Room sharing
Also called room-sharing, room share, room-share, room shared, sharing a room, room sharing without bed sharing
Room sharing means a baby sleeps in the same room as a parent or carer, but in a separate sleep space such as a crib, cot or Moses basket. Safe sleep groups use the term to set it apart from sharing a bed.
How it's said
...would/do you room share with your DC after 6 months, or is it better for babies to sleep in their own room after 6 months?
I don't understand the SIDS and room sharing thing at all.
This form of co-sleeping is called room sharing.
Who says it
Not to be confused with
- Co-sleeping is when parents sleep together with their baby, often in the same bed, while room sharing keeps the baby in their own sleep space in the parents' room. Some UK groups count room sharing as one form of co-sleeping, so the two words overlap.
Where it came from
Room sharing is a safe sleep term. In 2005 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended a separate but proximate sleeping environment, with the baby in the same room as the mother, and its parent site now recommends sharing a room instead of a bed.
In the UK the Lullaby Trust calls a baby sleeping in the parents' room, in their own cot or Moses basket, room sharing. The NCT describes it as a form of co-sleeping.