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What are the benefits of parents and children co-sleeping?
On Jul 02, 2024
Proponents of co-sleeping argue that it best meets the developmental needs of human newborns and aids in forming the attachment bond. Infants who sleep with their mothers synchronize their sleep patterns with hers, permitting more awakenings for breast-feeding, yet lengthening the total time that infants sleep. Both mothers and babies benefit from skin-to-skin contact, as it enhances breast-milk production, stabilizes infants' heart rate, increases the prevalence and duration of breast-feeding, and is associated with more positive mother-infant interactions. Fathers report that they find co-sleeping rewarding rather than an intrusion on the marital bed.