Co sleeping at 6 months?

Looking for a bit of solidarity I guess!

I have mum guilt at the moment because I keep seeing friends/ people I know on social media and their babies are in their own rooms in their cots.
I almost feel guilty or like I’m holding myself and my baby back by still co sleeping every night?
We started co sleeping because he’s never settled in his crib and to be honest I lack the willpower to try and break it.

The thought of baby being in his own room also freaks me out, I worry that he’d miss me or be sad if I started putting him in his cot in his room? I worry that if he wakes up alone at night he’ll ref really upset.
Am I falling behind by co sleeping or missing out on sleep? LO only wakes up 2/3 times a night? He’s EBF.

Thankyou!

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Still co-sleeping with our 3 year old 😊

By age 3 babies who co-sleep have 13,000 hours more touch - amazing for brain development!

It’s the most natural thing in the world, never feel guilty and your baby isn’t falling behind x

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Imagine how safe your baby feels when he wakes up in the night and feels you next to him!

I don’t have a crib yet or a room for him because we’re moving countries and the house is a mess… so he sleeps in his next to me for the first half of the night and then we co-sleep until morning because he won’t stay in his bassinet and it’s how I can survive at the moment. I’d like to have him sleep in his room eventually but don’t feel guilty mamma you’re doing the most natural thing.

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Honestly my little one is 5 and half months and he has ended up in our bed now too in the middle of the night because he just won’t settle either! I thought it was just me!! He seems to love it and much prefers it than his cot I think it’s the security of seeing us both and the body heat from us! I don’t know when or how to change it now

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I think I’d feel bad if I didn’t co-sleep.
Did it with my 3 year old and now my baby. Mine are glued to me and I love it. I get to raise them forming a very secure attachment, them knowing that I’ll be there all the time. It makes them feel safe, protected and loved and it improves everyone’s sleep.
Social media only shows a fraction of that persons life, it’s not their reality most of the times, so don’t feel bad. Every parent has their own way of raising a child, it’s what works for them.
You’re raising your child with a secure attachment to you, you get non stop cuddles and you’re doing what every mother from every species does.

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Co-sleeping is just one of the most wonderful and natural things you can do. The benefits that come from co sleeping are incredible and we shouldn’t be forcing children into there own rooms and own beds to early it’s not natural and not fair

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I start the night with my girl in her cot so I can have a little bit of evening, but she ends up in bed with me a few wakes down the line (used to be by 3am, now by midnight). I’m better rested, she’s better rested and we can enjoy the day so much more.
The only issue for me is that my partner and I are now in different rooms to facilitate easy cosleeping and I miss him lots. Look forward to our daughter one day being happy in her cot so we can share again, or her being big enough that we can comfortably cosleep as a family.

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