When an old high school friend was over visiting, she and her cousin were really at me with the sleep questions "how often does she wake, what time etc" I just smiled and said "Look, I don't know and I don't have a problem. I cosleep, so it is no effort for me to feed her. I don't worry about sleep when they are young".

If I am questioned about co-sleeping I just tend to comment that I am too lazy to get up for feeds. If they don't know I co-sleep and ask how many times I get up in the night, I just say "Oh, I don't get up", generally they looked shocked and think I just leave bubs to cry. Then I continue "I don't need to get up, we co-sleep, I just roll over "

I did get nasty once, I had a GP (not my normal one) refused to give me a referral for depression. She believed I should control cry, as she did with her son and he is fine, that should solve my depression. Well I let loose "I believe it is a form of child abuse and I will not abuse my child!"