Baby sharing your bed!

[charlotteheys85]

I've not thought about this yet..
But i'm sure i will xx

 

[Redshoes]

YEY the co-sleeping debate It should be discussed more, I think its something women should consider before having their baby its a wonderful thing to do/give to your baby in my opinion.

Co-sleeping is perfectly safe and one of many great ways to bond with your baby. Its fantastic if BF'ing as there's no interuptions through the night, its a fact that Mummy heats up or cools down to help regulate LO's temp as they cannot do it themselves straight away.

Since Isaac moved into a cot at 5months, though we regularly co-sleep through the day, I've always had to have a sensor pad under his mattress as I worry, when he's next to me I know he's OK, when he's in his cot I don't.

Before moses baskets and cots all babies co-slept, why its suddenly 'dangerous' is beyond me Why women fear it is beyond me too, I feel fearful when Isaac's away from me

Rant over

 

[skairdykat]

I'd just like to add that Rob wouldn't consider it because he had a younger brother who died while sharing a bed with his parents when he was a baby (his brother).

 

[clairedoran]

YEY the co-sleeping debate It should be discussed more, I think its something women should consider before having their baby its a wonderful thing to do/give to your baby in my opinion.

Co-sleeping is perfectly safe and one of many great ways to bond with your baby. Its fantastic if BF'ing as there's no interuptions through the night, its a fact that Mummy heats up or cools down to help regulate LO's temp as they cannot do it themselves straight away.

Since Isaac moved into a cot at 5months, though we regularly co-sleep through the day, I've always had to have a sensor pad under his mattress as I worry, when he's next to me I know he's OK, when he's in his cot I don't.

Before moses baskets and cots all babies co-slept, why its suddenly 'dangerous' is beyond me Why women fear it is beyond me too, I feel fearful when Isaac's away from me

Rant over

I'm of the same opinion as you, I think its lovely. My dh doesn't though as he's always having to go in the spare room! I've created a bit of a problem now though as Rebekah is 4 and still sleeping with me, and i've got another one on the way! Me and my 5 siblings all co slept with my parents as my mum was paranoid about cot death, I think she's passed this onto me. My mum even suggested I was cruel when I tried to move Rebekah to her cot thats why 4 years later shes still in with me! xxx

 

[Kimbo]

I've always had to have a sensor pad under his mattress

what's one of them??

 

[Squiglet]

This is a good site to get information on cosleeping...

http://www.babyreference.com/Cosleeping ... tudies.htm

Also it seems that co sleeping is far more dangerous if you don't breast feed. Something in breast feeding keeps the mother linked to the child. plus formula will settle a hungry baby for longer, allowing them to fall into a deeper sleep... but nothing has really been proven. For me, it feels wrong that lil miss sleeps in her own bed... I don't feel safe, shes too far away... but I don't drink or smoke, and because I have co slept from day one, I've never really had any sleep issues. I don't get a great nights sleep but I do get a lot more than if I got up, fed lil miss then put her down, then got back into bed.

The facts and figures on co sleeping are faulty. They do not take into account babies with health problems plus the studies consider co sleeping any infant death that occurs in parental beds/sofas/ or even in a parents arms, while the parent was awake.

However SIDS deaths occurring in cots eliminates deaths that occur from faulty baby items.

The only reason I won't actively encourage co sleeping is because its a pain to get the kid out of your bed once they have gotten used to it. It took me years to convince Tia... and there were lots of late night tantrums and tears to boot.

 

[lisa&alex]

co-sleeping rocks!! imo.. if you co-sleep and breastfeed you get loads more sleep..comapred to charlotte who was formula fed and slept in ehr moses basket till she was 4 weeks old.. i was zombified.

the whooe issue.. is it right is it wrong, its up to you what you do with your baby. my health visitor doesnt like it.. but i dont care what she likes. its my baby.

 

[happy-chick]

Ellie goes in her moses basket at night but then when she wakes for her morning feed (usually about 7-7:30am) then I lie in bed and feed her and we usually both go back to sleep for a couple of hrs

I always said I wouldnt co-sleep but sometimes its the only way you can get a bit of sleep. I think as long as you are careful and follow the guidlines then theres no problem with it.

 

[zebrastripes]

I love co-sleeping,I don't have a big hairy OH in my bed so it's just me and Willow son't know what I'd have done without it....been about a million times more tired than I already am!

 

[maybebaby]

I wasn't sure about co-sleeping before I had Austin & OH was against it but I started bringing him in with us pretty early on because it was so much easier!

We moved him into a cot in his own room at about 3/4 months but he regularly came in with us in the early morning (5am ish) because it meant he slept for longer & I could breastfeed without having to wake up!

Even now he still comes in occasionally. He's been quite ill the past week & so he's been in with us all night most night.

He's quite happy settling on his own in the cot at bedtime so I'm not too worried about 'weaning' him out of our bed as he gets older.

I've never worried about him in our bed, like Redshoes said I'm more worried when he's not with me! I often have to go check him in the middle of the night when he's in the cot.

 

[Lola's Mummy]

We co-sleep but we didn't start doing it until Lola was around 4 months because i was scared to do it when she was still tiny

 

[Lou]

Isaac has never slept in our bed or our bedroom. He has always slept in his own cot bed from day one and I slept in his room with him on the floor and then when I felt it was right I moved back into my own room and bed. That way there was no upset for Isaac having to leave our bedroom and go into his own, which I think for a baby must be a bit bewildering and lonely. Isaac loves his bedroom and his bed. I do have to stay with him while he gets to sleep but we read books at bedtime so its just part of his routine. When we sleep in our campervan Jed sleeps in the roof and Isaac sleeps next to me, which is lovely, but when we come home he accepts that mum sleeps in mums bed at home and Isaac sleeps in his bed. I think co-sleeping, especially for newborns can be dangerous and unhealthy. Dangerous because of the obvious danger of baby being smothered by the parents or covers and unhealthy because some parents can't get a good sleep with baby right next to them and also if you smoke or drink you are breathing toxic fumes straight onto baby and also because they can't sleep with you forever and one day you will have to make the transition from your bed to babies own bed and although some people do this with no issues for some babies it can be stressfull and I hate the controlled crying method and think its a bit mean if I'm honest

All just my opinion though so please don't be offended anyone