Advice for parents to reduce the risk of cot death:

• Cut smoking in pregnancy - fathers too!
• Do not let anyone smoke in the same room as your baby
• Place your baby on the back to sleep
• Do not let your baby get too hot
• Keep baby’s head uncovered - place your baby with their feet to the foot of the cot, to prevent wriggling down under the covers
• If your baby is unwell, seek medical advice promptly
• The safest place for your baby to sleep is in a cot in your room for the first six months
• Do not share a bed with your baby if you or your partner are smokers (no matter where or when you smoke), have been drinking alcohol, take medication or drugs that make you drowsy, or feel very tired.
• Cut smoking in pregnancy - fathers too!
• Do not let anyone smoke in the same room as your baby
• Place your baby on the back to sleep
• Do not let your baby get too hot 
• Keep baby’s head uncovered - place your baby with their feet to the foot of the cot, to prevent wriggling down under the covers 
• If your baby is unwell, seek medical advice promptly
• The safest place for your baby to sleep is in a cot in your room for the first six months
• Do not share a bed with your baby
  · if you or your partner are smokers (no matter where or when you smoke)
  · have been drinking alcohol
  · take medication or drugs that make you drowsy
  · feel very tired.
  · or if your baby was born premature, was small at birth, or has a high temperature
• Never sleep with a baby on a sofa or armchair

There is also a risk that you might roll over in your sleep and suffocate your baby, or that your baby could get caught between the wall and the bed, or could roll out of an adult bed and be injured.