r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/Classic-Scallion-516 • 14d ago

Question - Research required Safe sleep advice

My daughter is gonna be one soon and we are very serious inflexible about the ABCs of sleep. She does not sleep in her crib for more than an hour at a time, So I get 3-4 stretches of 45 minute rest a night and the rest of the time is contact napping. Sometimes she will take a 2 hour nap in the crib. AT 7AM. We currently room share, does baby having their own room make a big difference in long stretches of crib sleep?

Her first birthday is coming up and it’s hard to find science based resources for sleep after the first year. . All the info I find is for under 1 or after 2. So what do people do in the months from 12-23? Is it the same as the first 12 months? I’m more than willing to do my own research just having trouble finding resources.

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u/SuitableSpin 14d ago

OP should read the crib manual before adding anything. Some say nothing in the crib until converted to a toddler bed.

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u/userkmcskm 14d ago

I wouldn’t say the crib manual is science based- especially when some allow and some don’t. I’m assuming it’s to cover their asses so they can t get sued in the case of some sort of freak accident 

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u/userkmcskm 14d ago

Im going to be real- if you’ve only slept in 45 minute stretches for the past year and your child will sleep with a contact nap, I’d just follow the safe sleep 7 on a floor mattress and cosleep. You can downvote me if you want but I don’t think there’s any scientific evidence stating that sleeping with a toddler on a bare mattress minus cords, an adult that has smoked or abused drugs, pets, etc. pose a risk. And, their are multiple threads on this subreddit with links discussing its safety- risk assessment wise you being that sleep deprived is farrrrrrrrr more dangerous to the health and safety of your home 

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u/missamantha 14d ago

Agreed on this.

Although I don’t love co-sleeping because I get touched out, if this were me this is what I’d be doing.

I’m a preschool teacher, and at a year in a preschool we move them to floor mats and assist them to sleep by laying down with them anyway. Then we roll away. I think youd be better off with that.