Chapter 8. Sleeping Arrangement

Table 8.11. Percent of mothers indicating each reason for bringing their baby to bed with them by infant age or survey month¹^,², among mothers who ever lay down with or slept with their baby at night at month 3 survey or in the past 4 weeks at month 6, 9 and 12 survey Infant Feeding Practices Study II
	Survey month
	3	6	9	12
It is commonly done in my family	11.6	13.9	15.3	16.7
Sleeping with my baby helps the baby or me to sleep better	54.2	47.9	51.9	48.6
I thinks it is safer if my baby sleeps with me or us	10.3	11.2	10.9	12.3
A doctor or nurse advised sleeping with baby	1.0	0.8	0.8	1.4
To breastfeed	58.7	53.3	46.9	30.3
To bottle feed	9.6	7.7	6.6	3.8
To help with a blocked milk duct or other breastfeeding problem	2.6	1.1	0.8	0.9
To be close/bond	41.0	39.2	38.3	32.6
To comfort when fussy	64.8	56.9	62.7	58.3
To comfort when sick	22.2	24.3	33.7	35.0
N	1,686	878	783	660
¹Table is based on variables: M3H2A-J, M6H11A-J, M9H11A-J, MWH11A-J ²Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply