Safe Co Sleeping Diagram
The baby is in the same bed with mom and dad.
Safe co sleeping diagram. Maximizing the chances of safe infant sleep in the solitary and cosleeping specifically bed sharing contexts by james j. Keep cool keeping the room cool around 65 68 degrees is recommended for lowering the risk of sids. On his back 6. Lightly dressed and unswaddled.
La leche league internationals safe sleep seven rules for bedsharing co sleeping families. And her baby is. Guidelines to sleeping safe with infants. Co sleeping is when the baby sleeps near the parents either in the same bed or the room with them.
Infants should sleep on their backs on firm surfaces on clean surfaces in the absence of smoke under light comfortable blanketing and their heads should never be covered. Post natally safe infant sleep begins especially with the presence of an informed breastfeeding committed mother or an informed and committed father. Use lightweight blankets not heavy quilts or doonas. And in the midst of these discussions polls indicate that up to 70 of all parents do bring their babies and older children in their family bed.
If a mother is. Would you consider safe co sleeping with your baby. These days it is not an evident choice to make. Some research indicates a higher risk for sids sudden infant death syndrome for co sleeping babies while other studies show exactly the opposite.
Professor of biological anthropology director mother baby sleep laboratory university of notre dame. You can use a safe infant sleeping baginstead of bedding so that your baby doesnt share adult bedding. Share a safe surface. Small crowded spaces are not safe for co sleeping infants.
We also put our kids to bed separately until we went to bed micah was in the co sleeper next to the bed. Co sleeping can take a variety of forms such as. Below is a summary that highlights some of the issues to be.