Co-Sleeping with baby good or bad?

United States
June 7, 2010 6:01am CST
"Whenever my baby and I fall asleep together, she sleeps so much soundly - and so do I!" But I keep hearing mixed things about cosleeping. Is this a good idea? or is cosleeping a bad habit to get into?
6 responses
@reetu3 (262)
• India
19 Jun 10
my elder kid sleeps 5 years next to me and now my second kid also sleeps with me i cannot sleep if my kids are sleeping alone in another room...when they grow up some more then they can sleep in another room but as they both are small i think it is good to have both of them near me
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@Yori88 (1465)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
I think co-sleeping is good unless you are moving too much during your sleep which could cause harm to your baby. I sleep with my son who is 1 year and 8 months old and I find it better for both of us. He even sleeps above me and hugs me so I am really happy with my son's sweetness. We most of the time are alone at home because my husband works at night. I don't know what others say but for me co-sleeping is good as long as the child is 1 year and above because sometimes it is also hard to risk your child's safety if you will sleep with him or her especially with newborns.
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@maximax8 (31044)
• United Kingdom
7 Jun 10
Co-sleeping with a young baby could be terrible if by accident the baby fell out of bed and on to the floor. He or she could get rolled on and badly hurt. It would be awful to smoother a baby without realizing what was happening. Sometimes I have a hot water bottle in my bed and by the morning it can be on the floor. It is dangerous to fall asleep on a sofa holding a young baby. Once a baby is four months old he or she can roll over. My sister has done co-sleeping with every one of her babies successful. For me I would rather not take the risk. I always let my babies sleep in their own moses basket then cot when he or she gets bigger. There is a cot that can go right next to the mother's bed.
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@med889 (5940)
7 Jun 10
My doctor had advise me to let the baby sleeps in the next room next to me because it will help the baby to grow up much better than sleeping with me, so I had done it for two weeks but I could not, so I brought the baby with me in my bedroom and sleep next to the little angel, I cannot let him sleep alone as I feel he is so small to do so, maybe when he will turn two years I will do this.
@la_chique (1498)
7 Jun 10
My mum used to do it, but its not advisable because when you sleep you roll around alot subconsciously and you could roll onto your baby and suffocate her or even accidentally push her onto the floor. Its not really a good habit to get into. Also if you do it regularly you'll have trouble getting her to go to sleep on her own when she's bigger and you'll just constantly have sleepless nights. I recommend that you just try to get into a routine of putting her in her crib and eventually she'll get the idea.
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• Philippines
7 Jun 10
well i think its a bad habit because of the reasons that la_chique said but here in our country we usually put the babies in a swing made of blanket and is positioned right beside us. still we are sleeping together with our baby but we can already avoid harming them. :) happy lotting:)
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