When you are a parent it may be hard to fall asleep with your child in your bedroom, but a new study shows you might want to move the crib into your room.

  • Infants sleeping in their parents' room for the first six months can reduce SIDS
  • Infants should sleep on their backs, American Academy of Pediatrics recommends

A new report out of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) stated that infants should be sleeping in the same room as their parents for at least the first six months of their lives.

The study showed that it can reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, otherwise known as SIDS, by as much as 50 percent.

But that doesn't mean the same bed.

The academy recommended children sleep on their backs, but never on a soft surface like a couch or an armchair.

An estimated 3,500 babies die from SIDS and other sleep-related problems in the United States each year.

"Ninety percent of cases occur before an infant turns 6 months of age, with peak incidence between 1 and 4 months," stated the AAP in a press release.