Sleeping with baby 'safer than cot' says SIDS researcher

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www.express.co.uk/posts/view/234578/Sleeping-with-baby-safer-than-cot-says-child-expert
www.rcm.org.uk/midwives/news/expert-claims-cosleeping-safer-than-the-cot/

I think many MNetters have been saying this on threads for ages.

And yet I got a bollocking from a nurse in hospital when I accidentally nodded off on a bed, holding my baby DS. I don't like co-sleeping for other reasons than SIDS prevention (today's parental bogeyman) ... and I trust 'child experts' as far as I could comfortably throw them

James McKenna rocks. See here for some excellent links on co-sleeping.

Co-slept from birth to two years, because I trust my instincts, not anyone elses.

Not to say that people that don't aren't trusting their instincts I hasted to add - I just meant child experts have no say in what I chose/choose to do.

I think nodding off holding a baby is different to co sleeping.

Plus, it being safe to co-sleep doesn't mean cots are dangerous.