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co-sleeping Bed-sharing Pediatrics The sleeping of an infant or child in a parent's bed Pros Intimate contact with parent during critical formative period of infancy Cons Risk of death–±60 occur/yr in the US–due to
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Infants should never co-sleep with other siblings, with smoking or substance-abusing parents, on sofas or waterbeds, with soft bedding materials, or adjacent to spaces that could trap the infant. Son Gus, 8, left, used to co-sleep with Lange and her husband, but he's since outgrown that stage. The study did not ask why the choice was made to co-sleep. |
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