Safe Sleep Seven Infographic
A quick reference for optimizing safety while bedsharing with an infant. Research shows us that 60-75% of nursing parents will end up bedsharing with their baby at least some of the time. Even if bedsharing is not your intended sleep arrangement, learn how to do it safely.
A quick reference for optimizing safety while bedsharing with an infant. Research shows us that 60-75% of nursing parents will end up bedsharing with their baby at least some of the time. Even if bedsharing is not your intended sleep arrangement, learn how to do it safely.
A quick reference for optimizing safety while bedsharing with an infant. Research shows us that 60-75% of nursing parents will end up bedsharing with their baby at least some of the time. Even if bedsharing is not your intended sleep arrangement, learn how to do it safely.
Bedsharing is a polarizing topic - I know. While cosleeping can afford many benefits to the baby-parent dyad it is greatly stigmatized in our society and not the best sleeping plan for every family. Research shows us that 60-75% of nursing parents will end up bedsharing with their infant at least some of the time. Even if bedsharing is not your intended sleep arrangement it is crucial to learn how to do it safely.
That is where the Safe Sleep Seven come in: these 7 evidence-based guiding principles help to keep infants (especially those younger than 4 months old) safe while in the adult bed. Following these principles will help reduce the risk of suffocation and SIDS while affording the numerous benefits of sleeping close to your child, such as increased milk supply, higher sleep totals for parent and baby, and lots of the feel-good oxytocin hormone.
This Pine State Doula infographic is informed by the La Leche League page on safe bedsharing. This is an inclusive resource free from gendered language.