How to Put Your Parents to Bed. By, Mylisa Larsen. Illustrated by, Babette Cole (2016)

We always hear about the drawbacks of cosleeping…. Whether it’s messages about how unsafe it can be, or how your child will never leave your bed, or how you will never have sex again, and how you will both sleep so badly, and your baby won’t develop properly. 🤯 But why are we not talking more about this? About how much love is being shared. How much security is being provided. How much more rest is being gained. How much happier our babies are closer to us and how much less anxious we are close

It’s not the person, it’s the place. Cosleeping can take various forms, some of which are safe and some of which are unsafe. Cosleeping in a safely prepared bed (bedsharing) with a sober non-smoking caregiver can be perfectly safe with a healthy full term baby, but cosleeping on a couch, armchair, recliner, rocker, nursing chair… is never safe - it increases the risk of SIDS (yes, SIDS) by 50 times, as well as risks of entrapment, suffocation, positional asphyxiation and falls. Here are some rea