How to cut the risk of cot death

[Louisa K]

Hi All,

Just read this in the paper (ref: The Sun / page 27) and found it very informative, so thought I'd share:

Tips from the foundation for the study of infant deaths on how to reduce the risk of cot death:

* Cut smoking in pregnancy - fathers, too. Don't let anyone smoke in the same room as your baby.

* Lay your baby to sleep on its back.

* Do not let your baby get to hot and keep its head uncovered.

* Place your baby with its feet at the foot of the cot, to prevent it wriggling down under the covers.

* Never sleep with your baby on a sofa or armchair.

* The safest place for your baby to sleep is in a crib or cot in a room with you for the first six months.

* It is especially dangerous for your baby to sleep in your bed if you or your partner:

-are smokers, even if you never smoke in bed or at home; have been drinking; take medication or drugs that make you feel drowsy; feel very tired - or if your baby was born before 37 weeks; weighed less than 5 1/2lbs at birth or is less than three months old

* Settling your baby to sleep with a dummy can reduce the risk

For more information: fsid.org.uk / helpline 02072332090

I had no idea a dummy can reduce cot death at all..

 

[Samantha675]

I have also found in my reading:

Always use a new mattress in the crib.
NO soft bedding at all in the crib. NO blankets, pillows, not even a bumper.