Quote Originally Posted by KBlaix View Post
How many died sleeping alone in their cribs? Research has shown that co-sleeping actually reduces the risk of SIDS. The biggest cause of SIDS is not suffocation or choking as many assume. SIDS is mostly caused by long pauses in the babies breathing while they are asleep. Research has shown that co-sleeping babies most often breath in harmony with their mothers which reduces the pauses in their breathing and reduces the risk of SIDS.
The initial query was about co-sleeping, not SIDS. Comparing the two would be like comparing apples and oranges. The deaths I mentioned were caused by suffocation - when a parent rolled over on the child for instance. When the death was investigated, a positive cause was determined.

In an average year, approximately 2300 infants die from SIDS. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden death of an infant less than one year of age that cannot be explained after a thorough investigation is conducted, including a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history.