Opinions

Honestly nothing. As long as you’re cosleeping safely I would absolutely trust your instinct to sleep with her. If she’s happy and comfortable, and you are too, nothing short of safety should give you pause.

Who’s telling you this? I think that’s important part that’s missing. Is it dad that watches her and can’t get her to sleep or someone else? Because they’re just lazy then it’s more work getting her asleep for others. I always sleep much more and better cosleeping

My mom just gave me flack about this and said “she’s never going to be able to sleep without you”. Like yes ok sure she’ll be 40 and still living with me cos she can’t sleep without me - that’s how that works 🙄

Do what works for you!! There will come a day where they won’t want anything to do with us lol so I’m just soaking all of this in for as long as I can 💜

Also I would sleep HORRIBLY when my partner would go out of town for work. I didn’t feel safe. I was more on edge. I preferred having him beside me.

Why wouldn’t my child feel the exact same? Why should she be forced to get over it when I know how awful it feels? Absolutely not. I’ll offer her safety and comfort for as long as she wants it

My child still co sleeps with me once in a while. No biggie. The child feels safe sleeping with the parent. That's totally normal.

For thousands of years all parents did was co sleep with their babies. It really only a recent thing that ‘babies should learn to sleep on their own’. Nothing wrong with it x

I agree with all the above statements. As long as you’re doing it safely. Eventually baby will sleep in their own room. Could been in a year could be in three years. You also need your sleep and if that is what get you sleep do it.

You don’t need to stop unless there’s a good reason - e.g another pregnancy , going back to work etc - nothing wrong with co-sleeping as long as it’s good for you both - so ignore that - do so as long as is convenient for you both xx

Follow your heart ! I am single mom too I co- sleep since 2 months and it is the best experience. We are happy and it’s all that matters.

I'm not popular for this answer but I don't really care...

Babies should NEVER sleep in bed with you. What if you roll over onto the baby? Would you be able to live with yourself if something happened? I know I wouldn't.

i co-slept until about 13 months and the only reason i moved her is cuz baby #2 is coming and i don’t want her and the new baby in the big bed every night. i put her in a toddler bed in the same room as us so she has the freedom to get out of bed and crawl over to the big bed (she only does this if she needs something, diaper change, water, etc). it’s helped with the transition. at first i had to lay in the toddler bed with her, then i started sitting next to the bed, we’re at the point where i can lay her down and walk out of the room and there are no tears.

with all that being said, i didn’t move her out of my bed until i wanted to!!! everybody is telling me to not co-sleep because i’ll never be able to get her out of my bed but i disagree, they’re only this little for so long so enjoy it as much as you can!

@Heather I genuinely think this mentality sprouted up because Americans are so overworked and that's normalized, so they are exhausted and sleep such deep sleeps (be it just from being overworked, drugs, medical conditions, etc) that it can lead to that. I feel like it was just another way of normalizing how overworked we are haha. I mean, we only get WEEKS of maternity leave, and that's only for SOME of the population that can afford to do so. If you don't feel 100% safe cosleeping with your baby, definitely don't do it, but I don't feel like it should be taught that it should *never* happen. But if it works for you, it works for you!
I also think if I had a partner I wouldn't co sleep, because I understand MY sleep patterns, but not someone else's, so it would add risk.
To each their own, as long as it's practiced within reason ❣️
My baby is 10 mo and we still co sleep.

like I said. My opinion isn't a popular one, but Idc. Cribs, pack n play or bassinet is where a baby should be sleeping.

Thanks for all ur opinions guys. When she is with her dad she sleeps with him too. We r both told to try to get her to sleep on her own and it’s been a struggle for us. I do worry about her crawling off the bed bc she’s been crawling for a little over a month now. So that I do understand. Also most ppl just say it helps them gain more independence at an early age, self soothing things like that. I don’t necessarily disagree with this but like u r all saying they r not going to want to sleep with me forever so I’m trying to soak up my cuddles as much as I can. 🥰🥰

I agree! I also think you sleep so differently when you know your child is in your bed. I don’t move a damn muscle. I don’t think for one second that I would ever roll over onto her. If anything, the kid is rolling all over ME 🤣 but we sleep on a queen mattress so we actually don’t even really touch at all unless she crawls over cos she needs something.

My husband is usually an aggressive sleeper. When I’ve been sick, he sleeps with her. I’ve laid awake watching cos I was so afraid of his flailing arms. The man didn’t move a muscle in the 3 hours I sat there watching 🤣

I co slept non stop for the first few months of my little but then I started doing half night in crib and then when she woke up to feed she’d come to bed with me that way I had time to decompress by myself and get a little sleep. Nothing is wrong with co sleeping as long as you and baby is safe!’ You do what you feel is best for you and the baby!!!