Why doctors are saying infants should share parents' room

Infants should sleep in the same room as their parents -- but not in the same bed -- to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics advise.The recommendations call for babies to share their parents’ bedroom for at least the first 6 months of life and, ideally, for the first year.This could reduce the risk of sudden death by as much as 50 percent, the guideline authors say.“Room sharing makes a lot of sense,” sai