Jim McKenna says that dads vary in their sensitivity to their baby in 
bed. Some are safe, others not so much! My own husband took way longer 
than I did to hear our kids crying if they were in another room, but if 
they were in bed with us, he was very sensitive to their presence, even 
rolled out once when the mobile baby crowded him too much. If I returned 
baby to the crib, he would wake with a start and ask where the baby was. 
If he took a nap alone with the baby, he slept in a protective position 
with his forearm under the baby's neck. We didn't know a thing as new 
parents, it's only now looking back at photos that I see what a great 
job he did!

I find my clients usually know whether their husbands are sensitive in 
their sleep or sleep like a rock, and act accordingly in deciding 
whether to put the baby in between the parents or alongside mom only.

Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC  NYC

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