The old belief is that babies should sleep next to their mothers, so that the child sleeps warmly and the mother can feed and care for them easily. A new generation of parenting believes that it is better for babies to sleep separately from their mothers. The specific benefits of sharing a bed between the baby and the mother are: 1, bed sharing can make the mother rest better in the limited time, do not need to often be worried, a moment afraid of pressing the child, a moment afraid of smothering the child, a moment afraid of the blanket is not covered, making their own sleep is not solid. 2, the child sleeps alone crib easy to keep the environment clean, to avoid infection. The crib, bedding, sheets are small, easy to remove and wash, disinfection, which is very important to protect the baby’s delicate skin. 3, bed sharing is the beginning of developing children’s independence. The development of independence has a lot to do with parents’ concepts and education methods. Bed-sharing can play a role in promoting the development of children’s independence. 4, the crib is flexible, easy to move, can often change direction and hang some toys in the crib to promote the further development of visual and auditory sense of small children. How to choose the right crib for your baby? 1, the bed edge fence Try to choose a cylindrical fence, the distance between the two fences can not exceed 6 cm, to prevent the baby’s head from the middle out. Some mothers like more complex patterns, more carved cribs, in fact, such beds are not safe enough for children. Because the bed rails or raised carvings on the bed easily hooked children’s clothing, children struggling to break free, it is possible to collision injuries. 2, all surfaces of the crib must be painted with a protective layer to prevent cracking teething babies like to use their mouths to chew things, so the bilateral crossbar of the bed edge must be installed with a protective cover, parents should pay particular attention to the metal material crib absolutely can not contain lead and other elements harmful to the child’s body. Railings, paint and other materials are non-toxic, there will be no heavy metals (such as lead, potassium, cadmium, chromium, mercury, etc.) components. 3, cushioned enclosure around the crib around the four cloth-made plastic easy to tear enclosure, to protect the baby’s head. The cushion should have at least six or more knotted places; keep the knotted straps at the shortest length to prevent the baby from strangling the neck. Once the baby steps on the bib pad, the bib pad should be removed because they may become stepping stones for the baby to climb out of the bed. 4, mattress When the mattress is adjusted to its highest position, it should be at least 25 cm away from the edge of the bed. The mattress should be tightly closed with the bed frame to prevent the baby probe in. 5.Adjustment card lock The two sides of the crib edge usually have two high and low adjustment position, these adjustment control must have a childproof fixed card lock function (that is, children can not lower the edge of the bed themselves). Some cribs are designed with single-sided adjustment control, which can reduce the chance of accidental loosening. 6, decorative patterns crib surface do not stickers, if the stickers warped, the child is likely to tear it down and stuffed into the mouth. And printed with bright patterns of stickers easy to make the child irritable, usually warm regular pattern will make the child calm and happy mood. Some cribs are painted with various colors, if the paint contains lead, when the baby gnaws on the railing there is a risk of lead poisoning, lead poisoning occurs, it will make the baby anemic. 7, the use of fences The height of the fence is generally 50 cm above the mattress is appropriate. If it is too low, when the child can grab the fence to stand, there is always the danger of climbing over the fence and falling down. If it is too high, parents pick up or put down the baby are very inconvenient. Therefore, you can choose the fence with a small door or the fence can be lowered as a whole crib, so that when holding the child or changing the diaper to the child will not have to bend down to hold the baby, and will not cause back pain. 8, rollers and swing function Some cribs are installed with small wheels that can be pushed around freely. This crib, you must pay attention to whether it has a brake device, a brake device crib is safe, while the brake device to be more solid, not to a touch on the loose. There are cribs that can be shaken, the role of the cradle, this bed must also pay attention to whether the connection of its various parts are tight and reliable. It is best not to buy a crib that can only shake can not be fixed, because the growth rate of infants is very fast, after all, the time to sleep in the cradle is short, more need or a fixed bed.