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
Your partner may be the one encouraging you to stop co-sleeping
with your
baby, to begin
with, but even if not, you need to both try to agree to
share the responsibilities of
tending to a
baby in a separate room.
She also instinctively bends her legs completing the protective space around the
baby, making it impossible for another person to roll onto the
baby without first coming into contact
with her legs.15, 16 A breastfeeding mother who co-sleeps
with her
baby (and has not consumed alcohol, illegal or sleep - inducing drugs or extreme fatigue) also
tends to be highly responsive to her
baby's needs.17, 18 Studies show more frequent arousals in both mothers and
babies when they co-sleep, and some researchers have suggested that this may be protective against sudden unexpected infant deaths.19 — 21 Babies are checked by their mother and breastfeed more frequently when co-sleeping than when room - sharing.
babies when they co-sleep, and some researchers have suggested that this may be protective against sudden unexpected infant deaths.19 — 21
Babies are checked by their mother and breastfeed more frequently when co-sleeping than when room - sharing.
Babies are checked by their mother and breastfeed more frequently when co-sleeping than when room -
sharing.22, 23