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Co-Sleeping, Bed Sharing

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