Cosleeping is getting a fresh dose of bad PR. Let me assure you that cosleeping is not only safe (and possibly safer than crib sleeping), but it also makes nighttime parenting much easier, helps establish a good milk supply, and allows mom to get more sleep. Human beings did not evolve sleeping alone in separate quarters, we evolved sleeping near each other for safety.

And when pressed, most parents will tell you they have done a form of cosleeping at one time or another. So people who tell you they never have, are quite possibly liars. :D

I don't have a major issue with co-sleeping from the point of view that most people are hyped about. I don't like it because my baby rolled of the bed once when I was tired and fell asleep. As a result when he is on the bed, I don't sleep properly.

My girl and I cosleep and have since the day she was born. Let me tell you this was NEVER my intention. I always thought that it was dangerous and that I would want my own space.

Well that changed the first time I ever looked into my daughter's eyes and realised that I could not be that far away from her. I was constantly fearful that something would happen to her, and so the only way I was comfortable was when I could feel her breathing. We had problems too-an overly strong moro reflex that meant she could not sleep more than five minutes. Swaddling did not work, she still startled, and it was a nightmare-total torture.

Anyway long story short version, she would sleep ok if I held her, on my chest. Still the docs told me no, she couldn't sleep on her tummy, she would just have to startle, wake up, and cry herself back to sleep. She was just born, I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

First time we coslept, was an accident. I was sleep deprived from a week of her never sleeping. I took her from the bassinet one night to nurse, and then woke up in the morning and she was still in my arms. I was all excited and turned to my husband to tell him that she slept all night and didn't nurse and he told me that no, she did in fact nurse for much of the night, I just never really woke up.

And therein our cosleeping relationship started. Then when our family parted ways six months later we ended up moving into a place where there wasn't space for us to have our own space. We had a double bed though, so just carried on cosleeping.

We used a cosleeper by the way to stop her falling out of the bed. It is like a very firm roll that is thin and goes down the length of the bed, at the edge, under the sheet. No entrapment hazard, no risk of just rolling out.

My mom co slept with both me and my brother. It was good for everyone. We are older now and I think co sleeping did not get as much bad press back then as it does now. My mom did not have a co sleeper but she did have a rolled up towel under the sheet so there was a speed bump to go over before rolling out of bed. I think they are probably similar.

Yes, and I think that much of the bad press now is because of the internet. It has become much easier to discuss cosleeping and so perhaps the knowledge of so many people cosleeping is what has brought about the increased bad rep.

I sort of co-slept. I would put babe down in his own bed (in my room) and when he woke to nurse I'd bring him to bed, latch, and fall asleep while he was nursing. It took me all of 1 minute to get him eating and be asleep that way. I also made sure to put him in the middle of the bed with me on the outside. That solved any issues with rolling out of bed.

I am a bit scared to have my baby sleeping on the bed, I remember one night, he was sleeping in the corner of the bed, the bed was against a wall. He just got up and started crawling off the bed. As a result of that I have to watch him.:)

You could always put your mattress on the floor if you have an escape artist. My kids never tried to crawl off in the night, or when I was sleeping with them,but I do have to go get them as soon as I hear them wake from nap.

We did do a little bit of cosleeping when my son was younger. I never slept well when he was in the bed with me so finally I just had to keep him in the crib for the sake of my own sanity! I love my son but it is so much better for me (and my husband) for him to have his own space. In general, I think families need to do what is best for them and not worry about what society thinks about cosleeping.