Of the many troubling debates in the world of infant care, few are as constant as whether or not parents should share a bed with an infant.  Bedsharing or "family bedding," as it is commonly called, has been practiced for many generations in many cultures all over the world.  Sleeping with your baby can be safe and beneficial for both a parents and baby - if you do it right.  That's why we invented and patented the Arm's Reach® Co-Sleeper® Bassinet.Despite institutional and social pressures to put babies to sleep by themselves, studies show that at least 50% of all American parents co-sleep with their infants at some point.  Research by Dr. James J. McKenna and his team at the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame indicates that not only can co-sleeping be done safely, it can actually help reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related problems.Dr. McKenna reports that co-sleeping infants nurse more often, sleep more lightly and have response to mo... read more »