Whether you plan on co-sleeping with your baby, or accidentally doze off from time to time, here's our guide to SAFER co-sleeping with your baby
It’s fine for both you and your partner to sleep in the bed with your baby. ‘But it’s important that no pets are allowed in the bed and that the only child is the baby,’ says Jenny. ‘If extra children or animals are in the bed, it increases the risk of your baby being rolled on or having his face accidentally covered by bedding or a furry tail.
Don’t put him on top of a duvet – it’s too puffy a surface for a baby to lie on. It can also trap too much heat underneath him. ‘The easiest thing to do is to dress your baby in an age-and-temperature appropriate bodysuit and sleep bag and lie him on the mattress, well away from any bedding or pillows,’ says Jenny.
In the winter you can curl up in a sleeping bag, or layer up with thermals, fleece jammies and bed socks. Don’t turn up the heating to compensate though – the right temperature range for baby sleep is 16-20ºC. And never bring a hot water bottle into a bed with a baby. ‘If you find you’re not comfortable enough to nod off, then put your baby back into his cot,’ says Jenny. ‘Your sleep is important, too!’‘It’s important to know that some babies should never co-sleep,’ says Jenny.
‘It’s also vital that you only co-sleep with your baby in a bed,’ says Jenny. ‘Never co-sleep in a sofa or an armchair. Sleeping on a sofa with a baby increases the chances of SIDS by up to 50 times.’ It’s not fully understood why sleeping in sofas and armchairs poses such a risk to babies, but it’s probably linked to the greater risk of youngsters getting into positions in which their breathing is obstructed.
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