Twins Co- Bedding at Home, Parents’ Perspective, Sleeping Pattern and Developmental Millstones.

Co-bedding twins is the practice of placing siblings in the same crib or bed. the objective of this study was to find out how frequently co-bedding was practiced at home among malaysian twins. moreover, parents’ knowledge and satisfaction was measured. developmental mill-stones and sleeping pattern of twins were compared between those who practiced co-bedding versus those who did not.method: this is a cross-sectional comparative study. parents of registered twins aged below 18 were interviewed to collect data on 204 malaysian twins including socio-demographic characteristics, sleeping pattern and developmental millstones of twins as well as parent’s knowledge and satisfaction with co-bedding.result: eighty nine percent of twins were co-bedded during their infancy and childhood. more than 90% of parents considered co-bedding as safe and believed it had a positive effect on psychological wellbeing of their twins (89.2%). no significant difference was found be-tween co-bedded and separately bedded twins in terms of their developmental millstones. duration of sleep was described as complete for 89% of co-bedded twins with similar fre-quency of wakening between the two understudy groups (p=0.258).conclusion: co-bedding is considered a safe practice at home and carries a high satisfaction rate among parents of twins. randomized controlled studies are warranted to investigate the long-term benefits of co-bedding at home.