It’s normal to want your baby close to you. I personally couldn’t do it because I know someone who’s baby suffocated like that and I wouldn’t be able to cope with it. You have to do what’s best for you and your family. If you’re concerned about cosleeping this is an alternative to safely have your baby close by.
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I coslept with all of mine because it made me feel like they we’re safer. I could feel them breathing and stuff and I’m a light sleeper.
You should definitely invest in a co-sleeper or a bassinet that stays close to it could even attach to your bed. I put my kids pack in play right next to my bed until they were big enough to be alone in their cribs. But YES you got it baby is safest alone on their back with nothing more than a warm sleeper. It only takes once of your exhaustion catching up to you and you don’t wake up or accidentally roll. The majority of SIDS deaths are caused because the baby wasn’t sleeping alone. If your baby struggles to sleep without you or vise versa I would highly suggest looking on Amazon for a co-sleeper bassinets. I could not sleep with mine in the bed I would lay awake all night in fear of rolling. This is just my opinion I’m in no way saying there is anything wrong with co-sleeping I’m just reminding you of all the risks that could possibly come with it.
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I shared a bed with all three of my kids. But I have heard horror stories. Just be careful and enjoy. 
Co-sleeping increases the risk of SIDS and SUDI. Why a mother would want to take that risk beats me.
Youre being selfish and foolhardy
I coslept with both of my kids. It worked for us. They still like to cuddle at 7 and 10. As long as you’re not going to bed altered and you all sleep well that way then do it. For my second I did get a cosleeper attachment for our bed, so baby was right next to me but still in his own space. I loved it.
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I co sleep with my 1 month old
Just remember they will be older and hard to break my first was in my bed until he was 10. I did not do the same with my second.
Definietly not a bad mom. My son wouldn’t sleep unless he was in our arms. From birth he would only sleep about 30 minutes at a time and spent the rest of the time crying. We started co sleeping since I’m also a light sleeper. Now he’s 9 months and he loves sleeping next to me and his dad
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Collect with daughter who is 8 and my son 17 months sleeps in his playpen in our room still. Even having his own room
I have co slept with all my kids but like a healthy “I can still get up and go do what I need to do after they fall asleep” kind of co sleep I guess? And when I’d actually fall asleep with them I know I’m a light sleeper and know I dont move at all in my sleep the position I fall asleep in is the position I wake up in I have to actually wake up to move and will also move them if needed (my 2 yo currently loves to lay across my face or have his ass in my face while kicking me in the stomach/chest as he lays longways 
) that’s usually when I have to move him back to laying side ways
Slept with both my babies and they sleep with me every night still. My oldest will start off in her bed and still end up in mine by the end of the night… just use your mommy intuition. It never fails.
You’re the mama. You know what’s best. My advice, just be very careful, he’s still soo little. Best of luck mama. 
I have co slept since 6mo. Best decision for us both. Some nights she would want to sleep in her cot, and others she wants her mummy. Shes 3 now and I’m going to be doing her room up soon. I find it strange we are expected to sleep without our babies. Look at mama animals. They always sleep with their babies. Its instinct. But please look into safe sleeping. No pillows, blankets etc. My daughter slept in a grow bag and I only had the duvet on my legs and the pillow was flat. My body is completely destroyed now through not being comfortable, but my daughter has always slept.
But please be careful. And never sleep with them if you are intoxicated etc.
I was terrified at first because I was always a deep sleeper and all the horror stories I didn’t want to risk it. But I always woke at the slightest movement.
I’m going to be sad when shes in her own room 
think shes going to be my only baby and it hurts but I’m glad I listened to what we both wanted!
Also my daughter is not clingy at all. Shes so confident and clever and she even tells me to go to work 
xx
You sound like you’re using your infant as a dangerous treatment for ppd. Get checked get a bassinet in your room if you need him close. Otherwise you’re playing Russian Roulette with your baby.
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I didn’t do it long time ago it was frowned upon and mainly associated with third world countries each to their own though
I reccomend having them sleep on your chest when they are that little… no risk of blankets being an issue. You won’t roll over on him so don’t worry. As long as you aren’t taking sleeping aids or other impairing meds, you will be able to know where your baby is at all times
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Ive co slep with all 7 of my kids…i literally could NOT sleep if they were not in my arms
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If you start to worry you’re gonna hurt him get a bassinet and stick it next to your bed. I did that with my first because I was always paranoid
Go with what feels right for you & your little one’s
I felt like they were safer when I held them 
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I co-sleep with my almost 3 year old, I couldn’t imagine not. 
