Co-sleeping: Friend or Foe?

One night when Lukas was probably 2 months old, Mark and I were exhausted so we took Lukas out of his bassinet and placed him in our bed in between us and some 8 hours later we woke up uninterrupted and well rested and that’s when the co-sleeping started.  Many mom’s warned me to not get him used to it because it will be hard to take him out of our bed when he’s older so I started to  “wean” him off our bed and started putting him to his crib.  He was fine but would cry around midnight and just wouldn’t go back to sleep after and  a couple of tries in the next following nights after my husband and I decided to make co sleeping into a semi-permanent thing.  So the question is, is co-sleeping a friend or a foe?  For us as Lukas’ parents the results are far more positive than negative.  Lukas is a well rested baby who doesn’t wake up at all at night and this is probably because he feels protected and loved being with us when he sleeps at night (he doesn’t have any problems sleeping on his crib or alone during the day).  We feel that he feels safe and confident and it helps my husband and I sleep through the night and become more rested therefore ready to tackle the coming day.  A good night sleep for but of us also helps us become less irritable therefore we are nice to each other.   I say, do what you feel is right for you baby and for you as a parent. There shouldn’t be any blueprint to follow as a parent because no one else walks on your shoes every single minute of every single day, do what makes you happy and your baby happy, safe, and loved.  For me that’s what makes a perfect parenting and if befriending the idea of co-sleeping is part of it, well we can use any friend we can get. 

* Right now, we feel that Lukas is ready to transition and sleep on his crib so we are currently on that process*