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Yes, this is the safest option because of how much it helps with sleep and how much breastfeeding it facilitates. The (sober) mother effectively cannot roll on the baby.

Pediatric associations mostly don’t like it because it seems improper or too slum-like to share a bed with a baby. The opposition to cosleeping isn’t based on actual relative danger or long-term outcomes.

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> The (sober) mother effectively cannot roll on the baby.

This is untrue.

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It is true. Here is an introductory popular article to start reading about it. http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/18/baby-in-parents-bed...

Keep in mind how many mothers there are, and how many of those rare incidents had extenuating circumstances (substances, atypical neurology in the mother.) Keep in mind how easy and cheap it is today to extend the width of a bed with an attachment.

I know that the downvotes come from people who think of mothers sleeping with their children as poor trash—it’s a seriously outdated view that hurts the child.