Bassinet is your best option for safety and being close to you in your room.
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My slept with both of mine on my chest. I guess my boobs kinda kept them safe there and I am such a light sleeper. Even while sleeping I knew they were on me and I never moved. So no you aren’t a bad mom, do what makes you happy and makes you feel safe. Savor those memories with your baby while you can! 
I co slept with both my babies we both slept longer during the night specially if u are a working mommy
After a while they sleep right next to you ,take over the bed. Baby needs to be in own bed while small. He’ll never want his own bed
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Do it momma don’t worry about anything else
I put my 4 month old in his bed at the start of the night and when he wakes up he comes to bed with us. I feed and change and fall back asleep then he gets moved back to his bed til the next time he wakes. We have our 3 yo in our bed as well or i probably would let him sleep with us. Do what you feel is best mommy.
I have been co sleeping since we came home from the hospital. My son turned a year old last month. Definitely makes it easier to breastfeed. Just be super careful with baby.
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co-sleeping is the biological norm for primates–including humans. As long as you follow safe co-sleeping guidelines you and baby are safe. Cosleeping Safely: The Do's and Don'ts | Ask Dr Sears
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Do what’s best for you and your baby! My kiddos are 4, 7, and 9… and i usually have 2 out of 3 if not 3 out of 3 in my bed every night. I will forever welcome this as long as they want. They’re only little once! Let the haters hate!!!
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I co-slept with my first 2, and now with my last one I’ve been putting him in his bassinet next to me. Co sleeping can absolutely be done safely, especially if your a light sleeper!!
As long as you do it safely. I co-slept with all of my babies. My 6, almost 7, year old still sleeps with me sometimes. Humans have co-slept with their offspring since the beginning.
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You need to let this baby sleep by himself. This could become catastrophic and you would never forgive yourself.
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I co slept until my daughter was almost 2 
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Do what’s best for you and your child. Co sleeping isn’t frowned upon in many other countries. Know the risks and do it safely. My daughter is two and has rarely ever slept in her crib/bed.
Enjoy it while you can! They grow up so fast!
You do what you feel is best
I co slept with our first baby. But very cautiously though. I wouldn’t do it while my husband was in the bed as hes not as light a sleeper and too much bed sinking if that makes sense. And i would have him further on the flatter side where i couldnt make him roll into me by accident and i would keep my arm between us so as to not roll on him or him roll towards me and to keep heat off of him. And i wouldn’t share my blanket i would gice him a small sheet like blanket. I didn’t co sleep with our second or third. Even though i really wanted to the paranoia that came with it was hard lol Its comforting but scary. I would sleep very lightly with our first and trusted myself but with the next 2 i just became paranoid from reading stories of sids. I personally would get one of those bedside sleepers that are open to your bed and maybe only take short naps with baby sleeping in your arm beside you like i described… Kind of get the best of both and co sleeping in shorter spurts. Then use bedside crib for actual bedtime. You don’t get very good sleep while co sleeping like you currently are. Even though the comfort is great. Co sleeping is doable and safe if done correctly.
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I didn’t co sleep with him in the bed but his crib was always in my room and after he grew up with the crib he always wanted to sleep on my floor I don’t know why he loves the floor but he refuses to sleep in the bed lol he’s seven now and still sleeps on my floor even though he has a perfectly nice bed and bedroom
Better break it while u can! My kids do this and my Grandson is 16 mths and he still sleeps n bed with them! Not good!! They don’t have ne privacy because of this! I think bout the only time they really get 2 b intimate is if I have him and that’s not very often! I told momma from the get go that it was a big mistake 4 even starting that!
We coslept with our daughter until she was maybe a couple weeks old and then I transitioned her to a bassinet next to me. I had a scare where her dad was asleep and I was waking up to feed her and his arm was over her face. He wasn’t blocking her airway as her head was turned but that was enough of a scare for me to not do it. And if we have another I won’t. I will use a bassinet, or smithing that can attach to our bed so I have easy access but also to prevent something that could be completely detrimental.
My first coslept for awhile. She’s 6 now. She refuses to sleep alone. She struggles to fall asleep and needs someone to lay with her in her room. My second 2 always slept alone. Laid down awake, put themselves to sleep in the crib. They’re 4 and 2 now and know that at bedtime, they lay down and sleep. I’m not against cosleeping, but if I could go back and change how we did it with my oldest, I would. She can’t self soothe at all.
