Caregiver lived experiences attempting to follow safe sleep recommendations to sleep their baby in a cot: a qualitative directed content analysis
Carly Grubb, Jeanine Young, Levita D’Souza · 2026
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Carly Grubb, Jeanine Young, and Levita D'Souza study parents who struggle to follow cot-only sleep advice in a 2026 qualitative analysis. Official guidance has long told parents to never share a sleep surface with a baby. Death rates have not fallen as hoped, and many families still share sleep.
The team re-read free-text answers from 3,341 Queensland caregivers of young infants. Nearly a third found separate sleep hard to keep, citing baby temperament, breastfeeding, and deep fatigue. Parents asked for honest, non-judgmental teaching on making shared sleep safer. Some already used risk-cutting steps that match state guidance. The authors urge messaging that lowers risk rather than only banning the practice.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Carly Grubb, Jeanine Young, Levita D’Souza |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |