A midwife makes a home visit to a 2-week-old girl. She was born at term, is exclusively breastfed and has rega…

Question

A midwife makes a home visit to a 2-week-old girl. She was born at term, is exclusively breastfed and has regained her birth weight. Her mother is exhausted and says she has been feeding on the sofa at night and has twice woken to find they had both fallen asleep there. Neither parent smokes, and neither drinks alcohol or takes sedating medication. The house has a cot, a bassinet and a pram, and the parents ask where she should be sleeping. Which one of the following sleeping arrangements should…

Accepted Answer

In a bassinet beside the parents' bed.

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In a cot in her own room.

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In a pram in the parents' room.

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In the parents' bed, on top of the covers.

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On her side in a cot beside the bed.

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