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New Cot Death Guidance
Dr Pat Troop, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, said: "Evidence shows that by taking simple steps when looking after your baby the risk of cot death can be reduced. I am delighted that we are giving further advice for parents to take to prevent these tragedies from happening. "The rates of cot deaths have fallen significantly…
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…
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Tagged baby toys, Babycare, Beds, Childhood, Cot, Family, Foundation for Study of Infant Deaths, FSID, Joyce Epstein, Sleep, Sudden infant death syndrome
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Babies should sleep on the back, play on the front
14 September, 2000 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…
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Tagged baby toys, Babycare, Childhood, Cot, Family, Foundation for Study of Infant Deaths, FSID, Joyce Epstein, Sleep, Sudden infant death syndrome
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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 opinion poll commissioned by the Foundation has shown that parents are confused on safe sleeping practices for their baby.…
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Tagged Babycare, Beds, Childhood, Claire Jolly, Co-sleeping, Cot, Family, Foundation for Study of Infant Deaths, FSID, Joyce Epstein, Parenting, Sleep, Sudden infant death syndrome
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Dummies could reduce cot death
22nd June 2007 Giving a dummy to babies when they go to bed could reduce the risk of cot death by half, according to experts. The latest advice from the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths says, “Settling your baby to sleep with a dummy – even for naps – can reduce the risk of cot death.”…
Daytime Cot Death Warnings
Parents are being warned to follow the same cot death precautions during the day as at night. Experts say this includes the advice that babies should sleep on their backs and that they should be in the same room as their parents. Speaking in the International Journal of Epidemiology, researchers warned that three-quarters of babies…
Parents underestimate smoking link to cot death
Parents underestimate smoking link to cot death The majority of parents are not aware of the extent of the cot death risk posed by smoking in the home. A poll, conducted for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) during the first two weeks of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places,…
New Campaign To Stop Fathers Smoking
Fathers who give up smoking could help reduce their young child’s risk of suffering from cot death, a new campaign suggests. The UK’s leading cot death charity, The Foundation For The Study Of Infant Deaths (FSID), says that passive smoking is known to increase the risks for babies, but previously most campaigns have only targeted…
Cot death figures questioned
Cot death statistics released by the government have been immediately questioned by the leading cot death charity in the UK. The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths is worried that many babies who may have died of cot deaths are not included in figures, which may jeopardise understanding of the causes and prevention of cot death, also know as…
How 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 and unexpectedly of sudden infant death syndrome or cot death, as it is commonly called. One of the biggest studies of its…
