
DECATUR, IL - FEBRUARY 18: Eight-month-old Skyler drinks a bottle in his crib in the room he shares with his mother Katrisa Parks at the Decatur Correctional Center February 18, 2011 in Decatur, Illinois. Skyler, who was born while Parks was serving a ten-year sentence for burglary, lives with his mother at the prison, part of the Moms with Babies program at the minimum security facility. The program allows incarcerated women to keep their newborn babies with them for up to two years while serving their sentence. The program boasts a zero percent recidivism rate compared to the statewide rate of 51.3 percent. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Unsafe sleeping is now the leading preventable cause of infant deaths in Los Angeles County, health officials said Wednesday.
KNX 1070’s Ed Mertz reports new data shows a baby suffocates while co-sleeping with parents or sleeping in a crib cluttered with pillows, blankets, bumper pads and stuffed animals every five days.