They say that they sleep longer and better when they sleep with their babies.
Babies sleep in bed with parents.
Lori feldman winter a co author of the aap guidelines and pediatrics researcher.
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.
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.
The american academy of pediatrics aap says parents should never let their baby sleep in the bed with them citing the risk of suffocation sudden infant.
Co sleeping is a controversial issue.
Toddlers and parents can get a good night s sleep william.
Sharing the bed with your baby multiplies the risk for sudden infant death syndrome sids fivefold according to a 2013 study.