12 things to stop telling a parent who co-sleeps —
The woman who ran the bed and breakfast stood in the doorway, unsure if she should let us in. We’d just shown up with our luggage and our one-year-old, without a travel cot. “You’re not going to be sleeping with her,” she warned. “She’ll suffocate.”
But the practice makes many people uncomfortable, and even the most diligent of parents—who employ all the safety strategies the experts recommend—are warned of its drawbacks. Here are some of the most common things I’ve heard from concerned and nosy bystanders, and what you need to not say to an already well-informed bed-sharing parent:Honestly, that’s great for you and your baby. I guess my daughter was different than yours. As a newborn, she cried and fed frequently—especially at midnight.
This is one of those har-har-har comments that’s supposed to be made in jest, while also being a subtle dig at how people parent. Present me with the studies that find a correlation between high school students who need their parents to tuck them in and bed-sharing. Then we’ll chat.Statistically, healthy parents who follow safe co-sleeping guidelines, and who have healthy infants, are not likely to roll onto their child in the night.a parent who co-slept with her child.
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