It's so naughty and highly advised against and I remind you of my previous blog stating that I don't know best and not to follow my advice.
I currently have a leaflet next to my laptop highlighting the dangers I place my babies in, but there is something that stops me complying.
I love her sleeping in my bed. She sleeps between myself and OH and she wriggles between us and snuggles up in the middle of the night.
I always thought of it as a reward for breastfeeding. The ease of not having to move when she wants feeding in the early hours and we both stay cosy.
I understand the risks, that I could smother her in my sleep, she could overheat or she could manoeuvre out of the bed. But there is something natural and animalistic about it.
Dude (the cat) slept with her kittens. She drifted off to sleep as they fed until their bellies were full and nodded off themselves.
I think of my bed as my nest, somewhere safe and sacred. I love feeding my young in bed with my partner lying next to us.
http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/pdfs/sharingbedleaflet.pdf
*whispers* Can I join your bad parent club please? I shared my bed with all four of mine when they were teent too - and loved it x
ReplyDeleteI shared and still do share the bed with my lil guy, he's 3, hes always slept in my bed, he has his own but now he's old enough I give him the choice and more often than not he chooses my bed, your not a bad mummy its the world thats crazy thinking something so natural is "bad"
ReplyDeleteI can genuinely understand the risks and I am sure if anyone has had a bad experience because of bed-sharing, then they would probably be able to share their devastation and convert all of us, to putting our babies in cots.
ReplyDeleteBut I just love it
I'm not sure I'm generous enough to have a 3 yr old in bed with me, I usually kick them out when they are old enough to start chattering with me in the night and keeping me awake :)
ReplyDeletePlus, I'm on number four, so we would all be super squished.
I'm glad I'm not alone though.