SHARING A BED WITH BABY

Some parents prefer children and parents sharing a bed at night, believing it to be more natural than our society's typical style of having babies sleep solo in their own rooms. Sharing a bed has a number of positive and negative aspects.

Some research indicates that babies who co-sleep may be less at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) than babies who sleep alone. The key may be that babies who co-sleep keep their breathing in tune with their parents'.

On the downside are some safety problems. Although you are unlikely to roll over and harm your baby, pillows and comforters can smother a baby or he can fall between the bed and the wall, or suffer some less dramatic injury.

Another drawback to co-sleeping is its potential effect on your marriage or relationship. This may be okay with one or both of you, but for some couples it may cause tension.



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