Bad news for dads: Babies 'should share mother's bed until age three' because it's good for their he

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Bad news for dads: Babies 'should share mother's bed until age three' because it's good for their hearts
New research claims babies should sleep with their mothers until they reach the age of 3

Controversial new research from a paediatrician claims that babies left to sleep alone for the first three years of their life find it harder to bond with their mothers, and damages development of the brain.


New research claims babies should sleep with their mothers until they reach the age of three

Dr Nils Bergman, of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, says that for optimal development, healthy newborns should sleep on their mother’s chest for the first few weeks
After that, they should stay in the mother’s bed until they are three or even four years old.


Better with mum: The study found the quality of sleep the babies had in a cot was far worse
Their hearts were also under more stress, it was claimed.

Being in a cot also disrupted sleep, with the babies’ brains less likely to ‘cycle’ or make the transition between two types of sleep called active and quiet.

In the cots, only six out of the 16 had any quiet sleep and its quality was far worse.
Making this transition is thought to be key to the normal development of the brain.

Animal studies have linked the combination of stress and lack of sleep to behavioural problems in teenage years.

Dr Bergman said that changes to the brain brought on by stress hormones may make it more difficult to form relationships later on, leading to problems such as promiscuity.

The National Childbirth Trust is in favour of bed-sharing, as long as the parents have not been smoking, drinking or using drugs and are not obese, ill or excessively tired.

Professor George Haycock of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, said: ‘Our position as a foundation is that we owe it to the public to recommend that the safest place is in a cot in the parents’ room.’

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[amoora]

I like the idea, but I would be afraid of rolling over on it or something. I heard about a girl that slept with her baby and it fell between the wall and bed and died

[wvwvw]

I like the idea, but I would be afraid of rolling over on it or something. I heard about a girl that slept with her baby and it fell between the wall and bed and died

Or you can put the baby in a babynest next you

[SardiniaAtlantis]

People do roll over babies. One girl in my High School rolled over her robot baby for Home Ec class, and failed because the robot was dead.

[wvwvw]

People do roll over babies. One girl in my High School rolled over her robot baby for Home Ec class, and failed because the robot was dead.

Not in the same bed literally, but more like this

[catgeorge]

Fine by me - but I have the bed

[wvwvw]

Having a baby sleep in the same bed with you like this is extremely dangerous. I cringe only by looking at the pic.

[Ylla]

Bedside crib is a better idea or they can share the bed until they fall asleep, then transfer them. Its too dangerous otherwise,especially for a newborn.