It just is not worth taking the risk. (Bed Sharing)

Member Name: Charlie007

Product:	Bed Sharing
Date:	23/03/09 (57 review reads)
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Advantages: actually get some sleep

Disadvantages: It just is not worth taking the risk.

in our culture bed sharing with your child is frowned upon, in other cultures it is actively encouraged to encourage the bond with your child.

I personally think that it is a dangerous thing to begin doing unless you have a double bed and are in there on your own. It is soo easy to roll over when you are asleep and in the early days of having a baby sleep is soo precious that you want to be able to sleep properly with out worrying about this. If you roll on a hild the results can be devistating - they are just too small to take this risk. This is one of the things that the health workers were consistent with when i was pregnant and since i have had my little girl.

Having said that it is sooooo easy to do when feeding in the night to drift off - to stop this try and sit up to feed or put your feet on the floor. It just is not worth taking the risk. My cousin shares a bed with his son everynight - he has never slept in the mosses basket and won't settle in there. I think that this is a rod for your own back as my cousin now has to have his son in his bed and his sleep is disrupted and he is yet to have an unbroken night of sleep.

It is really hard to get into a bedrime routine and the lack of sleep in the early days is soo hard but i think that no amount of sleep is worth this risk!.

Summary: It just is not worth taking the risk.