MUM Lisa Bell and her 20-week-old baby son Sean watch as student health visitor Janine Ruwaiden puts up the latest Keep Them Safe poster at Weston Sure Start.

The poster is part of an awareness campaign by the Daily Echo aimed at alerting parents to the dangers of sleeping with their babies.

The Daily Echo launched the campaign after it was revealed eight babies had died in just six months in Hampshire after falling asleep in the same bed as their parents. The campaign is backed by Southampton Primary Care Trust, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hampshire police and the Foundation for the Study of Infants Death (FSID).

Experts say the safest place for your baby to sleep is in a cot in your room for the first six months and you should never sleep with your baby on a sofa or armchair.

For advice and information call the FSID Helpline on 020 7233 2090 or go to www.sids.org.uk/fsid