Bed-sharing is a risk for sudden unexpected death in infancy.

‘The (NICE) committee used the data from their evidence review N on co-sleeping risk factors in relation to SUDI and their own expert knowledge, to recommend advice on safer practices for bed-sharing that practitioners should provide to parents and circumstances when bed-sharing might not be safe...’ Review N included: an English study 6 (pooled data) reporting a 60% increase in risk of SUDI for babies <14 weeks bed-sharing without additional hazards and a Scottish study 2 reporting a highly significant tenfold increased risk for bedsharing with infants <11 weeks if parents were non-smokers or breast feeders.

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