I have always been very weary of this. I'm scared to death that I would smother them somehow.

Co sleeping is actually promoted depending on who you talk to. My ped. doesn't have an opinion either way. He says that if both parents are ok with it, than it's fine. He says if one parent is against it than the other should respect their decision and not do it, as it will cause issues within the marriage.

I will occasionally put .Jaylon in bed with me in the morning. Sometimes he wakes with the sun and that is a bit early, so .I'll bring him in bed for an hour more of sleep, but it's not the norm.

I don't co sleep, and the only reason .I don't is because .I don't want a 1, 2, 3 or 8 year old in my bed, and that is what happens. The kid never wants to go to their own bed, because it's nice and safe with mom and dad. I do have my son in a bassinet beside my bed and dread the day he no longer fits in it, and .I have to put him in his crib down the hall. I will probably crash out in the bed in his room for a while. That is my issue, not his.

Believe it or not, when you have a baby in bed with you, you sleep a lot lighter, you are aware of your body and .I think it would be highly unlikely that a mother would roll over onto the baby. A daddy on the other hand......may not have those instincts.

this is a tough one because i know my mom slept with all of her kids in her bed and a lot of moms all over the world do so also. but when you are told by someone that you are doing something that is dangerous to your child - and i am deathly afraid of sids - how can you go against it with a healthy conscience? (rhetorical question). i'm going to be putting my baby's crib next to our bed because we aren't getting a bassinet (our house is just too small to buy everything). so i will feel a lot better knowing the baby is close to me and i can carry the baby all i want when he or she isn't sleeping. someone just said the other day that we are the only mammals that put our babies away from us when they sleep. i kind of wonder if the statistics are being skewed somewhat by people who are behaving irresponsibly and that the medical professionals will err on the side of caution to save a small percentage of babies. you can't really tell people that if you drink or smoke or are a heavy sleeper you can't sleep with your baby but everyone else can. people wouldn't listen to it the warnings then.

So I just want to make sure I understand co-sleeping.

Is it considered co-sleeping when the baby is on the regular bed next to or in between the parents? Is is co-sleeping when you have a bassinet that the side folds down so the baby is on the same level as the real bed?

I am just curious, because the second instance is what I plan on doing when I have children.

My sister in law on the other hand sleeps with my 3 month old niece in the bed. They have a king size bed and she sleeps in the middle and puts my niece on the edge with one of those baby guards that go under the mattress that keeps them from falling out (sorry don't know the name of it).
It kinda makes me nervous to sleep like that, but I guess each person is different.

DH and I only have a queen size bed, and we have a hard time not rolling over on the dog, so I know that we wouldn't be putting a baby in with us, but rather in one of the bassinets that fold down.

that's another thing i didn't even mention. our cat sleeps in the bed with us and she likes to sleep on top of people because they are warm. i wouldn't take the chance of her trying to plop her fat arse down on my warm little baby. the crib is the safest place for our baby because the cat is too heavy to jump that high.

I co-sleep with my daughter. It works for us. I only feel safe about it, though, because I am an extremely light sleeper. I wake up pretty much every time she rolls over. I would not recommend it to others unless they felt completely confident that they would know where their child was at all times.

The risk is pretty extreme. It's definitely not for everyone.

I slept with my children in the bed between my husband and myself until they stopped needing to nurse in the night. Then I moved them into a cradle in my room until they rolled over. Then they moved to the crib intheir own room. This made those night time feedins tolerable, because all i had to do was lift up my shirt and fall back asleep. I think that children should be sleeping in their own room at least by the time they are a year, but I had them there by about 6 months. having a child sleeping in your bed is hard on the old sex life. As far as rolling over on the baby, I never did that or worried about it too much. I just made sure there wasn't any fluffy bedding in our bed, like my down pillow top.

Star-Co-sleeping means that baby is in bed with you, unless you use a piece of baby equipment called a co-sleeper-it is a little thing that attaches to your bed and gives baby her own area to sleep in.

That is so funny. I can just see a fat butted kitty trying to get inthe crib! lol! I worry about my cat doing that now that my baby is in her crib and is alone. Mine probably could jump into her crib, and she also likes to sleep on top of people, that is when she's not out hunting for birds/snakes/squirrels/bats/mice to leave beheaded on my bedroom floor!

I don't have anything against cosleeping but I personally wouldn't be able to do it. I roll all over when I sleep & since .I've had .Kaylee .I've been such a deep sleeper, I don't hear or feel anything once .I'm out.. Shane is the same way so co sleeping definately wouldn't work for us!

i don't really "get" co-sleeping. i love my baby with everything i have, i don't even like to be away from him for an hour. however, i can't sleep with him.

first, i've tried napping with him and it just doesn't work out. i put him on nick's side of the bed and he wiggles around until he's pressed up against me, then he buries his face into me or under my arm or something.

second, it's such a light sleep that i would never feel rested if that was the only kind of sleep i ever got.

third, when i was pregnant my boss was dealing with issues trying to get her 7-year old out of their bed and into their own.

how do you ever get your child into their own bed? after spending 2 years snuggling with mommy and daddy, why would they want to go sleep all alone in their own room?

i have to assume there's no spontaneous pre-bed or early morning sex either.


we had finn in a pack n play in our room from birth until about 2 1/2 months. i wanted him in our room until at least 4 months but nick wasn't sleeping well and he's the one who had to get up for work every morning so we moved finn to his crib in his own room. he's always been an awesome sleeper but he slept even better when he was in his own room. i think our noises (snoring, tossing and turning, etc) disturbed him when he was in our room.

personally i think the longer you put off putting them in their own room, the harder it will be to make that transition.

edit: i forgot to add that i have no problem with people who co-sleep, as long as they're doing it safely.

