Thanks for posting Bath. Great article....I really enjoyed it.

With my first baby I got a cot just because I blindly thought "well... that's what you do when you have a baby, right?" It didn't even occur to me that there was any other option. It wasn't until i was incredibly sleep deprived that I thought of another solution... "ah stuff it... baby can sleep in here with me! I'm not getting up anymore in the middle of winter!" So I kept her in with me and then discovered how easy it was to breast feed in bed... it was a total epiphany!
Bath this was me! We have not used the cot since DS1 was tiny and it breaks everytime I think of how I put him in that cold lonely cot when he was born I think we will use it agin though but as a sidecar cot

I think its very true about how so many accidents and deaths occur in cots but your not told its unsafe...where as co sleeping is really frowned upon if a baby has an accident or dies...which brings me back to why dont we trust our instincts and lead with our hearts????

I know I would love a night where I dont wake up wiht a stiff neck and sore back from sleeping like the letter P, buttta the end of the day my baby is first in my life and he is going to be tiny for such a short time and I want him to feel safe and secure...please dont feel I am saying you love your baby less if they sleep in a cot.. I just feel this is best for my babies and family