For me, it has NEVER even been an option.
Sure, I breastfeed and in the first few Months I may of fallen asleep whilst feeding, but always was I sat up with support so I couldn't roll over onto my baby.
I know I am a very deep sleeper, I have known for years - I feel absolutely dreadful for admitting this, But if it wasn't for my husband being able to hear a baby cry at night, I couldn't of woken to take care of the baby!
I go into really deep sleeps MOST of the time, I can be completely unawares as to what my body is doing.
Sometimes (when I first got together with my Husband) I used to kick and lash out in my sleep (due to past traumatic experiences).
Now, there is an ''App'' on the iPhone which I have downloaded.
You set it up, put it next to your pillow and it monitors your sleep, whether it be light or deep sleep.
Please bare in mind the time I got to sleep is because I am having problems with insomnia at the moment - My close friends will know why and what's happened but it's not something I wish to share on this blog at the moment.
So bare in mind my sleeping issues, I have decided co-sleeping is NOT safe for me and my family.
It's not to say it isn't safe for those light-sleepers out there, as long as they know their limits, and please also bear in mind with restless nights sleep the more chance you go into a deep sleep so as not to get disturbed.
So here is my graph from last night - again, this is the exact reason I do NOT co-sleep.
Especially with a history of Cot Death it's not something I wish to try either.
(Just because I do not co-sleep my children are never put into a different room than ours.
Our first born was moved into his own room at 14 months old, second child 15 Months, our third child is STILL in with us at 2 years 5 Months old, and we have 10 month old Twins also in our bedroom - so that's 5 of us in ONE bedroom.)
Picture: Graph, Last nights sleep.
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