"Co-sleeping" here means parent(s) sleeping in the same bed as their young kid(s) as a regular practice (not just occasionally, like if the kid has a nightmare).
This is asking about mental/emotional development, this is not asking about the physical risks associated with co-sleeping with infants.
Do you think co-sleeping affects a child's development? If you had young children, would/did you co-sleep?
I think it's GOOD for a kid's development; I WOULD do it with mine
I think it's GOOD for a kid's development, but I would NOT do it with mine
I DON'T think it affects a kid's development; I WOULD do it with mine
I DON'T think it affects a kid's development; I would NOT do it with mine
I think it's BAD for a kid's development, but I WOULD do it with mine
I think it's BAD for a kid's development; I would NOT do it with mine
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Sometimes I just stare at her while we’re laying down for naptime.
I exclusively breastfeed on demand and she’s been sleeping beside me her whole life pretty much. Tucked against me, safe and snug.
I know not everyone is into cosleeping, and that’s okay.
But I needed my baby close.
And more importantly, she needed me.
I know that in my bone marrow.
Now, at 11 months old, she presses her feet into my thighs or my belly while she drifts to sleep, using me as the original pacifier.
But she’s been pressing into me like this since before she was born…. when we shared a body.
Every night, I’d roll over and she’d wake up with tiny feet of fury. Heels pressing into my palms.
Her feet would poke through my side like something out of Alien, and it was terrifying and beautiful and sacred.
Still is.
I keep her grounded
and maybe that’s one of the most important things I’ve ever done.
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As much as it doesn't fit well with current Western childrearing norms, infants refusing to sleep when not in direct physical contact with an adult seems likely to have been selected for, considering that even modern first world infants have been killed by predators when they tolerated sleeping alone.
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Adrien slipped through the front door to his flat. It was fully dark, and he was exhausted despite the fact that it was barely past nine in the evening. Social gatherings for society’s elite tended to do that.
He loosened his tie and dropped his suit jacket unceremoniously across the back of the sofa that was already cluttered with unopened boxes, mail, and unfolded laundry.
He really should have listened to Nino and hired a maid or cleaning person of some sort. But well, he still had a secret to keep, and keeping that secret was more important to him than ever.
He moved to his bedroom on autopilot without turning on the light, intending to collapse into bed immediately.
But when he tried to slip into his space, he found it was already occupied. He flipped his phone flashlight on towards the ceiling to light the room in a soft glow.
In his wife’s place, Ladybug lay sprawled diagonally across the bed, and their beautiful four month old Emma was spreadeagled the other way, taking up far more space than she should be able to given she was a whole 62 cm long.
As exhausted and slightly put out as he was, he found himself smiling. Everything was worth it when he came home to sights like these. He wanted to take a picture, but there wasn’t enough light. And such a photo shouldn’t exist anyway, to protect his growing family.
He wanted to join them, but he also didn’t want to wake either of them. If Marinette was transformed she was beyond desperate for a boost of energy. And if she was sleeping in the suit, the magical rush hadn’t been enough.
So instead, he turned off his light, and moved back to the living room, intending to sleep on the couch. He immediately rediscovered the couch was not exactly open and available without half an hour of prerequisite tidying.
It was times like this where he really regretted they only had the one bed.
He stood there staring at the cluttered mess, feeling torn when Emma’s sudden piercing cries made the decision for him.
Ladybug’s breaking sobs sounded through the room only a few seconds behind.
Adrien swept Emma up into his arms, and her cries diminished, but didn’t quite die out.
“No, I’ll take her,” Ladybug objected, holding out her arms. He could still make out the tear tracks on her cheeks.
He shook his head pressing a kiss onto the top edge of Ladybug’s mask while rocking a still crying and flailing Emma in his arms.
“Let me take her for an hour or two. You get some sleep.”
The silence spoke for itself. She wanted to accept his offer, but she had lingering anxieties.
“She’s probably hungry,” she whispered.
Which was unfortunately something Adrien couldn’t help with as Emma had so far absolutely refused to take a bottle. Not that he could blame his daughter for her discerning tastes. He enjoyed Marinette’s breasts as well.
“When did you last feed her?” He still didn’t relinquish his hold on Emma.
“19h30 ish. Maybe?”
“So, she’s probably not hungry yet. She’s just awake. Go back to sleep.”
Marinette shook her head and instead grabbed his arm.
“Come cuddle with us? I’ve missed you.”
“God, I missed you so much!” he echoed, sliding into the bed beside her, passing Emma over. “Going to those dinners without you is ten times as awful.”
Ladybug, still laying on her back but with her knees bent up toward the ceiling, propped Emma up on her legs.
