{"id":89104,"date":"2026-05-05T14:43:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/i-went-undercover-to-expose-dangerous-baby-sleep-advice-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:43:48","slug":"i-went-undercover-to-expose-dangerous-baby-sleep-advice-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/i-went-undercover-to-expose-dangerous-baby-sleep-advice-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"I went undercover to expose dangerous baby-sleep advice | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some self-described infant sleep experts are giving advice that could put babies at risk of serious harm and even death, <!--more--> medical professionals have told a BBC investigation.<\/p>\n<p>We secretly filmed one of them advising our reporter to put a newborn to sleep on its front, a practice proven to significantly increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, (Sids).<\/p>\n<p>The NHS advises to &#8220;always place your baby on their back to sleep&#8221; in their own sleep space, like a cot, for the first 12 months to reduce the risk of Sids. The mattress should be firm, flat and waterproof.<\/p>\n<p>A second self-defined expert recommended placing towels in the infant&#8217;s cot &#8211; a practice The Lullaby Trust, a baby safety charity, says also increases the risk of Sids and &#8220;accidental death&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Medical professionals who watched our undercover footage said moments had left them feeling &#8220;sick&#8221; and &#8220;horrified\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Reporter: Divya Talwar<br \/>\nUndercover reporter &amp; producer: Marthe de Ferrer<br \/>\nProducer: Amy Johnstone<\/p>\n<p>Have you been affected by the issues raised in this story? Contact Divya and the team at: ParentingInvestigation@bbc.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>#SleepTraining #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some self-described infant sleep experts are giving advice that could put babies at risk of serious harm and even death,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}