Aap Baby Sleep In Parents Room

A new study casts doubt on whether that s a good recommendation.

Aap baby sleep in parents room.

Place your baby s crib bassinet portable crib or play yard in your bedroom close to your bed. According to the american academy of pediatrics aap the best place for a baby to sleep is in his parents bedroom. The aap makes a distinction between room sharing and bed sharing saying that they recommend the former and not the latter. Infants should sleep in the parents room close to the parents bed but on a separate surface room sharing.

The infant s crib portable crib play yard or bassinet should be placed in the parent s bedroom for at least 6 months but preferably a year. The american academy of pediatrics recommends infant parent room sharing until age 1. The aap recommends room sharing because it can decrease the risk of sids by as much as 50 and is much safer than bed sharing. Room share keep baby s sleep area in the same room where you sleep for the first 6 months or ideally for the first year.

He should sleep in his own crib or bassinet or in a co sleeper safely attached to the bed but shouldn t be in his own room until he is at least 6 months better 12 months. While the aap still advises against bed sharing the organization now recognizes that bed sharing happens and they want to help parents do it safely by offering co sleeping guidelines. But some experts say scientific evidence does not back up the guidelines. Because the risk of sudden death is highest in the first 6 months the aap strongly recommends keeping the baby in the parents room for at least that long but says that doing it for a full year is even better.

The intervention nurses start infants growing on healthy trajectories study is an obesity prevention trial comparing a responsive parenting intervention with a safety control among primiparous mother infant dyads. The american academy of pediatrics recently updated its safe sleep guidelines to advise parents to share a room but not a bed with baby until 6 months old and ideally a year. We assessed the association between room sharing and sleep outcomes.