just spent 2 days in hospital with DD (8 months). I told the nurses that we usually co-sleep and they got us a bed, no problem. Next morning I got a lecture from the male staff nurse who told me I shouldn't do it, could suffocate her, will have her in my bed forever, a couple of nights of crying is worth it and that when his wife was feeding three times a night he took a stand, stopped her doing it just offered water and they slept through after 3 days. Now I was very vulnerable due to DD being ill and felt really silly (he made me feel like a school girl) and was considering trying harder to get her into her cot. I want to but on my terms not his. I actually stopped feeding her in the night about a month ago and it's made no difference to her waking but she drops back quickly if she cuddles my arm.
Anyway, just wanted to hear oppinions as to whether I am 'making a rod for my own back' or if anyone knows what the kind of statistics are for suffocating an infant when co-sleeping. I told him that millions of people co-sleep and for lots of cultures it's the only form of sleep and he retorted that they have higher instances of SIDS because of it.