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Column: The Mtn Midwife -Sleeping safely with your baby
Column: The Mtn Midwife -Sleeping safely with your baby
So, you’ve run your marathon, whatever form that has taken, and you have your baby. Wonderful! That’s the hard part over right?
For some people yes, it is. For others, parenting and the myriad of decisions to be made on a daily basis, while fielding Facebook posts, controversial chat room discussions, family advice, horror stories and parental competition can quickly become overwhelming.
Often new parents have had little to no previous work experience in their new job. And those who have may have already formulated ideas of the things they’ll never do and will definitely do, and this in itself can add its own pressures. One of my old neighbours used to say that parenthood is one long lesson in humility. I come back to this a lot in my parenting life.
One of the important decisions to make is where will your baby sleep? Most people have heard of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI), which includes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and fatal sleep accidents. These tragedies are rare, but there are thin

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