Co-sleeping what the big deal?

[teaaddict2012]

excluding you're not drunk of course,

I am actually quite interested I hear snippets of that is quite controversial

was watching breakfast the other day about controlled crying and how one mother did controlled crying from birth nad her kids were never allowed in her bed I was quite [:o]

Why do a lot of people disagree with co-sleeping ?

My co-sleeping is becoming an issue now as my toddler is 2 but the size of a 4 year old. but other than that I'm actually relieved I didn't pace the floors.

AIBU to wonder why co-sleeping is a controversial issue.

I 'sort of' co-sleep with DD (4 months), in that she goes to bed in her cot at night and then whenever she wakes, say 1am, 3am, 5am, for a feed she comes into bed with me and there she stays till morning.

This has worked for me and DH and has meant I haven't spent the last 4 months as a zombie.

However, once DD is sleeping through, that's it. Wouldn't dream of taking her into bed if she's already sleeping soundly. She will also go into her nursery when she's 6 months regardless (next door).

Looking forward to getting my bed back!

Wouldn't judge anyone else for doing it longer, but it's just not for me.

Very easy! Smile, nod-do your own thing. When I met other mothers we kept off baby talk as much as possible. I have never understood how anyone gets interested in discussing the merits of prams and slings-just as boring as men talking about cars!

I don't wish to be picky (says someone who is immediately going to be picky) but the reason that the SIDS statistics and the co-sleeping stats are mismatched are that SIDS is a syndromic condition; i.e there must be several markers in common in all the deaths to be classified as SIDS.
Co-sleeping deaths may be classified as accidental death if it is proved at post-mortem that co-sleeping was the cause or as SUDI (sudden unexplained death in infancy) with co-sleeping as a possible contributing factor.

My youngest goes to sleep in a crib in my room but most mornings wakes up in my bed,I'm a light sleeper (ds1 is disabled so I trained myself to be) I never pay attention to what time it happens I'm sure if I did I would feel even tireder than now but it's kinda happened with all my kids not one has ever had a issue remaining in there own beds (apart from one time dd woke up in a bath but I'm not allowed to tell her boyfriend that one) after night feeds stopped.
It just works for us we get more actual sleep lots of cuddles and nights tend to be more chilled.
I don't drink or use drugs or anything like that and I'm carefull and aware if I'm ever mega knackered then I don't let ds2 in bed I do feeding and cuddles sat up so I can't fall into a deep sleep