A mother-of-one and consumer of the discussion board Mumsnet requested on the social media platform whether it is "bizarre to be co-sleeping with a four-year-old". She defined that she nonetheless co-sleeps together with her four-year-old daughter and she or he has "no points with it" in any respect. The daughter has her personal mattress if at "any level she decides she'd fairly sleep there," the mom mentioned.
Nevertheless, the lady defined that some family and friends members have now expressed their concern saying that it's "bizarre" to be co-sleeping at that age.
She requested the opposite discussion board customers to share their ideas and moms had very totally different opinions.
One, with username @somersethouse, commented that she does it on vacation however in her opinion, "sure, it is a bit odd to be co-sleeping at 4 years previous in the identical mattress on a day-to-day foundation".
One other one, @Kewcumber, disagreed and mentioned that she did the identical factor due to a "very needy baby".
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Her baby is now seven they usually lastly sleep in their very own mattress however "we co-slept virtually continuously from three to seven years previous" and she or he added that's "nobody else's enterprise".
One other discussion board consumer and mother-of-two mentioned that she nonetheless co-sleeps together with her daughters who're six and eight years previous.
Social media consumer @Purlesque additionally shared her story and defined that her son "shared my mattress on and off till he was eight".
One other mum added: "I co-sleep with my three-year-old daughter. Works for us, no thought when it's going to cease."
She revealed that though the system works for her and her daughter, she will get "odd seems to be off my household who I hardly ever see".
One other mum shared her recommendation saying that she nonetheless co-sleeps together with her five-year-old however she simply does not "inform different folks".
One other discussion board consumer defined that her aunt co-slept till her son was eight and her husband ended up having to sleep within the kid's room.
"Every to their very own and I say what you might be glad and comfy with! There isn't any handbook to citing a child and all of us have our personal methods of desirous to do issues," she added.
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Others defined that co-sleeping did not work for them with @comeonbaby saying: "It isn't for me."
"Me and my husband battle for room in our mattress now and I'd stay awake with my child within the mattress by the concern of rolling on the infant, knocking the infant away from bed and my lengthy hair being over the infant.
"He can be in his Moses basket, subsequent to me for six months as per pointers," she added.
Based on the , the most secure place for a child to sleep is in his personal cot to cut back the danger of "sudden toddler demise syndrome" amongst different threat elements.
The defined: "To scale back the danger of sudden toddler demise syndrome, place your child on their again to sleep, in a cot in the identical room as you, for the primary six months."
It additionally suggested in opposition to sharing a mattress together with your child because the "most secure place to your child to sleep for the primary six months is in a cot in the identical room as you".
It's because "your child may get caught between the wall and the mattress, or roll out of an grownup mattress and be injured".
Furthermore, there's a threat "you may roll over in your sleep and suffocate your child," the NHS defined.