Why your baby's first year is best to leave sleeping in the bedroom

Why your baby's first year is best to leave sleeping in the bedroom

Child and Family and Belgian pediatricians recommend, following the American Association of Pediatrics that babies should sleep at least until 6 months and preferably up to one year in the space where the mother or the parents are the living room, bedroom, .. . until now advised to Child and Family to let the baby sleep up to 6 months with the parents.
The main reason for the custom advice is to prevent sudden infant death, which may occur up to the age of one year. The child must be in their own cot (co-sleeping) and not between the parents sleep in the same bed.
Afterwards, the baby is sleeping, preferably in a private room. If this is not possible, then make a separate corner where it is cooler and dark.

sleep in the same room

sleep in the same room, has many advantages, including:

• You can better follow the child;
• less crying,
• more and better sleep in mother and child,
• increase in the amount of milk by more frequent night feedings,
• greater interaction and better mother-child bonding,
• reduced risk of SIDS,
• less separation anxiety.

There may also be longer-term benefits for the balanced emotional, affective, social, and intellectual development of the child.

Not in the same bed

sleep with a baby in an adult bed (bed-sharing) or on the sofa is not recommended. The soft mattress, quilt, pillow and the body of an adult and the lack of bars, increase these risks. Want your baby close to you, then the best option for his cot against the big bed to sit down or to opt for a aanschuifbed.
A aanschuifbed, also called side-bed or co-sleeper, is a safe way to sleep with your child. The side-bed has an open side which is slipped over the parental bed, so the baby is easily accessible, eg. For breastfeeding. The side-bed attached to the big bed, so there is no space between the two beds and it can not slip. The bed also has an intermediate hash that can be pulled up if the baby is sleeping, to avoid the baby in the parents' bed rolls ends up between the mattress on the cot and the parental bed. Once the baby is mobile, from about 6 months, switch to a cot that can be put in lower position. If you still like to have your baby close to you, you can push the bed against the adult bed.