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I am pretty sure babies who are sleeping with their parents die because the parents are typically morbidly obese and they roll over, suffocating the poor child. Or the child is particularly weak/frail and cannot wiggle, etc.
From the day my daughter was born she could turn her head for air, and parents 20 years ago were told to make sure they put their kids to sleep on their stomachs in order to prevent suffocation.
She is now two months old and can manipulate sheets off of her face, scream (good problem solver for all but the most negligent of crackhead parents who are sleeping in the same bed), roll over, kick and squirm, nuzzle close, etc. My wife wakes up if the baby gurgles wrong, even though she was a heavy sleeper before having her.
After being given a lot of CYA advice by 'experts' I have decided to use a little common sense. If sleeping in the bed with your kid was likely to kill it the human race would have long since died out.
Remember that 50 years ago Psychologists widely recommended that parents limit their touching/emotional interaction with their children to the bare minimum necessary to sustain life and educate them. They specifically recommended against hugging and/or kissing your child on the cheek more than a couple times a year.
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