Co sleeping!

Need any advice on co-sleeping. I do not need judge ment or know it alls. I know in America it’s taboo but I need sleep yall. Newborn, only a week and a half old but I know for sure sleeping with him helps regulate and comfort him. I regret not doing it with my daughter. Still a nervous wreck about it tho. It’s been impossible to learn safe co-sleeping living in a country where it’s so frowned upon.

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I’m in America & my son’s pediatrician had no problem with my honesty in us co-sleeping, she even admitted her own family bed shares.

My only advice is know the sleep safe 7. Know the risks. Take every precaution and do what you’ve got to do to get sleep. I was blessed with the opportunity to not need to bed share till 6 months old. It was still nerve wracking and lots of double checking. Sleeping in the c-curl is great I still use this position when we travel.

Dont do it on the bed where you can roll onto them. Only sleep on solid surfaces like a firm couch and have the baby on the inside. But the safest place is a bassinet. There are so many stories of smothered babies shared from paramedics and picu nurses so choose your battles wisely. An alive baby is better than a dead one.

We bed shared on and off from day one, and then steady from 2mo until 6mos.

For the love of god. Do it on your mattress and not on a couch.. I beg you.

Also op there’s a group on here full of cosleeping / bedsharing mommas! (I know the poll world group has the most reach but you’d get more informed answers without judgments in the more specific group!) https://www.peanut-app.io/share/iRnOhsBHR4b

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