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Co-Sleeping
Aka: Co-Sleeping, Bed Sharing
- See Also
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Apparent Life-Threatening Events In Children (ALTE)
- Sleep Problems in Children
- Definition
- Children who share same bed as their parents
- Epidemiology
- Incidence: General
- Preschool Children: 35-55%
- School Aged Children: 10-23%
- Incidence: Ethnic
- Hispanic Children: 90%
- African American: 70%
- Precautions
- Avoid in infants under age 1 year old
- Major risk factor for ALTE and SIDS (see complications below)
- Complications: SIDS Risks per U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Total of 515 deaths/8 years under age 2 in adult beds
- Suffocation by rolling over child: 25% of deaths
- Entrapment/suffocation by bed structure: 75% of deaths
- References
- Lozoff (1984) Pediatrics 74:171-82 [PubMed]
- Madansky (1990) Pediatrics 86:197-203 [PubMed]
- Nakamura (1999) Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153:1019-23 [PubMed]
- Thiedke (2001) Am Fam Physician 63(2):277-84 [PubMed]