Safe Co Sleeping Positions

Maximizing the chances of safe infant sleep in the solitary and cosleeping specifically bed sharing contexts by james j.

Safe co sleeping positions. Professor of biological anthropology director mother baby sleep laboratory university of notre dame. It may be in the same bed or just in the same room. The baby is in the same bed with mom and dad. Affiliate links in post i decided to take the attachment parenting principle of ensure safe sleep literally and do a little presentation of exactly how we cosleep safely and have since mikko was born three years ago.

Now other attachment parents choose different sleep setups see amber strocels excellent and picture filled guest post on flexibility and finding sleep for a rundown of. Sleep baby on their back. The most important thing to remember when co sleeping is to create a c shape with your lower arm. Follow all of our other safer sleep advice to reduce the risk of sids such as sleeping baby on their back avoid letting pets or other children in the bed.

The babys bed is adjacent to and touching the parents bed. It is advisable to use a firm mattress rather than an overly soft mattress waterbed or sofa for your baby. Safe co sleeping positions 1. Make sure there is nothing in the way that could harm your baby whilst.

News stories often talk about another co sleeping death as if co sleeping is inherently dangerous. For babies who are healthy and under one year of age sleeping on the back is the ideal position. Some ways of co sleeping that different families use are. Make your sleeping space safe.

Safe cosleeping guidelines guidelines to sleeping safe with infants. Co sleeping essentially means sleeping in close proximity to your child. Stay close beside your. Co sleeping can take a variety of forms such as.

Co sleeping is when the baby sleeps near the parents either in the same bed or the room with them. What are some safe co sleeping positions and bed sharing positions. However some extra measures would be helpful to ensure safe sleep for your baby 1. Sleeping your baby on their back is supposed to lower the risk of sids sudden infant death.

The milwaukee health department has gone so far as to compare it with putting baby to bed with butcher knivesbut according to some well respected experts nothing could be further from the truth. Position baby away from bedding.