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i'm so glad this concern was posted and that so many people have responded. my baby is only a week old and i've let her sleep in my bed the past few night because of how convenient it is and how exhausted i am. i'm an EXTREMELY light sleeper and wake up every couple hours to check on her, whether or not she's making fussy noises, but i was still worried. so, i'd like to thank everyone who replied to this post!

You know...I thought co-sleeping was sooo wierd when I first heard of it; I was about 5 months pregnant; my cousin was telling me how she co-sleeps with her then-6 month old, and I just couldn't help but think it was wierd, messed up, and barbaric...but now I wouldn't dream of my daughter being anywhere but right beside me in my bed. I'm amazed at how many moms co-sleep...makes you wonder who says a crib is a must-have, cause we never use ours.

I have come out of hiding to answer this one.... Have you ever stopped to ponder this fact...... We are the ONLY species on the whole planet who stick it out to raise our young, yet expect them to sleep apart from us. Have you ever seen animals sleeping with THEIR young? Where are they? Right beside a warm, protective mommy. HA! And we call ourselves the superior creatures! :)

I'm glad I got all these responses. Emma is three weeks old now and I've started putting her back in her ba__sinet next to me and she doesn't fuss anymore and stays asleep once I put her down. It vibrates too so that probably helps. When she gets up every three hours to eat I just lay her next to me and let her eat away and then burp her and she's usually fast asleep already so back in the ba__sinet she goes. I found I wasn't getting a good enough night of sleep cus I was always worried about smooshing her or I wasn't getting enough room for myself and sleeping on my sore b___bs wasn't working out very well. Once the b/f gets up for work in the morning I'll let her sleep next to me in the big bed for her last morning snooze so I'm still getting my little fix with her!!! I think the first few weeks she just needed to be by mom. I love it when she falls asleep on my chest after burping her. Sometimes I just kick back and join her.

My baby co-slept until 6weeks, then to a ba__sinet right beside me. I just play off her cues. she is probably ready to move to her crib, but I'm a softy!

I just recently met a couple, husband an architect, and wife a teacher. Thier children are now adults. They told me whatever you do, don't have your children sleep with you. They had the habit from infancy. They had three children and everyone wanted to sleep together. The husband told me "I didn't sleep with my wife for 5 years! ". "For five years he kept repeating to me." Once the child is sleeping they are unconscious and in the REM stage(dreaming). So until then I don't feel I am missing out on anything or the infant. Furthermore, ----- Animal-human brain comparison?

our daughter slept with us till she was old enough to wake up on her own and scoot around. we didn't want her crawling around us and falling off the bed (she is quite the adventurer). we transitioned her slowly to a pack-n-play in the corner - first naps then nighttimes. now she's been transitioned to a toddler bed where the pack-n-play used to be because she was learning how to crawl out, and i didn't want her hurting herself. once she's used to the toddler bed (this is her 4th night), we'll move her across the hall into her own room and set up the ba__sinet for her brother, due to arrive in january.

What's wrong with comparing ourselves to Nature's other children? When you get down to it, we ARE animals. Hell, sometimes I wish we could be a little less human...you don't see bears killing each other over c___p like religion anbd oil and sneakers.

Animals fight over things that is important to them just as humans do but they are not capable of higher reasoning as humans.

So you think a pair of sneakers is a worthy cause?

The instinct to protect and provide for our young IS animalistic. Have you ever heard of a woman attacked while with her kids? Survival instincts kick in, and that TOO is animal like behavior. WE ARE ANIMALS! The only difference is that WE know how to accessorize!

I don't agree on putting the baby in danger by co-sleeping.But it is your choice.You are mentioning animal behaviour,i would like to remind that a lot of animals-especialy with first litter-DO roll over and sufficate one or more of their babies (puppies,kittens etc)

What farm are YOU from? I don't have a litter first off, and animals that Do roll onto their young, are the young that have gotten BEHIND the mommies, not in front where they nurse. Where, I might add, most human mommies have their co-sleeping babies as well.

My son sleeps in the ba__sinet right next to our bed. I started letting him sleep with me because he would wake up every time I put him down. I had to learn the hard way that you have to put him down unless you want the child to always sleep with you. My first son slept in his ba__sinet next to our bed for about 2 months then I converted him to his crib in his own room. It was the only way my hubby and I could get any sleep. He liked to suck on his fingers and all we could hear all night long was sucking. It sounded like someone was eating chicken wings in our bedroom.

Lovely,before you react look at what YOU wrote and then what I wrote before getting all b@tchy with me.I am not trying to pick a fight. I am just saying you do whatever you want with your baby,I just do not want to put mine in danger by co-sleeping.You hear on the news several times about parents rolling over in their sleep with deadly consequences to the baby.It happens in bed;on the couch you name it.I hope all your babies will be fine.I mentioned the animals rolling over b/c it happens,i have seen it and you are the one that mentioned we are animals,so don't get all p__sy on me,I did not say you have a litter,you are the one a__suming I said that.I do not live on a farm either,I live in the city;which does not have nothing to to with it.So before you get all angry and emotional,read first what somebody is posting,don't be reading between the lines.

*yawn* I AM bi*chy. AND p__sy. And I hate opinions different from my own.So sue me, city girl.