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24th January 2024
09:43am GMT
A parenting expert has issued advice to parents who share a bed with their children.
They have stressed that sharing a bed is normal for parents and young children, but something you should stop when children reach a certain age.
Health guru Mickey Mehta has stressed that you should try to stop sharing a bed with your kids before they turn 8.
Sharing a bed with your children may have many health benefits, like strengthening the bond between mother and child.
However, Mickey Mehta believes you should try to stop doing this before your child's 8th birthday.
According to the health guru, sharing a bed with your child can help them deal with nightmares. It also helps to make them feel safe.
MailOnline reports, "[A child] gets dreams of fear, phobias because [the child's] subconscious is tender, it picks up every signal. Everything happening universally. And in the astral travel, the children cry."
In his YouTube video, he explained that parents can soothe their children by sharing a bed with them.
"If the mother is next to the child, as the child cries, the mother soothes. Ears on the heart and the erratic heartbeat of the child comes back to rhythm again."
"Til seven, their mirror neurons are working and they are very sensitive," he explained.
Parenting experts believe you should stop co-sleeping before your child's third birthday.
However, it's important to remember that every parent and every child is different so your situation may differ from other's.
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