You and Your Pediatrician Get into an Argument Regarding Where

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Multiple Choice

You and your pediatrician get into an argument regarding where your infant should sleep.You strongly believe that she should sleep with you, while your pediatrician insists that it can be dangerous for her not to sleep in her own crib.What would be your argument?

• A)There is no medical reason that your infant cannot sleep with you, since nearly all cultures outside of the West use some form of cosleeping during infancy.
• B)Pediatricians do not care as much about infants as parents do.
• C)There is scientific evidence that infants who sleep in cribs in different rooms grow up developmentally deprived.
• D)Pediatricians do not seem to understand the emotional need to have the infant in the same room.

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