Do You Plan on Co-Sleeping with Your Baby?

on December 23, 2008 at 6:13 AM

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The subject of co-sleeping has come up a lot around here recently -- Cafe Suzanne wrote about sleeping with your baby in Baby Buzz and Cafe Kierna wrote about sleeping with an older child in Big Kid Buzz (judging by the number of comments, it's a hot topic.)

What do you plan to do when you bring your baby home from the hospital?

Krysten 309 said in Pregnancy that she was thinking of co-sleeping with her baby for convenience and so she wouldn't disturb others in her house. But then she read that 170 children in Texas died while co-sleeping with a parent or older child in the last year, and now she's concerned.

Moms weighed in with all sorts of thoughts. Some were co-sleepers and loved it; others said they kept their new babies close by in a co-sleeping device attached to the bed or in a bassinet, but not actually in bed with them.

What about you? Will you co-sleep with your baby?

Filed Under: 3rd trimester, baby prep

Comments (24)

Jill42721

on Dec 23, 2008 at 6:56 AM

No. Absolutely no co-sleeping in this family. I've already lost one child to something else...I certainly will never ever take chances on such a precious things as life!

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on Dec 23, 2008 at 6:57 AM

We aren't pregnant - we're adopting!

Aingls

on Dec 23, 2008 at 7:10 AM

Nope, never did. I had a bedside cradle, that worked better. Didn't have to worry about rolling on the baby or about him being too far away. I would never put an infant in that sort of situation. I would just feel so guilty if something did end up happening.

PhilsBabyMama

on Dec 23, 2008 at 10:06 AM

We cosleep and have since the day our son was born. Co-sleeping is actually SAFER than sleeping separately and has been shown to reduce the risk of SIDS. Check out this article with references for more info:

http://www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby/sleep/kimmel.html

Bounty2009

on Dec 23, 2008 at 12:32 PM

im still undecided and only 8 weeks to go!

amw529

on Dec 23, 2008 at 1:02 PM

I would be afraid to, I roll all over the bed during the night, I can't keep one position, so I wouldn't want to put my child in that situation.

heydooney

on Dec 23, 2008 at 1:48 PM

170 died while co-sleeping. Because of co-sleeping? Definitely not. How many died in cribs, swings, bassinets? That number is basically meaningless, just a scare tactic.

KatieCrandall

on Dec 23, 2008 at 5:00 PM

I don't intentionally co-sleep...but when it's feeding time in the middle of the night, I lay him next to me and go back to sleep...and I'll admit, it's pretty nice!

Aidans_Mom915

on Dec 23, 2008 at 5:22 PM

I did with my son - I was suprised at first in the hospital with how still I slept at night knowing he wsa in the bed with me. The nurses there even told that if I was comfortable napping with him like that then to go for it. And the difference between a nap after feeding and bedtime isn't that much.