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[quote]Or not. I still co-sleep with my 2 year old; I am a believer in co-sleeping. But she was a terrible sleeper and woke every 2-3 hours until the age of 17 months, which I blame on the co-sleeping + EBF on demand combo, since as soon as I stopped breastfeeding on demand, she STTN. You were blessed with great sleepers and got to enjoy co-sleeping with them. Congrats! But scientifically speaking, co-sleeping encourages more frequent arousals. The pro-cosleeping folks say it! It's the reason it combats SIDS. [/quote]

Yes, putting baby in his/her own room does not "cause" SIDs, like the moron poster said above.  It is more that co-sleeping helps prevent it - and it does so by creating a situation in which baby is more likely to wake - i.e. is more arousable.  So if anything, the baby is less likely to sleep through the night while co-sleeping.  And the benefits are greater only if you sleep the baby in a bassinet or co-sleeper separate from your bed, not in the bed.  (Don't think *in* the bed is a big deal, just not the recommendation for SIDs prevention.)

Of course after learning all about this and planning on sleeping DD in our room, I could not sleep a wink with her near me.  Moved her into her own room at around 4 weeks, though we often had her in the bassinet in our room on and off depending on our needs.  She consistently STTN from about 7-8 weeks onward.

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