The safety
of sharing a bed with your baby continues to be a concern to most parents, which is why a convenient bedside sleeper is a must - have for today's modern mom.
«The Lullaby Trust supports parental choice but we would also urge every new mother and father to weigh up the known risks
of sharing a bed with their baby and, in light of their own situation, take appropriate precautions.
Not exact matches
May your soul long for prayer and for the Scriptures, may you keep secrets, may you give away your money, may you
share your meals, may you sit alone in silence outside under the sky and be satisfied, may you change the
bedding in the middle
of the night after yet another childish accident without anger, may you hold
babies, and comfort the dying, and be the voice
of knowledge tempered
with grace and wisdom, and may you never forget how to sing and be silly.
Don't get me wrong, there are some things on this list I definitely agree
with, but when it starts out
with number one saying it's a mistake to
share a
bed with your
baby, you can bet that I'm going to take the whole list
with a grain
of salt.
If you have a huge
bed and would prefer to sleep
with baby in the middle
of the
bed so you and your husband can
share the cosleeping experience
with your new
baby, then a Dock - A-Tot is exactly what you need!
The American Academy
of Pediatrics (AAP) as well as the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission strongly recommend against
sharing a
bed with your
baby due to the increased risk
of SIDS, death from suffocation, strangulation, or another unexplained cause.
In 1992, Dr. William Sears, a well - known advocate
of «sleep
sharing», did a study on the benefits for both mother and
baby: he set up equipment to monitor his eight week old daughter's breathing in two different sleep environments:
sharing a
bed with her mother (his wife, Martha) the first night, and sleeping alone.
Putting your
baby in
bed with you, or
bed -
sharing, is hazardous and increases the risk
of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
If any
of you is a very heavy sleeper, maybe your
baby should not
share the
bed with that person.
I willingly purchased one as an option
bed sharing with baby # 2 and the rest
of the family.
The American Association
of Pediatrics recommends that parents NOT
share a
bed with their
baby due to risk
of infant suffocation.
The safest way to sleep
with your
baby is for parents to «
share their room, not their
bed, as «room
sharing without
bed sharing may reduce the risk
of SIDS by as much as 50 % and helps prevent accidental suffocation.»
Up first on our list
of (controversial) advice is the concept
of extended rooming - in and / or
bed -
sharing with your
baby.
Attachment Parenting International (API), in consultation
with many experts in the area
of infant sleep, has this information in the form
of an Infant Sleep Safety Guidelines brochure and wants to get it into the hands
of parents everywhere to ensure that all
babies can be safe during sleep, at night and at naptime, regardless
of whether you
share sleep in the same
bed, use a cosleeping bassinet, or use a crib.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - When it comes to the potential risk
of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome from a mother
sharing her
bed with her
baby, there is a push to change the message from «just don't do it» to «here is how it's done most safely...» (Read More)
We know that if a mother smokes, if she has consumed alcohol or other sedatives, if the
baby is formula fed, if the sleep surface is a sofa or water
bed, or if the
bed is also
shared with other children that a
baby sleeping
with his or her mother is at heightened risk
of SIDS or accidental death.
We know many mothers bring their
baby into
bed with them at night.1
Bed sharing makes breastfeeding easier2 and breastfeeding mothers get more sleep.3 It also allows mother -
baby interaction to continue throughout the night and may protect the infant against the long periods
of deep sleep thought to contribute to SIDS.4, 5
The Lullaby Trust «s Judith Howard has been advising and helping parents who have lost children to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) for several years and has said: «Ninety per cent
of sudden infant deaths happen in the first six months and we're now finding that when you get a death in the first month
of life, it's nearly always because the
baby has been co-sleeping or
bed -
sharing with a parent.
Babies who
bed -
share and
share time
with their moms at night can often get a third or more
of their caloric intake during the night.
When it comes to
bed -
sharing, it is a typical reaction to be alarmed when reputable organizations such as the American Academy
of Pediatrics and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are highly against
bed sharing with babies below four months
of age
of which they consider a SIDS risk.
in a way that other kinds
of shared activity between mother and
baby can not; there are also some practical reasons and emotional benefits to having your newborn
baby in
bed with you at night.
Not only will sleeping
with your newborn encourage bonding in a way that other kinds
of shared activity between mother and
baby can not; there are also some practical reasons and emotional benefits to having your newborn
baby in
bed with you at night.
The sheer lack
of sleep means most breastfeeding moms will
bed share with baby at some point.
Kids Health From Nemours warned that
babies should not
share a
bed with other children, particularly toddlers, because they aren't aware
of the
baby's presence while they sleep.
And a large 2013 study found that breastfeeding
babies younger than 3 months who
bed -
shared with adults were five times more likely to die
of SIDS, even when their parents were not using tobacco, alcohol, or drugs.
If you're one
of the 22 percent
of BabyCenter moms who
share a
bed with their
baby, you can reduce your
baby's risk
of SIDS by following a few basic guidelines.
