Have you ever let you baby sleep at night in your bed?

Because of my constant fear of sids since my baby was born,she slept in a bassinette from birth till recently and then I let her sleep in our bed from 5 months till now that shes 6 months old.I know I will get a lot of heat for this,doctors strongly advise against it. but Im NOT recomending this to anybody but have to say in my case its been a positive experience,she sleeps straight through the night from 9 pm to 7 am non stop and so do I.Down side is were trying to wean her in her crib and she wont sleep in it. My husband is annoyed because he has a friend who did the same and their boy is now 2 years old and still sleeping in the same bad with the parent and fears our daughter will end up doing the same.Anybody going through this?

Answers:
I never let my child sleep in my bed for fear of SIDS. I also was warned a lot about that and personally know people who suffocated their babies while sleeping with them. I actually askeda similar question to this last night.

From my experience...my son slept in a cradle next to our bed his first 2 weeks (I was breastfeeding) although b/c I am such a light sleeper and my son LOVED to grunt all night long in his sleep, we put him in his crib at 2 weeks and he has been there ever since. He'll be a year old on the 25th. He LOVES his crib...I think b/c we started putting him in it at such a young age. He started sleeping through the night at 6 weeks and now sleeps at least 12 hours every night. When he wakes up in the morning he usually just sits in his crib and plays for 30minutes to an hour before fussing so we'll come get him. I love this routine bc it makes it very easy on me and my husband.
My aunt on the other hand, has 3 kids whom she allowed to sleep in her bed all the time, and go to bed whenever they want...now her husband has to sleep on the couch every night bc 2 of her kids (4 and 6) are STILL sleeping with her. If I were you, I wouldn't continue allowing your son to sleep with you much longer or you may have a hard time getting him to sleep in his crib.

No. They have a higher risk of dying from SIDS in your bed then they do in their own bed. You could roll over and suffocate them or they could be smothered in blankets or under a pillow. I would never let my child sleep with me.

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