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Article: To share a bed with baby?; A recent study shows that sharing a bed with your infant may be hazardous, but some parents disagree
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- Concord Monitor
- Article date:
- October 30, 2005
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Xander Hupfer, age 18 months, has a picture-perfect nursery, with
pastel walls and matching curtains, a changing table, a mobile and
even a triple-decker row of stuffed dinosaurs, monkeys, snowmen and
bears.
There's only one thing missing: the crib.
That's because when bedtime rolls around at the Hupfers' Deering
home, Xander piles into the queen-size "family bed" with his parents,
Jamie and Brett.
Family beds came under fire earlier this month from the American
Academy of Pediatrics, which issued a report calling bed-sharing
"hazardous," saying it can contribute to sudden infant death
syndrome.
But family bed enthusiasts just shrug off the report. According to
many, when bed-sharing is ...