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Human nature “Humans evolved like most mammals -- the infants sleep with the parents. We develop such elaborate routines to try and get babies to sleep at night in their own beds. They can go on for hours and hours, and often don’t work -- the babies don’t go to sleep easily, and are much more wakeful than if they were securely next to a parent. And, you see that around age two, they climb out of their crib and get in with their parents. And that’s just what they should do!
Co-Sleeping vs. bed sharing “Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is not against co-sleeping. Co-sleeping means parents being in the same room as their baby, within sight and sound of each other. Our concern is when the baby and parent are actually on the same surface. A lot of people confuse the issue, and think the AAP is against bonding and breastfeeding, which we are not.
Risks and Benefits of Co-Sleeping
No Babies In the Bed Dr. Rachel Moon, MD Pediatrician at Children's National Medical Center