Some might consider parents co-sleeping with older children strange, but plenty of families say it works well for them. There are also rightful safety concerns about co-sleeping, and parents should be provided with in-depth information about minimizing any sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risks for babies. But what about when the co-sleeping child is a toddler or even well into primary school? Parents who decide to co-sleep with their children can find themselves batting away derision or criticism from friends and family. very nice and very calm bedtime routine. When our son’s ready, he lets us know and we calmly go to bed together and he falls asleep within five, or ten minutes SIDS is a risk associated with co-sleeping with children between one month and 12 months of age, older children are much less at risk. For parents who co-sleep with their child but want to transition into separate beds, some strategies can help. From age five or six years onwards, children are responsive to “reward therapy So we discuss with them what it would take to get them not to sleep with their parents, and the common things that seem to work well in middle childhood — kids five to 10 years old — is money, screen time [and] gifts.
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