The Lullaby Trust (formally known as FSIDS – Foundation for Studies in Infant Death (Cot Death)) have issued a statement which is helpful with regards to advice on sleeping with your baby – we call this co-sleeping or bed sharing.
The organisation’s website gives some very clear and useful advice to parents on safe sleeping for babies, as well as support services they provide, and I always recommend it for sound reading for my clients.
This last week it issued a new statement; link below:
http://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/new-design-website/media-centre/media-centre-bmj-bed-sharing
Particularly helpful too is their new website section on safer sleeping too; rich with good advice:
http://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/new-design/safer-sleep/safer-sleep
They have a downloadable version too.
Independent/private midwife Helen Taylor 