Researchers have new information about the possible health risks of infant co-sleeping, finding that it can increase the number of times the babies' oxygen level drops in the night and can cause them to rebreathe air they've already exhaled.
But most of the babies in the small study were able to cope with those changes.
"The bed-share infants experienced more desaturation events and were more often exposed to rebreathing," said Sally Baddock, an associate professor of midwifery at Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand. "But these infants, [who were] at low risk of SIDS [sudden infant death syndrome], appeared to be able to respond effectively and remain safe."
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