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@Chicken_Biryani

Mirage, quick thing:

In Paksitan usually you guys have large beds so its a good option to keep baby with you. However purely out of child safety, new parents are advised to let child sleep in a separate space to avoid risk of cot death.

• Firstly if you are sleeping and by mistake your pillow or quilt or sheets could suffocate the child.
• Similarly, a child needs healthy air to breath in , sometimes we dont realize our breath intake near the baby for longer hours can actually reduce their oxygen.
• Newborns cant control their body heat like we elders can .. hence you never know while sleeping you might end up holding your baby and transfering your body heat. this can cause serious safety issues for the baby.

That is why it is always highly advised to give the child enough space specially in teh first few months. Letting the child share your bed is a good option only if you have considerable distance between you and your child and none of your pillows, body, quilts or blankets or sheets can accidently cover the baby at night.

you know mirage , I was reading the other day that since babies dont have a strong temperature control in the body in the initial few months , mothers are asked to keep an eye on how the child is faring with heat and cold .. for that purpose even the matress that we put in the cot is a breathable one so that heat doesnt get trapped to make the baby uncomfortable or become any hazard.

good advice, however, the flip side is that co-sleeping has many, many benefits too and there are ways to do it safely (for eg: co-sleeping helps new babies regulate their breathing because they time it according to their moms when they hear her breathing. isn’t that amazing?). a co-sleeper attaches to the side of your bed and is just like a crib but with three sides up (the open side is next to your bed). that way, the baby has his own space but he is still right next to you. plus, it is much, much easier to breastfeed since you just reach over and grab the baby instead of having to walk across the hall to their room, which gets really tiring if you’re doing it every two hours and you’ve only had 4 hours of sleep yourself!
Arm’s Reach Universal Co-Sleeper & Bedside Cot - Kiddicare - YouTube

if you don’t want to buy a co-sleeper, you can also have a pack’n’play next to your bed, or even a crib/cot but put one side down and have three sides up. the side that is down gets pushed against your bed just like the co-sleeper. pack’n’plays even have change tables built into them and many have wheels so you can move them from room to room- Graco Canada | Pack 'N Plays

you can also purchase a little co-sleeping “bed” that sits on your bed and have the baby in that. this is what i did for the first few months. it was built so you couldn’t roll over on it.
http://family.go.com/images/cms/products/baby-gifts-photo-260-ipa-822-9-280.jpg