Summary
A fifth of babies are at greater risk of cot death by not being put to sleep on their back - possibly to avoid the cosmetic 'flat head syndrome', research suggests. The survey, published today, for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths found 21% of mothers do not always put their offspring to sleep on their backs, a failure which increases the danger of cot death by nine times.
The figures were suggested to have been 10% six years ago, and the FSID believes the increase may be because of increasing publicity about 'flat head syndrome', or plagiocephaly.See the full content of this document
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'Flat Head' Fears Risk Cot Deaths
The FSID says the condition 'is entirely cosmetic, almost always corrects itself within a year, and may be avoided if parents give the baby plenty o...
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