New report contradicts cot death theory

A new report appears to contradict evidence that bottle feeding and breast feeding makes no difference in the occurrence of cot deaths when the baby sleeps in the mother's bed.

A new report appears to contradict evidence that bottle feeding and breast feeding makes no difference in the occurrence of cot deaths when the baby sleeps in the mother's bed.

Researchers at Durham University in England have found that breast-feeding mothers instinctively adopt a safer sleeping position.

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