Co-Sleeping in a Chair

Dad with headache and tired, is asleep in chair with baby in his arm. This is not a SafeSleep360° recommended sleep position. The American Academy of Pediatrics also warns against co-sleeping in a chair. This is one of the biggest mistakes new parents make. As tired as the parents get, it is easy to drop a baby out of their arms and onto the floor.  

Or the baby could get wedged between the cushions of the chair if the parents fall asleep and the baby slides out of their arms into the chair.

 

 

This dad is sleeping in a chair that lays back. Now the baby is sleeping on his tummy with his face pressed into dad's chest. Also, when the baby falls asleep on the parent or caregivers chest while they are slumped down in the chair this creates another high risk issue. The baby is sleeping on their tummy instead of their backs, which we know by now puts the baby at higher risk of SIDS.