Sharing the bed with your baby multiplies the risk for sudden infant death syndrome sids fivefold according to a 2013 study.
Babies sleep in bed with parents.
They say that they sleep longer and better when they sleep with their babies.
So co sleeping can be a baby in the parents bed a baby in a co sleeper attached to the parent s bed or the baby can be in a crib or bassinette in the same room as the parents.
Toddlers and parents can get a good night s sleep william.
But you can practice safe co sleeping if you put baby to sleep in a separate bassinet next to your bed as opposed to in your bed.
This is your happy medium this is your happy medium in fact the latest aap recommendations encourage parents to room share with baby for at least the first six months and ideally a year since having baby.
Co sleeping is a controversial issue.
Lori feldman winter a co author of the aap guidelines and pediatrics researcher.
Proponents of the family bed point to the benefits.