What do you guys know (not think, not opine ) about the true risks of co-sleeping.
I co-slept with all of mine, and Dr. Sears (whom I greatly admire) recommends it, but I never hear anything but bad things about it. When my infant daughter was hospitalized the nurses didn't want me to sleep with her on my cot. I hear nurses warning new mothers against it. What confuses me is that in the anti-SIDS recommendations they advise against co-sleeping, though my understanding is that SIDS is, by definition, *not* suffocation.
Is co-sleeping dangerous because we westerners don't tend to sleep on mats on the floor? Can its dangers be mitigated in some way? Or is the danger a bit of hype.
A friend of minds baby would be dead... if she DIDN"T co sleep. She awoke because the lack of normal movement from her baby woke her up. TUrns out baby wasn't breathing... .
Cosleeping is great for some.. not for others... same with sleeping solo for some and not for others. Some babies die sadly we won't know why...
) about the true risks of co-sleeping.
MIcrunchyRN
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A friend of minds baby would be dead... if she DIDN"T co sleep. She awoke because the lack of normal movement from her baby woke her up. TUrns out baby wasn't breathing... .
Cosleeping is great for some.. not for others... same with sleeping solo for some and not for others. Some babies die sadly we won't know why...