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Coroner warns of co-sleeping after infants death, Co-sleeping death: Tragedy or

Crime? Utah Court upholds charges in co-sleeping baby death and Bill targets infant cosleeping deaths. These are some of the headlines in newspapers across the country. A local
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South Jordan couple is facing charges for co-sleeping with their three month old infant who
passed away. The couple is being accused of knowingly putting their infant at risk following the
death of their previous child who died of asphyxiation from co-sleeping three years earlier.
I like this paragraph, it keeps me hooked and has some mystery.

Healthcare providers are imploring parents to reconsider their co-sleeping

arrangements with their infants due to the inherent risks. According to the American Academy
What are some of the risks?

of Pediatrics, infant fatalities can greatly be reduced by safe sleep practices such as having the
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baby sleep in the same room as parents but not the same bed (AAP Expands Guidelines for
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Infant Sleep Safety and SIDS Risk Reduction, 2015). Dr. Richard Ferber, director for The Center
of Pediatric Sleep Disorders and a licensed pediatric physician, is no stranger to helping families
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develop calming bedtime routines and appropriate sleeping arrangements to keep infants safe

from these devastating outcomes. Hes dedicated the majority of his professional career to
helping families have safe restful sleep by investigating the infants sleeping habits and
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suggesting alternatives.

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Dr. Richard Ferber, a soft spoken Bostonian, hasnt always been interested in sleeping
disorders in children. As a young medical student, he studied the biorhythms in mice which
peaked his interest in sleeping habits. He fought with his own children on going to sleep. They
would spontaneously wake up from a deep sleep in the middle of the night and hed ask himself
what woke them up. He and his wife spent countless nights trying to settle their fussy infant.
He applied his knowledge of sleep rhythms to his own children and successfully taught his
This is a great storyline of how he became interested in the subject.

children how to fall asleep on their own in their own crib. In his book, Dr. Ferber equates
infants falling asleep in their parents arms and then being placed into a crib to adults going to
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sleep with a pillow to waking up without one (Ferber M.D., 2006). In co-sleeping situations,
infants are used to being in their parents arms so when they wake up in an unfamiliar setting,
i.e. their crib, they panic. Theyre completely disoriented so they cry. This leads sleep-deprived
parents to resort to sharing a bed with their infant. The transition from the parents bed to crib
Great causation-result sentence!

is an exhausting process which is why he encourages sleeping habits to be practiced from the
beginning. Every child and circumstance surrounding the sleeping arrangement is different so
Dr. Ferber gives advice on how to transition infants to a safer independent sleeping
environment in the crib.
Dr. Ferber developed a method nicknamed The Ferber Method which helps train
infants to fall asleep on their own and self soothe should they awaken for reasons other than
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hunger or diaper changing. His step by step book consists of systematically taking your cosleeping child to their room and spending the night with them in their space. He suggests doing
this for a couple of nights then put the child in their bed while you sleep in their room on a
separate mattress. The goal is to eventually make your way out of their room back into your
own bed all the while showing them its okay to be in their crib alone. There are as many critics
as there are supporters of Dr. Ferber and his methods. Mom led blogs, fellow colleagues and
I think it is great that you showed another opinion to this method, so it is not only one side

support groups attacked his method accusing him of counseling sleep deprived parents into
sadistically letting their babies cry it out all night long. Dr. Laura Markham, a psychologist,
says his methods are barbaric. Dr. Richard Ferber is a pediatrician with no psychological
training, Your baby is learning that you cannot be depended on and She learns that you will
not help her when she needs it, are some of the quotes Dr. Laura Markham has stated in
reviewing Dr. Ferbers practices (Markham M.D., 2015).
Hes often misunderstood by those who think hes a promoter of children crying
themselves to sleep as this can lead to feelings of insecurity and abandonment in the child in
This is an interesting idea someone brought up

later years. In order to clear up any misconceptions, hes written a revised version of his Solve
Your Childs Sleep Problems. He clarified that his method is only to be used for infants older
than 3 months of age and will not be successful for every child. He recommends tailoring to
your familys needs. His book has been well received and has sold over 400,000 copies.

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An average of 64 infant deaths per year is related to infants co-sleeping with adults in

adult beds (Consumer Product Safety Commision, 2015). Infants are at risk of asphyxiation by
being wedged between the mattress and another object or being smothered by blankets. The
risks are even greater for a parent whos intoxicated, a smoker, a drug user, obese or having an
older sibling in the bed as well. Parents who choose to sleep in something other than a bed
increase their infants risk of suffocation as theyre not lying flat on their back. The American
Academy of Pediatrics strongly suggests separate beds for infants. The guidelines for safe sleep
are as follows: keep pillows, stuffed animals and toys out of crib when infant is sleeping. Place
the baby face up on a firm mattress with a tight fitting sheet. Never place the baby on its
stomach as this can cause asphyxiation. Avoid placing too many blankets on the baby as this
will cause a rise in body temperature and desaturation of oxygen levels in the baby. Theres a
potential risk of the blankets covering their face causing them to rebreathe their own air that
has higher levels of carbon dioxide and lower levels of oxygen increasing the risk of suffocation.
The blanket should cover mid chest region and below. The AAP also recommends the baby
wear sleepwear that covers arms and legs so less blankets will be used.

As a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, director for The Center of

Pediatric Sleep Disorders, researcher of psychosomatic medicine and psychiatry and a
pediatrician, Dr. Ferber stands by his position that co-sleeping is unsafe but offers solutions
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such as room sharing instead of bed sharing that way theres still the convenience of
breastfeeding and opportunity for bonding.
Dr. Richard Ferber is still a practicing physician helping families get to the root of their
childs sleeping issue whether it be night terrors, anxiety or developing a healthy bedtime
routine. Hes has many supporters who continue to rally around him and the methods he uses
in his books as well as in his sleep center today. Healthcare providers will continue to advocate
for change in co-sleeping with infants. They will educate families on the dangers of sleeping
with their infant and let them decide if its worth the risk. Dr. Ferbers book provides safer
alternatives to sleeping habits to give parents the tools necessary to create a good nights sleep.
Great conclusion

References
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AAP Expands Guidelines For Infant Sleep Safety and SIDS Risk Reduction (2015, January 30).
Retrieved from http://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/AAP-ExpandsGuidelines-for-Infant-Sleep-Safety-and-SIDS-Risk-Reduction.aspx
Ferber M.D, R (2006). Solve Your Childs Sleep Problems. Touchstone.