Hi all! Just a word on the co-sleeping issue. Was told not to when I had my first child who is now 30 but tiredness won me over in the first couple of weeks so into the bed she came. Same thing happened with second child 12 months later. On and off they co-slept and, even now, when visiting and staying over (although they only live 5 minutes away), they jump at the chance to sleep in bed with Mum when Dad is away working. My grandson always sleeps with me when he stays as does my almost 4 year old grand daughter. My youngest daughter also co-sleeps with her children. Never any problems other than the occasional falling out of bed but the mattress on the floor does the trick there!
Cheers Ramona -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cheryl LHK Sent: Monday, 22 January 2007 5:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] re co-sleeping Yes! So true. As a permanent P/T night-duty person, I hear the "don't want to get him/her into a bad habit" far too often. I find by night 2/3 they are so tired, they think that co-sleeping is a possibility and I encourage them fully! Mine still manage to find their way into our bed, and the youngest little possum is 4!! But at least they don't wander in until 4-5am now. Cheryl >From: "Ken Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: "ozmidwifery" <[email protected]> >Subject: [ozmidwifery] re co-sleeping >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:27:17 +1100 > > >It's not necessarily the midwives preventing co-sleeping. I often hear 'the >baby's been awake all night. Would go to sleep and wake up as soon as I >put >him down.' When suggestions are made to co-sleep, they don't want to >"start bad habits". a lot of women are influenced by their mothers, >partners etc, who don't approve of co-sleeping., thank God the influence >on >breast feeding isn't quite as strong as it used to be. It's strange, these >little ones are expected to sleep on a hard, cold surface after been >snuggled up listening to mum for months. If I remember right a >co-sleeping >policy was short and sweet. Mum had to be sedative free, the bedside up and >bed as low as possible. >Ken & Maureen Ward >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ><< winmail.dat >> _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Fresh jobs daily. Stop waiting for the newspaper. Search Now! www.seek.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau&_t =757263760&_r=Hotmail_EndText_Dec06&_m=EXT -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
