Where your booking includes a child who is 11 years of age or younger, who will
share the parental bed, please just book for the adults and advise us of the child in the Travellers Request box on the 2nd page of the booking form.
Followers emphasize that attachment parenting is not actually about rules, but rather about sustaining a special relationship, built by following specific tenets that includes baby - wearing, long - term breastfeeding, co-sleeping or
sharing the parental bed with your child, and always responding to your baby's cry regardless of how tired the mother is.
Not exact matches
«I think it is important we don't demonize the
parental bed but nor do I think we should be promoting
bed -
sharing for the sake of it.»
For example, in one study of SIDS cases, the risk of
sharing a
bed became statistically insignificant after researchers controlled for the effects of recent maternal alcohol consumption, infant duvet use, overcrowding, and
parental tiredness (Blair 2006).
«We recommend room
sharing instead of
bed sharing,» said Laura Reno, vice president of public affairs for First Candle, an organization devoted to
parental education.»
«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.
Furthermore, not all risks associated with
bed -
sharing, such as
parental fatigue, can be controlled.
Parental alcohol and / or illicit drug use in combination with
bed -
sharing places the infant at particularly high risk of SIDS.7, 37
All parents should be provided with information regarding a) factors known to increase the risk of SIDS in the
bed -
sharing environment, including
parental smoking (particularly maternal smoking in pregnancy), young maternal age, infant prematurity; and b) aspects of adult
beds that should be modified with infant safety in mind: e.g. gaps between
bed and wall or other furniture, proximity of baby to pillows, type of
bedding used,
parental behaviour prior to
bed -
sharing such as consumption of alcohol, drugs or medication affecting arousal.