too young for co-sleeping?

[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.

[~Belinda~]

Jade, how are things going?

Madeleine slept in her bassinette for the first week home but we've co-slept with her ever since, she won't go in her cot, no matter how much we try. And through the day, she'll only sleep in her bouncer.

If it works for you, go for it. I used to put Madeleine in an anti-roll thing (safe and sound) when she was in bed with me but now we don't, just use a bed rail.

We all get so much sleep and Madeleine is so happy. It may be hard getting her in her cot later but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Hope all is going well

[Ambah]

I think what you are doing sounds wonderful, because it is working for both you and bub!

With my first, I co-slept with him most nights (or partial nights) on and off until he was about 3.5, but was too afraid to start until he was a bit bigger, I think he was a couple of months old before I started bringing him into our bed.

However this time around, with Eva, she has been sleeping next to me from the moment we came home. I actually have had her cot set up next to our bed, with the side rail off so it is basically a sidecar extension to our bed (and both the cot and bed mattress are the exact same level). I am only inches from her, but know I wont roll on her because she is in her own space.
It really makes things like feeding, & putting in dummies, etc, so much easier I find. and I sleep SO MUCH better with her right there.
I remember with Aidyn, he was sleeping in another room in those first weeks, and I was constantly plagued with anxiety, and restless sleep, because I was always listening out for him.

There are a couple of great articles HERE and HERE which explore some interesting facts and benefits of co-sleeping. Maybe you could print them out and show them to your mother and MIL to help them to understand just how beneficial, and safe it can be?