Bottle-feeding in bed is not recommended for the following reasons:

• Choking risks: babies who fall asleep while drinking a bottle of breastmilk or formula milk can draw liquid into their lungs. They might then choke on it or inhale it. This is like what happens to grown-ups when they have something ‘go down the wrong way’. It’s more dangerous for your baby than it is for you, because your baby isn’t as good at waking up if something interferes with breathing. Although it’s more likely that your baby will cough and be uncomfortable, you might want to avoid the risk altogether.

• Sleep associations: if babies get used to having a bottle-feed every time they fall asleep, they might develop an association between the bottle and sleep. They might then find it hard to fall asleep without a bottle.

• Risk of tooth decay: milk is quite high in sugar. Soaking your baby’s teeth in it overnight or during naps can cause tooth decay.

• Risk of ear infections: when a baby drinks lying down, milk can flow through to the ear cavity, which can cause ear infections.

Actually most centers do not allow it