too young for co-sleeping?

[lilima]

we never co slept much, but when we did it was fine. Even when you are asleep you are very aware, and I never rolled on DS.
The only reason I would suggest that co sleeping in not a good idea is if you are a smoker, as that increased the risk of SIDS.

[mrscricket]

We co-slept with DS pretty much from birth, even in the hospital, and I found you just tend to instinctively sleep differently. I am a bit of a mover in my sleep but whenever DS was in with us I found i never moved position. It was like i was aware he was with me. He mostly slept on my chest or in the crock of my arm.

Everyone had a go at me for co-sleeping but DS is a beautiful sleeper now which i think was him adjusting to our body rhythms. He sleeps in his own cot now and rarely sleeps with us and i do miss it. I also look back to when he first come home and was so glad he slept with us as we both (Dh and I) got so much more sleep and it was a nice time for us. Do what you think is best - your the mummy and he won't be in your bed forever! If you chose to co-sleep for a few weeks, months or even years, it is your choice. Good luck!

I should add to that we were encouraged by the midwife at hospital to co-sleep. She gave us heaps of information and made us feel good about it. I don't know if i would of done it without her inital encouragement. In my mind, she was a professional so that made me feel positive and ignore my MIL and mum when they both said it was wrong

[slimjadey]

Thankyou for your replies, yeah i've found that i've grown attached to it even though we've only been doing it for a short time i really missed it last night (along with half a night's sleep)

[feeb]

do what feels right for you.

Sound slike you have taken al the right precautions i do feel sorry for DH thought!!! Lol

Relax and enjoy and if others are going to give you a hard time dont tell them that you co sleep!!

[MantaRay]

Babies are meant to be with you all the time at that age. That is why they love it. That is why you love it. That is why bfing works on supply and demand and they want to feed frequently. Nature expects you to be together all the time. If you are following the safe co-sleeping guidelines then there is nothing wrong with what you are doing, in fact you are doing exactly what nature intended for you to do. Do it, enjoy it, and ignore your mum and MIL.

[~Saram~]

When my DS was born I was encouraged by a midwife in the hossy to cosleep with him, it was THE BEST ADVICE! When DD was born I didn't hesitate to cosleep with her from birth - however I did have one midwife wake me at 5am to tell me to put the baby in her crib, which I did until she left and then brought her back in - next midwife commented on how lovely it was to see and benefits to bf/bonding and sleep for both.

Therre was a really interesting talk on cosleeping at the hotmilk conf. I'm sure there is a link of something to it on bellybelly

[fionas]

I was too scared to co-sleep but my DH wasn't! So some nights he would tell me to go off and get a good night's sleep and he would co-sleep with DD. That happened from about 3 weeks on. Not every night but maybe two nights a week.

He'd done it before with his first daughter so was completely comfortable with it.

So I reckon if it feels right, go for it.