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Safe Infant Sleep: Expert Answers to Your Cosleeping Questions

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In the world of pediatric care, sleep safety guidelines are controversial and often misguided. Health professionals broadly discourage all forms of cosleeping, which, along with the potentially devastating consequences, makes deciding how and where your baby should sleep both confusing and frightening. Parents who cherish the closeness, security, and warmth of cosleeping are finding themselves conflicted, concerned, and exhausted.Cosleeping, a term which encompasses sleeping in the same room or on the same bed as your infant, is a common parental instinct driven by physiology and seen throughout human history. Despite mainstream opposition, thousands of parents continue the practice, whether intentionally, accidentally, or out of necessity. So, why do current medical guidelines insist that cosleeping is unsafe? What is the difference between SIDS and SUID, and are they related to cosleeping? What should parents do to make a safe sleep space for their infant? If a family chooses to cosleep, how should they respond to reproach from friends, family, or medical professionals? In Safe Infant Sleep, the world's authority on cosleeping breaks down the complicated political and social aspects of sleep safety, exposes common misconceptions, and compares current recommendations to hard science. With the latest information on the abundant scientific benefits of cosleeping, Dr. James J. Mckenna informs readers about the dangers of following over-simplified recommendations against the age-old practice, and encourages parents to trust their knowledge and instincts about what is and is not safe for their baby. This book offers a range of options and safety tips for your family's ideal cosleeping arrangement. These include variations of roomsharing and bedsharing, and introduce the concept of “breastsleeping.” This term, coined by Dr. McKenna himself, is based on the inherent biological connection between breastfeeding and infant sleep, and provides readers with everything they need to know about safely sharing a bed with their baby. Complete with resource listings for both parents and professionals, this book teaches you how to confidently choose a safe sleeping arrangement as unique as your family. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Platypus Media


Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 7, 2020


Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1930775768


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 63


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.48 x 0.61 x 8.45 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #35,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #36 in Sleep Disorders #103 in Baby & Toddler Parenting #108 in Children & Adolescent's Health


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    • Sage Cosleeping Reduces Risk of SIDS by 55%
Format: Paperback
One of the top most important books you can read before having children!! Even if you already have your kids, it’s never too late to change course. This book is filled with VITAL information to make you feel safe and confident about cosleeping with your babies. Cosleeping is NORMAL in literally every other part of the world. We are biologically wired to need closeness and proximity. No other species or culture leaves their children to sleep alone. One of the biggest takeaways from this book for me was that cosleeping, when done safely as outlined in the book, actually DECREASES the risk of SIDS by up to 55%!!! (The other major contributor to SIDS is vaccination, I’d highly encourage anyone who loves their children to look into that - read A Midwestern Doctor’s Substack article about it) I recommend this book to everyone I know who is pregnant or starting a family soon. Change the future by nurturing your children! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2025 by Nafferly
    • Excellent, evidence-based information and recommendations
Format: Paperback
This is an outstanding resource for parents and clinicians (and anyone) who want to understand the science and anthropological context of co-sleeping, bed sharing, and breastsleeping. As a family physician and as a parent, I consider Dr. McKenna to be the authority on safe infant sleep. I appreciate his clear and thoughtful communication, courageous advocacy, and inspiring compassion and humanity. He validates the experience of so many parents who cosleep, which we have practiced as a species for generations. I find it particularly interesting to learn about all of the immediate and lasting physiologic, psychological, and developmental effects that cosleeping has for infants, and I appreciate the way Dr. McKenna has presented this information so clearly and accessibly. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2021 by SCM
    • Loved it!
Format: Paperback
Great book, the author used a ton of research to support all of his statements. Organized well so you can use it for reference if you don’t have time to read a book cover to cover
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2025 by Letha M.
    • Such an amazing resource!
This book was so helpful in educating us on how to bedshare safely. This is something that just felt right to us and helped our baby sleep so much better. I am so grateful for the research Dr. McKenna and colleagues have done to help us feel confident sleeping next to our baby. It really is such a sweet, special experience to breastsleep and to know that our baby is so much more content next to me. He sleeps more, I sleep more and knowing that both of our cortisol levels are lower is such a confirmation that we are doing what is best for the both of us. So thankful for this book and hope the message continues to spread to other moms. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024 by Carolyn Edson
    • Excellent source for new parents
Format: Paperback
Not been an American from birth but having lived in 3 different continents, I really struggled to understand the American mentality that almost vilifies parents who choose to co-sleep in the same bed with their children. The exaggeration of the media and internet on this topic added my suspicions about why this is the norm. This book helped me understand the framework that drove this current practice but also confirmed my own life experiences in other countries - there are ways to sleep with our baby in a safe and natural way. We just need to follow careful practices that revolve around the mother breast feeding. In today’s modern society with the multibillion dollars industry of baby formula we can easily forget that breast feeding is the safest and most nutritious way to help our babies grow. After reading this book we told our pediatrician the truth - our baby starts the night in her crib and in the middle of the night she moves to our bed where she eats and sleeps (breastsleeps). Our bed setting follows the book’s recommendations and others. I’m glad I read this book and also listened to the audiobook. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2021 by A Martinez
    • Evidence based
Format: Paperback
Good evidence based book. However, you don't need to buy it to have safe sleep. The book basically says to sleep on your side with the baby on the side of the bed as the mom, not between partners. Move the mattress away from the wall or anything the baby can get stuck between. Make sure there aren't any pillows by the babies face. This bed sharing, or as he calls it "breast-sleeping" is nice for people who sleep on their side well and don't have any shoulder injuries. It isn't a reasonable option for us, so we bought a bassinet to co-sleep. Good information- but I'm not sure you need to read the whole book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2024 by Tcount25
    • Required Reading!
This book should be required reading for all doctors, medical professionals, social workers, anybody responsible for children in any way and ESPECIALLY all Mothers and Fathers.
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2025 by Carly
    • Every new parent should read!
Format: Paperback
I read one review describing this book at liberating… which is the perfect word! It wasn’t until my second child that I started to question the very strict “safe sleep” guidelines that are drilled into new parents. Raising a toddler with a newborn was exhausting and I would find myself falling asleep at 2am in dangerous positions in an effort to stay awake. I just wanted to lay her next to me. After all, isn’t sleeping with your baby only natural, not just in humans but all mammals!? I found this book on my search for answers. And it was the reassurance I needed to know I was making the right decision. Thank you, thank you to the author for your well documented research! I wish every new mom would read this book. Side note: there does seem to be a lot of repeat words and themes in the book but I understand why. The author wants to reiterate that he’s not recommending anything but that all parents should at least know they have options and understand the research behind them. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2024 by AP1291

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