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Co-sleeping or bed sharing is a practice in which babies and young children sleep close to one or both parents, as opposed to in a separate room. Co-sleeping individuals sleep in sensory proximity to one another, where the individual senses the presence of others. [1] This sensory proximity can either be triggered by touch, smell, taste, or noise.
A bedside sleeper, also referred to as a sidecar sleeper or bedside bassinet, is a bassinet or baby cot that attaches to the parents' bed, allowing newborns to sleep next to their parents safely. This is a form of safe co-sleeping, and has little risks associated with sudden infant death syndrome, unlike bedsharing.
A plot of SIDS rate from 1988 to 2006. The Safe to Sleep campaign, formerly known as the Back to Sleep campaign, [1] is an initiative backed by the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the US National Institutes of Health to encourage parents to have their infants sleep on their backs (supine position) to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.
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How to improve sleep when co-sleeping with a pet. Having a consistent bedtime and wake-up time can be helpful and keep your pet from getting too excited at night. "Make sure your pet is well ...
James Joseph McKenna (born 1948) is an American biological anthropologist.McKenna founded and directed the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, studying the physiology and behavior of co-sleeping mothers and infants.
The death of a baby while a parent is co-sleeping with them is classed as “accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).