Not sure where to put this, but it would pertain to the dog's finding the scent of death in the parent's bedroom, so... I hope I guessed right.
This is from an article in the New York Times from 1999:
Baby in Parents' Bed in Danger?
The agency presented data from a study it had conducted indicating that over an eight-year period 515 children under 2 an average of 64 a year died as a result of sleeping in adult beds.
And-
In 121 of the 515 deaths, the study found, a parent, sibling or other adult sleeping in the bed had inadvertently smothered the child. More than three-quarters of the children who died from "overlying" were younger than 3 months.
In the other 394 deaths, children suffocated or were strangled after they became entrapped in the bed structure, ending up, for example, wedged between mattress and wall or between mattress and headboard.
One more -
But Dr. Sears also includes in his books a list of cautions. For example, he warns that parents should never share the bed with children when they are under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or when they are highly fatigued. Obese parents, he said, also need to be "very cautious."
Interesting article, lots more at the link.
