Sentences with phrase «accidental smotherings»

Data shows that verified deaths due to bed sharing are often due to accidental smothering by an adult, suffocation on soft mattresses, and getting trapped between mattress and headboard.

According to Combs, the two main causes of sleep - related infant deaths are accidental smothering with a blanket, pillow or other soft item, and adults rolling on top of babies while sharing a bed.

On the other hand parents are fearful of accidental smothering and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) when the baby is in their bed.

Not all of these deaths were SIDS cases; some were cases of accidental smothering or the baby becoming trapped between the mattress and the wall.

Such causes included accidental smothering by an adult, getting trapped between the mattress and headboard or other furniture, and suffocation on a soft waterbed mattress.

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There are potential risks when sleeping in the bed with a baby, such as accidental crushing or smothering with the blankets during the night

That movie was sort of an accidental family tradition — it got played every year on TV and my family and I like to smother ourselves in blankets and watch a little TV after dinner on chilly nights.