
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued new guidelines on safe sleeping for infants and toddlers, just one week after a reported 13 deaths occurred from infants placed in inclined rockers. Now, doctors warn parents from co-sleeping with babies as it could increase the risk of suffocation.
On 21 June, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) revised its safe sleep policy for the first time in five years to include new recommendations for reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).