Once back in her mother’s arms, Emma cooed happily at them both, her tiny little hands batting at Adrien’s offered finger. When she finally grasped it, she pulled it into her mouth and slobbered all over it.
He grinned, and then turned to his wife. “You know I love you in red, but you might want to lose the suit.”
Marinette glanced down, lifting Emma from her lap, to take in her spotted legs. “Oh god! I’m still transformed! I didn’t even realize. What if I had answered the door? Tikki’s gonna kill me.”
“She won’t. She knows how exhausted you’ve been.”
It had been difficult for him and Tikki both to watch Marinette burning the candle at both ends when there was only so much they could do to ease the burden.
He had always thought that kwamis would serve as pretty good baby monitors, but Emma would hardly sleep five minutes outside of Marinette’s arms, so it wasn’t like an intelligent baby monitor would help at all.
Ladybug vanished in a flash of pink, and Marinette lay in her place. And, to his point, Tikki only smiled down at the trio before darting off, no doubt in search of sweets.
With a sigh, Marinette rolled over, pressing her back into his chest while bringing Emma in close to nurse.
Adrien draped his arm over both of them. And in that moment, with his little family in his arms, he was positively delighted that they only had one bed.
Coded a baby recently who suffocated while cosleeping unsafely. The child did not survive.
So a here are the ABCs of Safe Sleep
Please please if you can avoid it DO NOT CO-SLEEP, instead room share I have personally seen at least half a dozen infant deaths 0-9 months old from co sleeping and I’ve only been a pediatrician in a medium sized city for three years. It is always tragic. It is always heartbreaking. My very core aches for the families and babies involved.
Listen, I know having a baby is exhausting, most pediatricians have even co slept once or twice in the past and we know better than anyone how dangerous it can be.
I hope if you're a mother of a young child your awesome pediatrician already told you all of this, but hearing it again doesn’t hurt. Now the part below isn’t shared as often, because I think many doctors feel like they are permitting cosleeping by telling parents how to do it. So on behalf of us all: I do not advise co sleeping, but it is your choice. Please understand that there is a risk of injury and death when you cosleep with an infant, however if you are going to cosleep anyways please let me provide resources so you do so as safely as possible.
If for some reason you must cosleep. (culture, social circumstance, fear, preference, ease of breastfeed, pure exhaustion etc.) please read up on some safer sleep co sleeping practices.Things like not co-sleepng if under the influence of sedating or illicit drugs or alcohol, breastfeeding is protective against sids, the bed should be firm and without much covers or pillows, and you should never sleeping on a couch, chair , or recliner with a baby.
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I already have a hard time sleeping. My husband snores and throws his arms around while changes sides. but now we have our bundle of joy in our bed. We tried getting him to sleep in his crib and ultimately, he would end up in my arms or his dad's. We tried for the first 2 1/2 weeks after he was born. But with very little sleep myself and my husband going back to work co-sleeping is where we ended up.
I could care less if we are co-sleeping it's the greatest thing ever because we ALL get our sleep. I would rather check on him every time I switch sides instead of freaking out every 20 min because I can't hear him breathing. But what drives me insane is the fact that American doctors are so judgmental and HATE it when parents co-sleep. They are so worried about SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). So here are the guidelines they want everyone to use.
Baby on his back
alone in a crib or bassinet
in same room as parents for first 6 months
no loose sheets or blankets
First off, when laying on his back I've noticed an issue. The startle reflex. It's where his little limbs go flying out, his eyes are wide open, and it is usually followed by a scream. and guess what he is awake. Now I have tried swaddling, pretty much once we got home, he hated everything to do with a swaddle. So, we tried sleep sacks, still didn't work. Also, while on his back, if he spits up or drools a lot in his sleep, HE CHOKES ON IT. It is the most terrifying thing waking up to hear him choke on his own spit. Babies lived in the womb for 9 months. Which means they are used to closeness of mom. The warmth of a body and the passive white noise of breathing. So why would we deprive them of this once in the real world? Being in a crib by himself he is always unsure and uncomfortable, so he still doesn't sleep which means I don't sleep.
In other countries, with a LOWER rate of SIDS they prefer co sleeping. Because the mother/father is right there. If they baby chokes, stops breathing, startles, etc. the parent is able to soothe them or help them faster. There is study that a mother naturally will sleep lighter when the baby is close to them. The baby curls into the mother and the mother copies the same movement. So why in the US do we have these guidelines that I see has an increased percentage for SIDS.
Just this boggles my mind. and all very confusing. So, in turn I say fuck all of these guides and just do what feels right. Make your own decisions, go with the flow, because every human does things differently, we are not robots.
