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Win the must-have Disney feeding range from Munchkin!
It’s finally here… the highly anticipated collaboration that’s set to excite and delight children and parents across the UK
Competition ends 31st May 2013Groups
No co-sleeping with your newborn baby for the first 6 months
The headlines are dealing with another report on the factors and risks associated with co-sleeping with your baby. This topic is never one that parents care to consider in detail but being fully informed of the latest research can only be a positive thing to help reduce any incidences of cot death. Despite the advice…
Marnie Maes Place – a place for bereaved parents
As I type this I can hear the giggles and laughter of my 7 year old daughter Ruby. At the same time I glance over to a photo on my coffee table. A gorgeous blue eyed baby smiles back at me and my heart melts and breaks at the same time. That baby is Marnie…
Cot Death or SIDS
Sadly, eight babies die suddenly and unexpectedly every week in the UK from cot death or SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). It’s a dreadful thought and one that it is common for new parents and parents-to-be to become a little paranoid or anxious about. What usually helps is to know some of the facts around the topic and most…
Posted in Cot Death, Losing a baby Tagged Cot, counsellor, Family, Foundation for Study of Infant Deaths, SIDS, Sleep, Sudden infant death syndrome Leave a comment
The big push to make cot death extinct
Cot Death Awareness Week is seeing more people than ever teaming up to improve awareness and raise money to make cot death a thing of the past. Schools, businesses, clubs and individuals across the country will be taking in part in fundraising activities organised by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID). In the biggest push yet…
Sleep on the back, play on the front
Parents have become so worried about the risks of babies being allowed to sleep on their fronts that some won’t even allow children to play on their stomachs, a cot death charity has said. But babies need time on their front to encourage development and work on vital motor skills. Now the Foundation for the Study of Infant…
Posted in Cot Death, News Tagged baby toys, Babycare, Beds, Childhood, Cot, Family, Foundation for Study of Infant Deaths, FSID, Joyce Epstein, Sleep, Sudden infant death syndrome Leave a comment
Fall in number of cot deaths
The number of babies dying from cot death and infant mortality have fallen to their lowest ever, a new report reveals. The Office for National Statistics has just released its latest figures on infant mortality rates in England and Wales and there’s a noticeable drop in the number of babies affected. The cot death rates…
Dummies reduce cot death risk
Giving a baby a dummy when they go to sleep may reduce their risk of cot death by 90 per cent according to US scientists. A study published in the British Medical Journal compared 185 cases of sudden infant death syndrome with 312 healthy babies and adjusted for known risk factors. It found that children in ‘adverse’ environments…
Department of Health updates cot death advice
The Department of Health has modified it’s advice regarding babies sleeping in their parent’s bed after research by The Lancet has disproved a previous theory. It had been thought that it was safe for a baby to sleep in the parent’s bed if neither parent smoked. However, cot death experts from across Europe collaborated on…
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The best way to position premature babies in their cots
The best way to position premature babies in their cots is to be investigated in an important new study. Details of the project were revealed at the start of Cot Death Awareness Week by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID). The research will be carried out at London’s Kings College Hospital and led…
Reducing the risk of cot death for premature babies
The best way to position premature babies in their cots is to be investigated in an important new study. Details of the project were revealed at the start of Cot Death Awareness Week by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID). The research will be carried out at London’s Kings College Hospital and led…
