Kirklees,...
View ArticleHow to reduce the risk of cot death
Parents are currently advised not to share their bed with a young baby after new evidence that the practice increases the risk of cot death. Sadly each year in the UK, around 350 babies die suddenly...
View ArticleWhere will your baby sleep?
Where your baby sleeps is up to you. Some parents feel very strongly that their baby should sleep in a cot in his own room, others prefer the baby to be in a cot but close by in the same room, while...
View ArticleCo-sleeping until 7 years old?
How strict are you when it comes to bedtimes and routines? Does your little one settle in their own room, their own cot, do they end up in with you by the morning or do you prefer to sleep with them...
View ArticleWin Sweet Sleep : Nighttime and naptime strategies for the breastfeeding family
The proposed Nice (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidance published recently ignores the many benefits of bed sharing and may encourage parents to hide their bed sharing and...
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