This is one of those cases of "post hoc ergo proctor hoc" - (it is assumed
that) it happened after the event; therefore it was caused by the event.
The headline might just as easily have read 'baby dies in sleep after
putting on pyjamas' or 'baby dies in sleep after brushing teeth' or 'baby
dies in sleep after being placed in cot'.  
As others have pointed out, the choice of breastfeeding as the prior event
of interest reveals (or engenders) an underlying suspicion.  
Susan will tell us that in the world of epidemiology, association is not
equivalent to causation.  (And this is why we need to teach science in
schools!)
Nina Berry
(who was once an English/Drama teacher!)
Australia

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