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The Risk of Suspicious Unexpected Infant Death
The risk of sudden infant death jumps when babies share a bed with their parents. Attachment parenting websites and books often downplay this danger. A 2012 paper found that for babies under three months, there is a five-fold increase in the risk of these kinds of deaths if they are shared by non-smoking parents or mothers who have not taken alcohol or drugs. Jane Fisher: "There is no evidence that sleeping in the same bed as your baby will help that baby attach"