SIDS
Sudden infant death syndrome, the mysterious death of a seemingly healthy baby, was linked to sleeping with a parent more than half the time, and the incidents often involved alcohol or drugs, a U.K. study found.
One-third of the time, the parent was drinking or used drugs before falling asleep with the child, often on a couch, according to the study in the British Medical Journal. The researchers reviewed all unexpected infant deaths in southwest England between 2003 and 2006, comparing families who had a child die from what is known as SIDS to similar families to look for differences that might have placed the infants at risk.
The findings add to the controversy about co-sleeping, when parents and infants sleep together in what is known colloquially as the family bed. While the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against sleeping together, it’s not clear if that advice is too simplistic, the researchers said.
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