I have been co-sleeping since my son was born and he’s 4 now. It’s helped me alot to have him right there with me so I don’t have to worry about something happening to him or him being too far away especially when I was breastfeeding. I feel like it made me a better mom to have him that close to me. It’s not natural to push your child away to sleep alone people have been co-sleeping for generations.
I bedshared with my son until he was 6 months old. (At 4 months he started the night in his crib then would wake to eat and sleep with us the rest of the night). I was always a heavy sleeper and thought it’d be a bad idea. But I was more comfortable with him right next to me.
I co-slept with my son & it was no problem for me at all. I have back problems & breastfeeding would keep me up throughout the night plus just being a tired new mom, being able to lay in bed to feed him was soo much help & relief. I did eventually get to gradually get him in his bassinet at my bedside till about 6 months when he started pulling himself up & then he went to his playpen in his own room not far away. I plan to co-sleep with my daughter too when she gets here🤰 i guess i also had/have separation anxiety too, my son is almost 3 & has only been away from me about a handful of times. I say co-sleep as long as you have taken as many precautions as possible. Maybe look into a co-sleeper lounger thing to put in your bed just to make sure he doesnt get rolled over on or he doesnt roll under you, or the blankets dont get accidentally pulled over his lil face💟
I just feel like I need to put my two cents, 2 years ago I would’ve agreed with the majority of the comments as I coslept with my oldest. I ended up being somewhere in the middle of the concerned comments though. In 2020 I lost my 10 day old baby boy to SIDS. Not suffocation or strangulation, SIDS. Where they have no idea what happened to my sweet baby except he just didn’t wake up. I was cosleeping with him. No, that was not the cause of his death but between waiting for the report to come in and trying to grieve, all I could do was blame myself and I would not wish that on anyone while also trying to grieve the loss of someone so special. I used to 100% agree with the rest of everyone else “I slept with all of my kids and they’re fine!” Until one day my baby was not fine. My rainbow sleeps in his pack in play right next to the bed and that’s where he is safest. Please look into a bedside bassinet where they could still be close but also be safe. Whatever you choose to do, congratulations on your new bundle❤
Girl sleep with that baby and enjoy all thOse sweet baby smells and movements! It’s your baby so do what you feel comfortable doing. I co slept with all 4 of my kids
In my country we believe it’s good to co-sleep, in my personal opinion that child is in your belly for 9 months so ofcourse it’s natural for you to want to be close to him/her. I also suffer from clinical depression and anxiety for which I’ve had prior to having kids and I am still on medication so I can relate as to how you might feel, as I had the same anxiety when I had my first born but I trusted my mom instincts and I went with what was best for me and my child.
I co-slept with all my children from birth and they are 6 | 2 | 10month old. Do what’s best for you and your baby love. Just make the space as safe and comfortable as possible. All the best to you:blossom:
My first kid slept with me until he was 3…my second wanted nothing to do with it…wanted to sleep on her own. They are now almost 30 and 25…soak it in momma. It goes by so fast.
It’s natural, it’s biological sleeping. We were biologically meant to sleep with our babies, but we should always be cautious to do it the safe way, look up “co sleeping safe 7”. Not sure if you breastfed but studies show that it decreases the chances of SIDS while cosleeping
Tell that to a good friend of mine. Who thought she was a light sleeper slept with her 3 week old baby in her arms. He’s no longer with us. She rolled on top of him. So please if you fill you need to keep him safe. Get a crib and put it beside your bed.
I’ve co slept with my first born since he came home from the hospital and he’s over 2 years old.
We’ve only just started putting him in his big boy bed because we’re pregnant with our second Bubba.
You do what you feel works for you!!
I get it, honestly I do. However, if a tragic accident happens nothing you do can take it back. What you can do is prevent it from happening by placing your baby in his own space to sleep. Just my 2 cents.
You put your child into a car seat, it’s not because your guaranteed to get into an accident… it’s to protect your child in the worst case scenario.
If you cosleep you are taking a risk, a million other moms may have done it with no problem but that doesn’t mean children don’t die due to this all the time.
I co slept until I saw a video of myself sleeping on the baby monitor, I rolled all over and moved the blankets around yet I always swore I was a light sleeper.
