What do doctors say about co-sleeping?
Well, that’s a tricky question to answer. Two very notable physicians, namely Dr. William Sears, MD (author of many books on attachment parenting) and Dr. Jay Gordon (also a very noted and well-published physician) work tirelessly to promote co-sleeping and its place in our lives. Many pediatricians are still balking at the practice, but the research is there and definitely supports co-sleeping all the way. In countries where co-sleeping is the norm (that is, almost every other country except the United States) SIDS is unheard of and breastfeeding is far more successful. Dr. Sears’ website link (provided in the link section of this article) includes his own research into co-sleeping, carried out in his own home, with his own wife and children. A third doctor, Dr. James J. McKenna of the Notre Dame Mother Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, has done much research to bolster the body of evidence supporting co-sleeping in various forms. His work is paramount in the fight to make co-sleeping
