Maybe I am alone in this but having coslept with our first and used a
cot for #2 I found the opposite to be true - I get so much better
quality sleep without the baby in bed with me that it is definitely
worthwhile getting up even three times a night to feed her and then
put her back in the cot. She is wonderfully secure and content and I
really feel we have brought out the best in her sleep tendencies
rather than the worst as we did with #1. Sleeping well is a life
skill and to be honest I don't feel that we did #1 any favourss.
I am not suggesting that cosleeping be discrouraged, we would
absolutely have done it again if the bassinets/cot plan hadn't
worked. But I guess I just don't think that cosleeping is necessarily
a miracle cure either. I think the best solution is assuring parents
that cosleeping can be done safely, that they can't spoil a baby and
that they should do what works for them whatever that is.
On 22/01/2007, at 8:53 PM, James Fairbairn wrote:
but the positives are - as everyone has mentioned - a less tired
mum - not needing to completely wake up in the night when feeding
and having
a more secure and contented
baby