Whoever had th suggestion of the crib at the same level as the bed... is the crib pushed up against the bed and held in place somehow? That sounds really neat, because then the baby has a bed but he's close to mommy and daddy.

I know the risk of sids is increased by blankets and cushions, so having the baby actually sleeping on the firm baby mattress and having his own blanket is really nice. And for feeding, you just scoop him into your arms, feed, and then roll him back over lol.

Well, I know that when I started co-sleeping it was a complete accident. Alyvia was a few weeks old and was nursing every few hours. I was completely exhausted and could hardly keep my eyes open while I fed her. I started to get paranoid that .I'd fall asleep and lose my grip on her, so I started nursing her in bed. Suddenly everything became so much easier. She started sleeping better, I started sleeping better...

10 months later, we still co-sleep. It does get frustrating, because when she's tired it pretty much means I have to go to bed whether I want to or not. And sometimes when .I'm tired, she's not - so she's chattering to herself and crawling everywhere (and I keep grabbing her ankle to prevent her from crawling right off the bed) and yanking on the cord to my heating pad, and chewing on the tv remote, and...

With her personality though, I really feel co-sleeping is beneficial to her. She's always been a high-intensity baby, and I think that the closeness calms her and makes her feel safe. I don't really regret bringing her into our bed, but I don't think .I'll be doing it with our next one.

My best friend had this bassinet that was right up to the edge of her bed and one side of it was folded down or something so that the baby was on the same level as the mothers bed. She would just have to roll over to pick her baby up. I thought it was the neatest thing.

newer studies actually suggest that safe co sleeping reduces the risk of sids.

co sleeping can increase the risk of sids if the parent is a smoker, under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and also if the parent is severely over weight. they don't specify (which is often the case in the medical world) to err on the side of caution.

I can take it or leave it. rowan sleeps with me sometimes, but she can also sleep in her crib with little extra hassle. it is one of the nicest feelings to have her little warm body close by. it is very bonding. I fall asleep with her little hand holding onto my fingers or her tucked in my arms. I’m also sure if I was a baby that is where I would want to be, safe and warm with mommy.

the downside is the quality of sleep, it's light and I don't feel fully rested. I also have a real hard time falling asleep with her in bed with me. I’d much rather take her nap with her in bed, then try to get my full nights rest with her beside me.

I really believe I developed severe insomnia when I co-slept with Nathan. I was so exhausted getting him out of his bassinet to nurse every two hours, that I finally just had him fall asleep next to me. I became hypervigilant and really never slept. I actually forgot how to sleep for a few years and needed medicinal help - horrible, I know. Will I do it again with this child? Probably. This time, however, I have already purchased a co-sleeper to put into bed with us. The baby will be between us and we have a king size bed so there is plenty of room. This co-sleeper helps to prevent us from rolling over on him, so perhaps I can get a little more sleep. I really wanted that bassinet that is right next to our bed but those are so expensive, even buying them used. If after a few weeks we feel like we can really use it, I will bite the bullet and get one.

Honestly, even if I didn't co-sleep with Nathan I probably would have still ended up with a insomnia. When he went into his own crib at around 3 to 4 months, I was constantly listening to him throughout the night wondering if he was still breathing.

I've been co-sleeping with my daughter who is almost 4 months old. my b/f would get paranoid at times when she is in the bed with sleeping. But it was the only way i could get her to fall asleep when she was born. She's been gettin better now sleepin in the crib. Once she wakes up in the early mornings I just pick her up put her in the bed with me to get some extra sleep. i cradle her in my arms when its my b/f and I in bed but if its just me...she'll sleep on the other side between and a pillow. i give her just enough room to roll over on her side.

When i was in hospitla the midwife asked me if i would be comfortable with co-sleepign and said that if .Mika's having a particularly unsettled night then co-sleeping might be a good idea to calm her down and settle her, i've had the odd night with ehr next to me and in honesty i feel so much safter with her next to me than on the other side of the room

My daughter never slept in a crib...I had one for her but i was too afraid for her to sleep in it so I never bothered to set it up ...only downside too it was weening her off sleeping with me and into her own bed ...she slept with me until she was almost 3

we set up our baby's crib in the bedroom today (yay, finally). there's about a 2 foot space between the crib and the bed, just enough for me to walk in. there's no room in our little bed to have a baby sleeping with us. we whack each other in the head half the time trying to get comfy at night. i guess having baby right beside me in the crib will be reassuring enough. maybe during the day when Rich is at work i can bring the baby into bed with me, but i'm still not sure if it's a good idea or not for me to sleep with the baby. i'm usually a super light sleeper, but who knows how tired i will be once the baby is here.