Studies show that nearly half of all parents engage in behavior that can be deadly for their baby: they sleep in the same bed with the infant.
While there are more obvious ways to endanger a baby, like manhandling, as was the case with a South Carolina father, this action seems far less dangerous.
But, the scary truth is that it poses a major threat to a baby's safety. In fact, it can even lead to death.
"We do find that pretty often when we go in and investigate cases where there have been a co-sleeping death, a playpen or a crib was right there in the home, but the child was not placed in that crib," spokesperson Shari Pulliam told Fox Beaumont.
Child Protective Services and doctors alike stress how important it is to have babies sleep on their own. In the video below, the best practices for sleeping babies are also demonstrated.
"A small infant does not have the strength in their neck or in their head to be able to move their head around, to be able to get some good, fresh air to breathe," Pulliam added.
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