Unsafe Practice of Bed Sharing with Babies
When most parents reach the point of ultimate exhaustion, chances are they will forget that they normally share their beds with their children in their infancy age. This practice is only common among parents considering that infants would normally have to be looked after and guided to sleep.
There are cases where kids sleep together with their parents when they are sick since medical attention is needed such as monitoring their temperature at times.
However, there are cases to which people get sleepy and tired to. This is uncontrollable and sometimes babies are the victims in the end, usually due to suffocation because of stuff lying around which people deem as harmless.
“Because parents can become “accidental” co-sleepers, every parent should safety-proof their bed, even if they don’t plan on sharing their bed with a baby, says James. J. McKenna, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory. “In many ways, there isn’t a single sleep location for babies,’’ notes Dr. McKenna. “Sometimes babies sleep alone, sometimes they sleep with parents. My approach is to provide as much information as possible for minimizing risks and maximizing safety whatever the sleep environment baby and parents find themselves in.’’
Read more: Someone Might Be Sleeping in Your Bed
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