bed-sharing

noun

bed-shar·​ing ˈbed-ˌsher-iŋ 

variants or bed sharing

: the practice of sleeping in the same bed with one's child

Now the practice of bed sharing appears to be coming back into favor again—and a close look at the science suggests that the context in which parents do it, and the choices they make beforehand, matter a lot in terms of safety.

—Melinda Wenner Moyer

More and more parents are sleeping next to their infants—the percentage of bed-sharing babies has more than doubled in recent years …

—Karen Springen

compare co-sleeping

bed-share

ˈbed-ˌsher 

intransitive verb

or bed share

bed-shared or bed shared; bed-sharing or bed sharing; bed-shares or bed shares

Studies have found that the risk of SIDS [sudden infant death syndrome] increases anywhere from two to tenfold when parents bed-share, depending on the bed-sharing situation and the age of the baby.

—Jessica Pauline Ogilvie

Examples of bed-sharing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If you bed-share with a partner, definitely keep the Bear Elite Hybrid as one of your top contenders. —Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bed-sharing

• childbearing
• comparing
• declaring
• despairing
• forbearing
• impairing
• preparing
• repairing
• ridesharing
• seafaring
• timesharing
• uncaring