Parents 'shouldn't share bedding with children'
Published: 15 October 2009
The issue of cot death is not an easy one to approach, though a recent survey is likely to interest parents wondering about their bedding investments and options.
Sharing a bed with a young baby is quite dangerous, according to a new report into parents and their bedding habits with their offspring.Professor of infant health and development physiology at Bristol University Peter Fleming said in his piece on the British Medical Journal's website that over half of cot deaths are linked to parents and babies sharing their bedding with their babies.
Nearly a third of the studied incidents of cot death were linked to parents using drink or drugs before sleeping, though level-headed parents will likely steer away from such irresponsible actions.
It was the sofa, however, which poses a "very, very dangerous" risk to babies.
"It is 25 times more risky than having a baby in bed with you," Professor Fleming said. "After parents have fed a baby it is really important they put them back in their cot."
Babies which are male or were born prematurely are widely accepted to be the most at risk of the sad occurrence.
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