Bed-sharing toddlers more likely to develop asthma later

Toddlers who sleep in the same bed as their parents may be at increased risk of developing asthma, according to a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal.
The study reports that children who shared the bed with their parents when they were infants were not more likely to be diagnosed with asthma or have a higher risk of wheezing during their first 6 years of life.
But the researchers found that bed-sharing at 24 months was associated with increased risk of wheezing between the ages of 3 and 6 years old, and toddlers who bed-shared at this age were also at higher risk of being diagnosed with asthma at age 6.