Babies never alone until 6 months?

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I was reading up on SIDS following another thread. If babies should always sleep in the same room as you, I guess that means in the evening they should be downstairs with you until you go bed?

Just wondering how it works and if you did this, did it affect trying to set up a bedtime routine?

Sorry if its a stupid question but I had only thought about night-time sleeping so far.

For nighttime sleeping I follow the advice to have baby in the same room as me. But to do this for daytime naps is difficult I find. Both of my babies are 30 min nappers so in that time I race around the house trying to eat, shower, wee, cook, clean, do the washing etc etc. There is no way I would lug the baby round in a bassinet whilst doing that! I put her somewhere in earshot or in her cot with the baby phone on and check on her every 5 min.

I really dont understand why you wouldn't want your newborn to be next to you through the night

DS is in our room, but he isn't next to me. That doesn't mean that he doesn't come in for cuddles and feeding, or that we can't see him. The layout of our room is such that the cots that attach weren't practical, and bed sharing is advised against. This is why I'm interested in the reasons why - because I don't know if DS is close enough to us for any of the benefits. He certainly isn't close enough for my expelled CO2 to have any influence!

Mine slept in his moses basket in the kitchen with the door to the living room open so we could hear him snore but also watch a bit of telly etc before we went to bed. Moses basket went into his cot in our room when we went to bed until he was too big for his basket, then he went into his cot in our room with a video monitor until he was around one, then his own room (as our snoring and general nighttime noises were disturbing his sleep)

ravioli I wasn't referring to you as not having the baby in the room with you, but there have been a few on this thread who have said they put their newborns straight into their own rooms...it was more aimed at that idea which I just can't get my head around.

I have no idea how close you have to be for your CO2 to benefit the baby, but you're right the article does refer to the baby being within arms reach.

I co slept with DS1, we had a massive bed there seemed to be a inner switch in me and I inherently knew that baby was close, I would wake up in the exact same position as I went to sleep in when he was next to me. I wouldn't have trusted his dad to do the same though!

This time I'm planning on getting a bedside crib as I think they look fab, and really want baby to be as close as possible..

I'm not debating the advice is to keep them in the same room to sleep but I can't see anywhere that says WHY.

There is no conclusive evidence why room sharing reduces SIDS risk, just that it does.

Attached is a screen shot from the Lullaby Trust (page 15) indicating the data they are basing this recommendation on.

I have gone through acedemic papers and found source reference 79 as used by Lullaby Trust, since you asked. The second screen shot is from towards the end of the the discussion section of this paper. You will note the researchers state the reason for this link is unclear.

This is why no-one can tell you WHY room sharing reduces SIDS risk raviolidreaming. Just that the risk is indisputable.

I think in the same room is fine ravioli, wether that is a cot right next to the bed, at the end of the bed or on the other side of the room. I don't understand baby being in a totally different room.
I have always gone for right next to my bed in a bedside crib because it makes it easier to do night feeds without having to get up and go across the room.

Thank you, everyone. I know I'll have seemed awkward, but it's been interesting to hijack this thread and straighten up the 'regulate breathing' theories for me.