We also have the sensor pad with our DS. It has never gone off with a false alarm.
One other thing that I think is really important is don't use cot bumbers! The baby shops all have lovely displays with matching bedding and beautiful bumpers in the cots. They are just plain dangerous. Use a firm mattress that is the correct size for your cot, a fitted sheet and top sheet and blanket tucked in tightly away from babys face. For a new born that's about it, no soft toys, no sheets/blankets that aren't tucked in and definitely no bumpers!!
The reasoning behind co-sleeping being a preventative of SIDS is the breathing.
When we breathe out we exhale CO2, this triggers the brain's reminder to take a breath in, to bring oxygen into the blood stream. The mother/parent's breathing regulates the baby's breathing, so co-sleeping babies rarely have those moments that non-co-sleeping mothers report where the baby stops breathing for a few moments before taking a breath in.
It is thought that one of the factors in SIDS is the baby not breathing IN again after an exhalation, rather than suffocation or sleeping on the tummy. I can't remember where I read that, but I DID read it!
Couldn't tell you about the props and gadgets you can get, cos I never got them, sorry!
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