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Is sleeping with your baby a good idea? Here's what the science says
(theconversation.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
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When did this become a contentious topic. I always thought of it as a do what works for you as parents, your kids and your living circumstances. And luckily that's what the article also seems to conclude.
Weird how they lump cosleeping as both the same surface and same room. Very different situation for the safety of the child, especially when they are under 2.
Both my kids slept in the crib in our room for their first year. Mainly because we all slept better. We still got woken up the same amount but because we responded faster, the kid went back to sleep sooner after being changed and fed. 30 minutes versus 2 hours makes a big difference in how we felt at work that day
They do that because in both cases, the child can hear the breathing of the parents so is unlikely to succumb to the part of SIDS where they stop randomly breathing during the night (happens to all children as brains learn to brain) without restarting (this part doesn't happen to all children). Apparently hearing breathing is good for reminding a new brain to do the breathing thing.
That said, bedsharing and roomsharing have been studied separately under their own titles.