But you can practice safe co sleeping if you put baby to sleep in a separate bassinet next to your bed as opposed to in your bed.
Babies sleep in bed with parents.
They say that they sleep longer and better when they sleep with their babies.
So co sleeping can be a baby in the parents bed a baby in a co sleeper attached to the parent s bed or the baby can be in a crib or bassinette in the same room as the parents.
Co sleeping is a controversial issue.
The american academy of pediatrics aap says parents should never let their baby sleep in the bed with them citing the risk of suffocation sudden infant.
Sleeping in the same room but not in the same bed may reduce babies risk of sids by up to 50 percent said dr.
This is your happy medium this is your happy medium in fact the latest aap recommendations encourage parents to room share with baby for at least the first six months and ideally a year since having baby.
Proponents of the family bed point to the benefits.
Toddlers and parents can get a good night s sleep william.