According to Combs, the two main causes
of sleep - related infant deaths are accidental smothering
with a blanket, pillow or other soft item, and adults rolling on top
of babies while
sharing a
bed.
The AAP doesn't recommend
sharing a
bed with your
baby because it's associated
with a higher risk
of SIDS and accidental suffocation, strangulation, or entrapment.
The study found that between 1993 and 2000, the number
of babies 7 months old or younger who usually
shared a
bed with an adult grew from 5.5 percent to 12.8 percent.
Putting a
baby to sleep face up in a crib reduces the chance
of death caused by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), suffocation and roll over deaths related to the infant
sharing a
bed with parents or other children.
Co sleeping, especially when the parents literally
share their
bed with the
baby, is a wonderful way
of creating and enhancing the relation between parents and their child.
One topic
of continued debate among parents is co-sleeping, or
bed -
sharing, a common practice in countries outside the U.S. Fueled by increasing evidence, however, more pediatricians and sleep experts are dissuading parents from
sharing a
bed or a bedroom
with their
babies, recommending instead that
babies be allowed to learn how to fall asleep and stay asleep on their own.
by getting pregnant again:P lol but they have both had their own
beds for more then 2 yrs available to them, and they had many times slept in them... But I am currently thinking
of getting a bigger
bed so when my 5.5 mth old is a bit bigger the boys can come in
with us again if they want (on occasion I wake up to find one or the other in
bed with me and the
baby and I love it;) I know it might sound like I have taken on a lot to keep them all
with me for so long, but in reality the time has went by far too fast, and the memories
of those nights I love and cherish them now... what works for me might not work for others, I have heard
of so many safe and wonderful co-sleeping (or
sharing) ways that family's have came up
with, what works for some wont work for others, so it is best to look into it to find the best way that works for your family:) drmamma.org has some wonderful tips and suggestions... if you want t talk more, feel free to respond I would be glad to help in anyway I can:)
Studies suggest that the odds
of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, are much greater — 16 to 100 times greater — for
babies who
bed share with a mother or other adult who smokes.
And the increased risk
of death for
babies sharing beds with drug - using mothers was «unquantifiably large» (Carpenter et al 2013).
But if this
baby is also bottle - fed (
with 1.5 times the risk), male (1.6 times), and
of low birth weight (4.2 times), his overall risk is 655 times greater than it would be if he didn't
bed share.
The study says, «Importantly, the combined data have enabled the demonstration
of increased relative risk associated
with bed sharing when the
baby is breastfed and neither parent smokes and no other risk factors are present (see figure 2 and table 2).
It found that a breastfed
baby of nonsmoking parents was at five times higher risk for SIDS if
sharing a
bed with parents than if sleeping in his or her own crib / bassinet / cot — but wait.
So let's look at the raw numbers instead: Among the 1,472
babies who died
of SIDS, 22.2 % were bedsharing
with parents;
of the 4,679 control
babies who did not die
of SIDS, 9.6 % were
sharing a
bed with parents the day
of the study interview.
Recently, researchers also examined the effect
of nighttime wakings (which are indeed more frequent for parents
sharing a room or
bed with their
baby) on Mom and Dad's happiness.
Parents can nuzzle their head in
with the
baby so
baby feels like they are
bed -
sharing without any risk
of rolling over or suffocation.
I think it's amazing that God saturates our earliest experiences
with our new
babies in situations that stimulate the release
of oxytocin - from labor and birth to breastfeeding and
bed sharing and babywearing.
It is interesting to note that the study defined
bed sharing as the practice
of sharing a sleep surface and did not therefore identify those cases when the
baby was asleep
with a parent on a sofa.
Bed sharing is the unsafe practice
of sharing a sleeping surface, such as your
bed,
with your
baby.
Sharing a
bed with your
baby, UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative with the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, 2
baby, UNICEF UK
Baby Friendly Initiative with the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, 2
Baby Friendly Initiative
with the Foundation for the Study
of Infant Deaths, 2003.
Telling mothers that they shouldn't sleep
with their
babies in adult
beds, only results in mothers falling asleep
with their
babies in even less safe environments, or ignoring the advice while being deprived
of the information needed to make
bed -
sharing safer.
The convenience
of co-sleeping for breastfeeding at night is the reason parents most commonly give for choosing to co - sleep.9 Mothers who
bed -
share with their
baby tend to breastfeed longer and maintain exclusive breastfeeding longer than those who do not co - sleep.10 — 12
But as many as 60 percent
of mamas admit they
bed -
share with their
babies at least sometimes (usually during or after a late - night feeding).
Francine Bates, chief executive
of the British
baby charity, The Lullaby Trust, told WebMD Boots that the study shows that parents who choose to
share a
bed with their infants should be cautious.
Often times breastfeeding mums find that co-sleeping and / or
bed sharing with their
babies and toddlers allows for easy popping out
of the boob without actually having to wake up fully!