Is it true that.....?????

[Carter'sMummy]

Is it true that co-sleeping causes babies to be more nasally and increase risk of SIDS?

I ask because i co-sleep with my 7 week old..have since he was born,and sometimes he will wake up nasally and sound stuffed up. I make sure when i put him with me that his face isnt too covered, but it doesnt always work. He's woken up stuffed up only a few times..and it seems to be the same times that i wake up stuffed up too....coincidence or should i be concerned?

[Super~Single~Mama]

I wouldn't be concerned - I wake up stuffy sometimes, and sometimes my son does too. As long as it clears up during the day I don't worry about it.

Co-sleeping doesn't increase the risk of SIDS either to my knowledge.

[Chloe'sMama]

I don't think I would worry about the stuffy nose thing. Do make sure that the blankets are not up over his face though. DH and I had separate blankets for the first little bit as to not pull the blanket over DD's face.

[VeganCupcake]

Babies sometimes get kind of snuffly at that age. Is it possible that there's something in your room that could be irritating both of your nasal passages? I find I get stuffy if it's too dry in our room, and we've just started needing to run our humidifier again.

There's actually evidence that cosleeping reduces the risk of SIDS. There's a Mothering "Cosleeping" reprint all about that.