New US cot death policy recommends pacifiers

Babies should be offered pacifiers at bedtime, and they should sleep in their parents’ room – but not in their beds – in order to lessen the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the Untied States’ largest group of paediatricians says.

Both measures may help keep babies from slumbering too deeply – a problem for infants prone to SIDS, said Dr. Rachel Moon, who helped draft the new recommendations on SIDS prevention.