The Health Benefits of Baby Sleeping with Parents. In spite negative studies online especially the National Institute for Health And Care Excellence and in the news there’s may actually be some health benefit to allowing your baby sleep in the same bed with you. At No. 1 Establishing a more closer loving bond between mother and baby. That can reduce anxiety, creates self-esteem and the kid will be more affectionate in life. 2. Sears created a study which indicated co-sleeping between mother and baby. May help lower an infant’s risk of SIDS, 3. Stabilize the body’s temperature and. 4. Heart rhythms. This seems to be working great in other countries like Japan with lowest infant mortality rates, other countries of Asia, Africa and Latin American countries. Good at a time when first-time mothers or mothers with infant are going through some depression

Key Takeaways:

• It’s difficult not to be influenced by our immediate circles — friends, family members, local health professionals — when we have important parenting decisions to make.
• For first-time mothers in particular, the energy to go against the grain may not be there, and that’s OK.
• It might help mothers who want to co-sleep to know that in many, many parts of the world, the practice is common — the norm, even. In Japan, for example, parents tend to sleep with their babies in their beds, and Japan has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world.

“It might help mothers who want to co-sleep to know that in many, many parts of the world, the practice is common — the norm, even.”

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1129037/co-sleeping-parents-around-the-world