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Safe Co-sleeping with Baby 
December 22nd, 2009
How to make co-sleeping work for you and your family.
by: Elizabeth Pantley
In This Article
Co-sleeping
    

  • Every family has different nighttime needs and the key is to find the solution that feels right to everyone in your family, whether it's putting baby in a crib in the nursery, or co-sleeping.
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  • The best choice for co-sleeping is to place a large, firm mattress on the floor, making sure there are no crevices that your baby can become wedged in. 
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  • Infants should be placed between their mother and the wall or guardrail as fathers, siblings, and grandparents don't have the same instinctual awareness of a baby's location as mothers do.
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  • Remove pillows and blankets in the early months and don't wear night-clothes with strings or long ribbons. Don't wear jewelry to bed and if your hair is long, put it up.
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  • Make sure that your young baby is sleeping on her back, which is the safest position for sleep.
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T
he family bed, co-sleeping, shared sleep–no matter what you call it, it means that your baby sleeps with you, or very close to you. Co-sleeping is popular with parents (particularly nursing mothers) of young babies who wake throughout the night and also with parents of older babies who enjoy the nighttime closeness with their child. If you're considering co-sleeping, here's what you should know about the easiest–and safest–way to share sleep with your child.


Making the decision to co-sleep


Every family has different nighttime needs and the key is to find the solution that feels right to everyone in your family. It's important to forget about trying to satisfy anyone else's perception of what you should be doing. In other words, no matter what your in-laws, neighbors, pediatrician, or favorite author say about sleeping arrangements, the only "right" answer is the one that works for the people living in your home. 


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