DISCUSSION 4 Infant Cosleeping
The purpose of this discussion is for you to think critically about the issue of cosleeping with an infant.
Cosleeping is practice where parents sleep in proximity with their baby, whether in the same bed or the same room. For clarity, researchers sometimes distinguish between “bed-sharing,†where the baby sleeps in the parents’ bed, and “cosleeping,†where the baby is in the same room as the parents but in a separate sleeping unit, whether a crib or bed-side bassinet. In addition, for bed-sharing, there are specially designed sleeping mattresses for infants that could be placed in the parents’ bed.
The practice of bed-sharing is controversial because of the increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome and accidental injury of the infant. Those who practice it report ease of breast-feeding and better bonding with their baby. The practice of cosleeping can be controversial as well, with arguments both on the pro and con sides.
To learn more about the issue, read the articles below. I didn’t select these articles to sway your opinion on the issue one way or the other. When I did an Internet search, these were some of the first articles (from authoritative sources and published in recent years) that were retrieved. I encourage you to do your own search to find additional articles.
Safe Cosleeping Guidelines (Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, University of Notre Dame)
https://cosleeping.nd.edu/safe-co-sleeping-guidelines/
How Cosleeping Can Help You and Your Baby (Diana Divecha, February 7, 2020)
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_cosleeping_can_help_you_and_your_baby
Is Sleeping With Your Baby As Dangerous As Doctors Say? (Michaeleen Doucleff, May 21, 2018)
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/21/601289695/is-sleeping-with-your-baby-as-dangerous-as-doctors-say
INITIAL POST
In your Initial Post, address each of the following sets of questions, in a paragraph for each.
Do you support cosleeping with infants (same room but not same bed)? Why or why not?
Do you support bed-sharing with infants? Why or why not?
In your responses, please feel free to share personal experiences to the extent that you are comfortable. Also, feel free to seek out additional authoritative online sources.
Apply specific ideas or information from the sources provided in these instructions or other authoritative online sources that you found. First quote the relevant passages from your source and provide an in-text citation. Then paraphrase the ideas (put them in your own words) and discuss how the ideas relate to the issue. Click on the file below for information on how to find high-quality online sources and how to format citations in discussion posts.
Evaluating and Citing Online Sources.html
REPLIES
Read your classmates’ posts and select two Initial Posts to respond to. Select posts that present ideas and experiences that are different from your own, since this provides the greatest opportunity for you to develop your own thinking. In your replies, include the following:
- a quote of the specific statement you are responding to
- a paraphrasing of the statement to communicate to your classmate how you interpreted it
- an explanation of how your thinking on the issue is different from your classmate’s thinking
- a question that asks your classmate to elaborate upon some aspect of their thinking
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