Resources
Links are provided here to information, websites, policy documents and articles on topics of relevance to the research conducted by the Sleep Lab.
Royal College of Midwives, Guidance Paper No. 8a: Bed Sharing and Co-sleeping
Royal College of Midwives, Position Statement No. 8-�
UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Sharing a Bed with your Baby Pamphlet
UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Sample bedding-in policy
A report of the findings of the RCM UK National Bed Sharing Audit
James McKenna's Mother-Baby Sleep Lab at University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Articles and news reports
- "A waking nightmare: sleepless nights" Independent 13.1.2003 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Bed sharing is common for infants, parents in USA" USA Today 14.1.2003 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Bed-sharing advice: UNICEF releases new guidance for breastfeeding mothers" 2003 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Cot deaths caused by drunken dads" The People 27.10.2002 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Don’t sleep with your baby" Telegraph 16.1.2004 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Family in bed" Independent 16.7.2003 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "How to bring up children in your sleep" Edinburgh Evening News 23.8.2002 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Just the three of us" Independent 18.10.1998 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "My little sleeping partner" Independent 14.7.2003 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Parents return to sleeping with the progeny" Independent 31.8.1998 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Response of UNICEF BFI to publication of Irish SIDS study" 2003 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Sharing bed with babies increases risk of cot death" Times 16.1.2004 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Sleep with Me: A Trans-Cultural Look at the Power and Protection of Sharing a Bed" Small (2003) Mothering Magazine (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Sleeping parents suffocate babies" Birmingham Post 13.11.1998 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Sleeping with baby, the latest ’killer’ risk" Times 11.10.2003 (last modified: 27 April 2006)
- "Smoking, bed-sharing and drug and alcohol use in SIDS" Nursing Standard 4.2.2003 (last modified: 27 April 2006)