Comment by Pertinent-nonsense on 25/01/2025 at 18:25 UTC

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Isn’t that the theory behind the reduction in SIDS with room sharing? That they don’t sleep as deeply with others in the room?

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Comment by PrincessKimmy420 at 26/01/2025 at 01:34 UTC

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A combination of baby sleeping lighter due to parent noise and parent sleeping lighter and therefore more able to quickly help baby in an emergency, yeah

Comment by ShadowlessKat at 26/01/2025 at 02:42 UTC

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Yes. Lighter sleep reduces the risk of SIDS

Comment by doggydoodledo at 25/01/2025 at 20:54 UTC

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The reason room sharing reduces the risk of SIDS is that parents are more easily aroused by the crying baby, can get to it quickly and also tend to check on the baby more often. In our case, my husband’s snores actually act as white noise and I feel baby sleeps more deeply with us than by himself.