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How do you reconcile co-sleeping with research like this? 

 https://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/18/bed-sharing-with-toddler-no-harm-no-benefit-for-kids-over-1/?hpt=hp_t2

I am still torn on how we'd like to do this, but research like this really shies me away from bed-sharing.

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  • TiffanyBerryTiffanyBerry member
    That study doesn't even address cosleeping with babies under 1.   Just a blanket "not safe" statement.  The problem with the AAP's recommendation is that it's based on poor studies.  If you eliminate KNOWN issues - parents who have been drinking, parents who do drugs, extremely overweight parents, and excessive bedding/pillows - there is NO risk difference between the two, and there may be protective effects (lower risk of SIDS).  Look up some of the studies by McKenna (one of the leading researchers on cosleeping) - this article is just further fear mongering by the use of vague, off-hand statements.
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    The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's Protocol #6:  https://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/Protocol_6.pdf.

    The University of Notre Dame Mother-Baby Sleep Lab:  https://nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab/

    Research by Dr. James McKenna and others;  https://www.naturalchild.org/articles/sleeping.html

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    I don't understand what in this study is inconsistent with wanting to bed share. "The experts found no signs that children who shared a bed with their parents had developmental problems at age 5."

    Do you mean because of the one line it has about bedsharing with children under 6 months? It makes a very general statement that is never explored in the rest of the article. IMO, this article should not impact any decisions about bed sharing prior to the age of 1 since it's not the focus of the article, so there's nothing to be "reconciled."

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    I don't understand what in this study is inconsistent with wanting to bed share. "The experts found no signs that children who shared a bed with their parents had developmental problems at age 5."

    Do you mean because of the one line it has about bedsharing with children under 6 months? It makes a very general statement that is never explored in the rest of the article. IMO, this article should not impact any decisions about bed sharing prior to the age of 1 since it's not the focus of the article, so there's nothing to be "reconciled."

    I also was unclear of the point of the article in light of the AP approach.  Maybe the question is about the AAP recommendation that parents shouldn't bedshare with infants.

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    The more I think about this article, the more I think the premise of it is kind of ridiculous. (NOT saying the OP is ridiculous for posting it, don't misunderstand.)Why in the world WOULD there be developmental delays as a result of bedsharing? Risks of infant death due to unsafe bedsharing, sure, I can see studying that issue in the hopes of better educating the population to prevent a tragedy, but someone really undertook a study thinking there might be developmental delays among toddlers who have bedshared?

     

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    imageC-Charm:
    imageanna7602:

    I don't understand what in this study is inconsistent with wanting to bed share. "The experts found no signs that children who shared a bed with their parents had developmental problems at age 5."

    Do you mean because of the one line it has about bedsharing with children under 6 months? It makes a very general statement that is never explored in the rest of the article. IMO, this article should not impact any decisions about bed sharing prior to the age of 1 since it's not the focus of the article, so there's nothing to be "reconciled."

    I also was unclear of the point of the article in light of the AP approach.  Maybe the question is about the AAP recommendation that parents shouldn't bedshare with infants.

    This.  I read that many on this board bed-share with infants under the age of 1, which is not recommended by the AAP, and was wondering why a group of pediatricians is not to be trusted.  I'm just genuinely curious, as co-sleeping is something I am interested in.

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    This.  I read that many on this board bed-share with infants under the age of 1, which is not recommended by the AAP, and was wondering why a group of pediatricians is not to be trusted.  I'm just genuinely curious, as co-sleeping is something I am interested in.

    Someone on the Mothering magazine board said the following, and I thought she put it nicely:

     "back to sleep, in the crib" is just easier than "back to sleep in an adult bed that doesn't have space between the matress and headboard that is placed on the floor or with side rails that doesn't have soft bedding and pillows and don't cosleep if you have medical conditions or are drunk or drugged and you probably shouldn't cosleep a newborn with a toddler, etc etc etc." I mean, the government is trying to do the most good for the most people, the masses, yk, so they think this is the easiest approach."

    Plus, I'm sure the JPMA has a huge lobbying arm.  They want to sell cribs!

    Cave mommas & cave daddies didn't put their cave babies in a crib in the cave nursery. They baby was where it was meant to be--near its momma.  Stick out tongue

    Seriously, the AAP has changed its stance.  It now recommends co-sleeping, but not bedsharing:  https://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;115/2/496

     I wanna know what took the AAP so long to recommend rear-facing until 2 yoa.  Also, when will they ever take a stance that's more in line with WHO & UNICEF on recommendations about BFing for a minimum of 2 years and about how pacis should be avoided due to nipple confusion?

     

     

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  • SnoopyLuvSnoopyLuv member

    The AAP doesn't recommend bedsharing with infants for the same reason McDonald's coffee says WARNING HOT, or the silica beads packs in your shoes say "DO NOT EAT" on the package. Because there are fvcking idiots out there who will bedshare while drunk, high, with a bed full of pillows, etc. Not for people like me who did it out of desperation and a child that wanted to suckle all night long. I ended up loving it and we just weaned from it a few weeks ago (she sleeps better alone now). It was very safe and I never once worried for her the way I would have had she been in a crib in her own room.

    Do some pro bedsharing research about SIDS and breathing cycles while bedsharing. THe Juvenile Products Manufacturing Assoc are the ones who lobby against bedsharing, not pediatricians.

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