The Lullaby Trust is recommending all parents remove cot bumpers and use a flat firm mattress in a cot or Moses basket with no loose bedding, pillows or bumpers, as a new US study shows the number of infant deaths and injuries attributed to cot bumpers has spiked in recent years.
According to the study by the Washington University School of Medicine, published in the journal of Pediatrics, cot bumpers caused the death of 48 infants between 1985 and 2012 in the USA, with numbers peaking between 2006-2012. A total of 146 babies were involved in cot bumper incidents in which they nearly suffocated, choked or were strangled.
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