[sanderjd]

> get out of soothing the baby at night

I don't think you meant it this way, but just a note: it's not selfish for parents to prioritize getting some sleep for themselves at night. It is not good (or safe) for anyone if all the care providers are too sleep deprived to function.

[wincy]

Cosleeping solves both problems. A sober adult will not roll over onto the baby and a mother can sleep through even feeds. Around month three of our first child my wife commented that it was amazing our daughter was sleeping through the night without feeding. But she’s just fuss a little and my wife would roll over and feed her on demand without waking up. It was so easy for both of us.

[vlunkr]

> sober adult will not roll over onto the baby

This has happened. Some people are just very deep sleepers. We’ve resorted to co-sleeping on occasion, but I’m not about to pretend that I feel great about it.

[rincebrain]

That's not necessarily accurate.

I have various other sleep problems, but fortunately none of them are caused by/cause me to move while asleep, not even so much as rolling onto my side.

But a great many people are not so perfectly immobile, sober or not, and if you haven't had a problem with rolling off a sleeping surface or breaking things by moving in your sleep, you likely won't consider it a risk.

[octorian]

Co-sleeping is basically at the very top of the list of things "they" say YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER DO, OR YOU ARE A TERRIBLE PARENT. So I don't think its fair to recommend it as an alternative to pretty much any other sleep contraption.

[asdfasgasdgasdg]

Worth noting that the AAP recommends against cosleeping. Cosleeping proponents like to point out that it is not very risky after you account for factors like alcohol use. But I think "not very risky" could also describe this rocker that's been recalled.

[Freak_NL]

Co-sleeping is strongly advised against in many countries. Don't do it. If you really subscribe to all that attachment parenting stuff, get one of those cots you can put next to your own bed with one side of the cot open towards you.

(I'm a parent of a two month old in the Netherlands.)

[1123581321]

Yes, this is the safest option because of how much it helps with sleep and how much breastfeeding it facilitates. The (sober) mother effectively cannot roll on the baby.

Pediatric associations mostly don’t like it because it seems improper or too slum-like to share a bed with a baby. The opposition to cosleeping isn’t based on actual relative danger or long-term outcomes.

[DanBC]

> The (sober) mother effectively cannot roll on the baby.

This is untrue.

[1123581321]

It is true. Here is an introductory popular article to start reading about it. http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/18/baby-in-parents-bed...

Keep in mind how many mothers there are, and how many of those rare incidents had extenuating circumstances (substances, atypical neurology in the mother.) Keep in mind how easy and cheap it is today to extend the width of a bed with an attachment.

I know that the downvotes come from people who think of mothers sleeping with their children as poor trash—it’s a seriously outdated view that hurts the child.