DS was in our room until 6 months, when he grew out of his bassinette. We then started to have him in our bed sometimes. Something that, pre-baby, I swore I'd never do, but I actually like it It was great having him in our room early on though, there's absolutely no way I would have felt comfortable putting him in his own room as a newborn.

I'm sure I've read research that says that cosleeping (in all it's forms) decreases the SIDS risk. Interestingly, all our HCPs were always checking that DS was in with us, as he was prem. It was recommended to us, although we were going to do it anyway.

I have to say, I disagree with the PP, SIDS doesn't always "just happen", often, tragically, there would have been some way of preventing it. I am not at all putting blame on parents, but sometimes a SIDS death is preventable.