Report: Most SIDS Deaths Occur During Co-Sleeping

By JustMommies

A new report out of Britain finds that over half of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) incidents occur during co-sleeping with an adult or another child. Recent alcohol and drug use by a parent and co-sleeping on couches both play key factors.

Specifically, 54% of SIDS occured during co-sleeping, according to the British Medical Journal. A four year study, done in England, revealed the following:

In 31% of the co-sleeping cases, parents had recently consumed drugs or alcohol prior to the incident.

Co-sleeping on a sofa contributed to 17% of SIDS cases.

Other common factors in SIDS include pillow use, swaddling and maternal smoking.

Get complete details from the Reuters report here.

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By Seanaci on 12/14/09 at 9:38 am

This article is just absurd.

The headline should read true to the info in the article...in this case that the studies were based on alcohol/drug   ...

By Jacksons_Mommy on 12/13/09 at 11:12 pm

Ugh... co-sleeping is NOT what causes SIDS. I think it's funny that they SAY they don't know what causes it, yet constantly come up with things that inc  ...

By KristinaL on 12/12/09 at 10:12 pm

It's really sad that JustMommies puts these headlines on their crawl to scare parents yet when you open the article it states that alchohol or drugs are  ...

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