The vast majority of new parents have co-slept with their baby, many of them in dangerous circumstances, according to new research.
A survey of more than 3,400 new parents, by cot death charity the Lullaby Trust for Safer Sleep Week (13-19 March), found nine out of 10 new mums and dads co-sleep with their baby at some point, with more than 40% admitting they’d fallen asleep on a sofa or armchair with their baby, which can increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, aka cot death) by up to 50 times.
