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Boosting Brain Power

Co-sleeping supercharges brain development by stimulating neural connections and cognitive functions through offering a multi sensory environment.

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Infants being born with an innate sense of smell, are also born with very poor eyesight. Proximity that is included with co-sleeping allows the infants to get familiar and build bonds with their caregivers through scent. 

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Co-sleeping provides input from the five senses: touch, smell, taste, hearing, and sight. The multi-sensory environment that co-sleeping offers stimulates neural connections. The toughing, smells, and sounds that are received and dispensed between infant and co-sleeper contribute to the production of vital cognitive functions. 

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Infants that co-sleep exhibit more rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. REM sleep is the stage in sleep when cognitive functions increase. Diana Divecha explains in the article "How Cosleeping Can Help You and Your Baby" that REM sleep plays a significant role in the growth between neurons. 

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