Doctors strongly warn against bed sharing, especially for infants under six months. Dramatic public service campaigns highlight the danger of rolling over on a baby or accidental suffocation with pillows and blankets blocking the airway. "The bottom line, a baby shouldn't be sleeping in the same bed with you," advises Dr. Brad Troxler, M.D., Director of the Children's of Alabama Sleep Disorders Center. Dr. Troxler says new 2016 guidelines encourage parents to keep the baby in the same bedroom, just not in the parent's bed. Dr. Troxler says infants need their own safe sleep spot.

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