Co slept with mine I have 5 . 27,25,17,15 and 10. I was a light sleeper also. But I had anxiety that something would happen and I wouldn’t be there. As you can see by their ages they all are grown up now and fine. When I lived in Milwaukee they had a anti co sleeping campaign that would make you feel bad about it on one billboard they had a a pic of a baby sleeping with a knife. They said sleeping with your baby was as dangerous as sleeping with a knife. Idk it’s been done for centuries.
I never co- slept with my babies as infants as it’s way to dangerous! I had them sleeping in a bassinet next to my bed where they were close but safe!
Follow your body. It wants to be close to baby. Find safe ways to make that happen.
But please never let the other bed-sleepers in your house make you concede to what you and your brand new baby need right now.
You’re the mom and you know what’s best for the baby and yourself, if it makes you happy, go for it
Just be mindful of what can happen injury etc etc and you might regret doing this later on with making him/her a clingy baby and toddler etc
Why weren’t you this way with your daughter? Is this bc he is a boy? I see so many people still favoring sons over daughters
I have a 7 and 5 year old and I’ve never refused them to cosleep. Do you girl
I have co-slept with my oldest two till they were about 2.5 and right now co-sleep with my 1.5year old. Do what makes you comfortable and happy.
We do a mix. I try to have all 3 of my babies in their own bed from birth. I keep a bassinet in my room until they outgrow it so I can keep them close. Then a crib and their own room. I try to encourage sleeping in their own bed solely cause then I can sleep and get a better night’s rest. But I can’t count the times that didn’t work and need and enjoyed baby right with me in my bed. (All 3 of them.) Most nights it’s partly with me so I can soak up that love or because baby needs more comfort for whatever reason (teething sick or just needing comfort). And then the rest of the night in their own bed so we can both sleep well. I also feel like it is the best of both worlds. And keeps them from becoming to dependent and not getting out of my bed til 4 years of age. (I need me space sometimes.)
I say do your research and know your risks. Then do what your comfortable with and don’t listen to what others want you to do or what they think is right. This goes for most all parenting practices over the years. There is no true right or wrong. Each situation and person is different.
Get a co sleeper… tht way u can have ur hand next to bby sleeping…thts how I did it… but there was a time my bby couldn’t & wouldn’t sleep …only way I got to was to sleep with him… I laid on my back & didn’t move not even my leg…
Every self proclaimed light sleeper has times when they arent. Every parent to had a tragedy doing this said they were light sleepers too. Please be safe.
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It’s factually bad for so many reasons and often it just to benefit how the mom feels and not the babe who would benefit from his own space. It seems like you have co-dependency issues with your son and that isn’t something that needs to be stopped before if gets worse it’s not healthy for anyone.
Co slept with mine, I always ensured extra measures 
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My kids are 8 and 6 they have never left my bed.
Girl as long as it’s safe and it sounds it do YOU! As your partner says soak it all up girl!
Your baby should have their own space whether it’s a cosleeper or bassinet. If you’re going to do it, please be safe. Remove your pillows and blankets and get something like this or a bassinet. I know how exhausting it is.
It is not worth the risk of losing your baby. Some mom’s were fortunate that nothing happened to their baby. Are their experiences worth you possibly losing yours. Join a safe sleep group and also take in the stories of the thousands of parents who lost their babies so you get both sides and then make a decision. God forbid something happens no one is going to be there helping you grieve. Also, if you have a memory foam mattress if the baby’s neck or head is in a weird spot as they are laid on the bed it can cause SIDS. These awareness are not there for nothing.
You can get your baby to bond with you in other ways beside cosleeping. Skin to skin is best way. Hang in there!
In the hospital the only way I was able to sleep was with my daughter on my chest. And when I took her home she slept in bed with me and my ex-husband I just made sure that no pillows or blankets were near her and she slept on her back and that’s how she slept for 4 months before she started sleeping in her crib
I coslept with all of mine from day 1 and still do, if it scares you, you could get one of those bassinets that connect to the side of the bed
NO! Enjoy it! They grow so fast.
I had a bassinet that went on my bed with my first, he didn’t like his crib at all. I didn’t co sleep with my youngest untill he was 1, because I found he slept better in his own space. But I agree with the others it doesn’t make you a bad mom, and there are safe ways to co sleep.
Those motherly instincts are crazy.
I slept with my daughter until she was about eight