AMES, Iowa – Parents know that co-sleeping is considered a no-no, but many still allow their children to crawl into bed with them at night. Doctors generally discourage co-sleeping, because of its ...

It's not just infants who are snuggling up to mom and dad in bed. Some kids are bed-sharing with their parents into adolescence, giving rise to the term "family bed" — super-size mattresses with room ...

As bed-sharing between parents and infants has grown, some advice focuses on ways to reduce SIDS and suffocation risks ...

As a new parent, you may have the instinct to keep your child close when you sleep and there are plenty of products on the market that can be used to share your bed with your baby. But bed-sharing or ...

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Elizabeth Pantley answers viewer questions about kids and sleep. March 4, 2010— -- For many parents, every night is a struggle to get their kids to sleep in their own beds. Experts call it ...

As a new mom, there’s nothing like having your baby close to you when you sleep. But is co-sleeping with a baby under a year old safe? That may depend on what baby co-sleeping means to you. About ...

Recent research on animal sleep behavior has revealed that sleep is influenced by the animals around them. Olive baboons, for instance, sleep less as group sizes increase, while mice can synchronize ...

Gina Mason receives funding from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (grant #334-BS-24). The views expressed herein are her own, and do not represent the official views of the Academy or ...

Myrka Cantu says her 10-month-old son, Alejandro Uriel, fractured his skull after falling from a bed while co-sleeping.