Putting co-sleeping into perspective.
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Co-sleepingbegins in infancy andoften continues through to childhood as part of early nurturing practices. In evolutionary terms the human infant is the most neurologically immature primate at birth and develops the most slowly, thus intense and prolonged mother-infant contact acts as a protectivemechanismagainst physiological difficulties and environmental assaults. Proposed benefits of close contact between infants and caregivers include improved cardiorespiratory stability andoxygenation, fewer cryingepisodes, better thermoregulation, an increased prevalence and duration of breastfeeding, and enhanced milk production. The postulated benefits of breastfeeding are increasingly being recognised and actively promoted by the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund. Co-sleeping can facilitate breastfeeding and the promotion of one practice can lead to the promotion of the other. However, the parental bed is not designedwith infant safety inmind and co-sleepinghas been implicated in rare but fatal accidental infant deaths due to entrapment andparental overlaying.More recently epidemiological studies investigating sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) have shown a proportional increase of these deaths in the co-sleeping environment which has led some authorities, including theAmericanAcademyof Pediatrics to recommend against bed-sharing. The unusual level of criticism and hostility generated by this recommendation is a testament to the current polarised debate both within and beyond the field of SIDS of the potential risk and perceived benefits of parents and infants sharing the same bed. As Santos et al. perceptively point out in their investigation of this infant care practice in Brazil, the advantages and risks are perceived in accordance with the values of a given society.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Jornal de pediatria
دوره 84 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008