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>>>Co-sleeping, where the child is in the same bed as the parents, is generally considered dangerous. Citation, please? Yes — done wrong, it has some (very ma

>>>Co-sleeping, where the child is in the same bed as the parents, is generally considered dangerous. Citation, please? Yes — done wrong, it has some (very manageable) risks, but if you've gone so far as to choose to bring another human into the world it behooves you to do the modicum of reading to make sure you do it correctly. And most of these risks (falling on the floor, etc.) are by-products of our modern era, hence were no factor in early human times. The advantages of co-sleeping are myriad and various and many, if not most, early childhood specialists encourage the practice.

stevekemp 9y ago
Citations are hard due to online sources being 50/50 "This is great" and "Do this and your child will die". But you don't have to search too far to find genuine cases of a children being smothered by sleeping parents, even more than one child by the same parent(s) for example: * http://6abc.com/news/pa-mom-charged-after-baby-dies-while-sleeping-in-same-bed/1503795/ http://6abc.com/news/pa-mom-charged-after-baby-dies-while-sl... I know different advice is given in different countries, and training is updated over time, but we were certainly told "Don't do that" by our Finnish healthcare-people, and I've seen medical literature that correlates SIDS with bed-sharing. Some discussion is here, although to be fair I could also find 100% opposite advice elsewhere: https://www.thebump.com/a/myths-and-truths-about-co-sleeping https://www.thebump.com/a/myths-and-truths-about-co-sleeping
- ugots2bkidnme 9y ago
  Yes, what’s that advice someone gave me about parenting? Give me a theory and I’ll find evidence to support it. This age old advice fails to take into account so many risk factors prevalent today namely medication. Loving limits, your goal is to raise a responsible INDEPENDENT human being. Children have become train wrecks from overparenting: helpless, incapable and exhibiting bad sportsmanship. Healthy boundaries, help the child to help himself.
ugots2bkidnme 9y ago
MANY? >>>if not most, early childhood specialists encourage the practice. Citation please? Obesity is a huge risk factor in cosleeping with infants. Older children do not need to cosleep, it creates behavioral insomnia, enmeshment and increased anxiety which speaks more to the mental health of a parent than the well being of the child.

stevekemp 9y ago

Citations are hard due to online sources being 50/50 "This is great" and "Do this and your child will die". But you don't have to search too far to find genuine cases of a children being smothered by sleeping parents, even more than one child by the same parent(s) for example: * http://6abc.com/news/pa-mom-charged-after-baby-dies-while-sleeping-in-same-bed/1503795/ http://6abc.com/news/pa-mom-charged-after-baby-dies-while-sl... I know different advice is given in different countries, and training is updated over time, but we were certainly told "Don't do that" by our Finnish healthcare-people, and I've seen medical literature that correlates SIDS with bed-sharing. Some discussion is here, although to be fair I could also find 100% opposite advice elsewhere: https://www.thebump.com/a/myths-and-truths-about-co-sleeping https://www.thebump.com/a/myths-and-truths-about-co-sleeping

ugots2bkidnme 9y ago
Yes, what’s that advice someone gave me about parenting? Give me a theory and I’ll find evidence to support it. This age old advice fails to take into account so many risk factors prevalent today namely medication. Loving limits, your goal is to raise a responsible INDEPENDENT human being. Children have become train wrecks from overparenting: helpless, incapable and exhibiting bad sportsmanship. Healthy boundaries, help the child to help himself.

ugots2bkidnme 9y ago

MANY? >>>if not most, early childhood specialists encourage the practice. Citation please? Obesity is a huge risk factor in cosleeping with infants. Older children do not need to cosleep, it creates behavioral insomnia, enmeshment and increased anxiety which speaks more to the mental health of a parent than the well being of the child.