When I took our baby to the pediatrician they made sure to say we should have him in a crib, bassinet, etc. and I didn't even bother to tell him we were co-sleeping. I figured I wouldn't change his mind about it and he wasn't changing mine, so what was the point?

So who has told the doc and what was their reaction? Are there actually peds out there (other than Dr. Sears ) that are ok with cs?

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i didnt...she just asked if he was sleeping on his back...i said when hes nursing he sleeps on his side.

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I told my doctor from day one and everyone in our office is pretty supportive of personal choices. They just give you a list of precautions the same as they would if I had put Isabella in her crib or bassinett. The little love still is in there with us and they still have never tried or said said anything negative about it.

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I didn't tell her. she's judgemental. though she never had a problem with extended breastfeeding.....but she has her opinions and sticks to them, and so do I.

Actually not many people know we co-sleep. I'm the only one in the family on both sides that pretty much has adapted to such a alternative style in parenting. they just usually go along with it.

I told my doctor from the beginning. She said "Well what can I say. My husband and I sleep with our kids too." I LOVE our doctor!

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Nope! Doctor told us baby should have his own room...so I never told him. Though I'm sure dh would if asked. lol.

I coslept from the moment he was born..the hospital was great because they gave me extra pillows so I could cover up the side bars and cosleep comfortably

I also told his pedi..she didn't like it but that's her problem

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we've co-slept with our children ( all 3 of them ) since the day they were born. We get alot of flack from relatives and friends but we do not care. I love having my kids snuggling with us.

Jennifer

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My MIL is the nurse for Parker's doctor and she is having a FIT! I'm sure that she'll tell the doctor but that's her problem. We are comfortable with it (well getting there anyway) and it's the only way the little guy sleeps so that's how it's going to be.

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my Dr has never asked. I really dont know what his reaction would be. I do trust him but I love having my baby next to me and I dont see that ever changing!!!

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Hi Eileen!

DS's ped hasn't asked, but if she did, I would tell her that we absolutely co-sleep...not the entire night much anymore, but always for at least part of it. I just love to have DS next to me...I sleep so much better, and I think he does too. If the ped has a problem with it, just remember, it's THEIR problem, not yours.

What's surprising to me is that DH told me that he wants DS in his crib full-time by the time he's a year old, and I have been starting him out in his crib, and DH is the one who asks me if I'm going to bring DS to our bed soon each night...he likes it too, just doesn't want to admit it.

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Our pedi has never asked, but if she did I would absolutely tell her. We've been seeing the same ped since my 13 year old was just 1, so she knows me/us well enough to know that we do know make any of our parenting decisions light-heartedly or without researh.

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Our ped asked me just today. He didn't have anything negative to say about it, just mentioned that I should turn her from her side to her back when she is done nursing.

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Just wanted to chime in- my babys dr asked me where the baby slept and being the horrbile liar that I am said 'uh the bassinett' she almost had heart faliure since my baby is so big and could obviously get right out by himself. And she then told me he should have been out of that ince about 3 months and trying to correct myself/ act like I meant the crib played dumb and said why don't all babies sleep in the crib? IDK I'm scared to tell them I don't want to get yelled at lol!

I told her doc when Molly was 2 months old. I asked him at what age she should stop sleeping with me. He said well, "whether she is 4 months or a year old she is not going to like it when you stop co-sleeping so it is really a personal decision with you and your husband." Currently she is still sleeping with us at 8 months and I have no intention of stopping any time soon.

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I never straight out said it, but when the dr acted like it was a problem for me that she was nursing through the night still I told him that I didn't really care because I just have to roll over to feed her. LOL He let it go after that.

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I should add that this conversation was when she was probably 6 months old. We haven't talked about it since and she is still in our bed.

our family doctor was great about it( we switched to him instead of using peds)- the peds? the first one we used- he wasn't happy about it, but he was dumb about bf and other things too, so i didn't pay any attention. the second one advised against it, he said that it was dangerous. the thrid was a woman who had nursed her own kids for a little while, so she was semi-knowledgeable about bf, but she had no problem with the fmaily bed as long as we were doing it safely. the fourth was not a mom when we still were using her, and she wasn't thrilled baout it, but she also didn't know that there was formaldehyde in vaccines, so again, i dind't pay much attention to what came out of her mouth

now i am up a creek again though, because our fmaily doc left private practice and went to work IN the hospital instead.

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My doctor also said to make sure that she's sleeping on her back in her crib, so I didn't bother to say anything about co-sleeping. We have co-slept with all of our kids, so it comes very naturally.

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I co sleep with my 4 yr old and my newborn. My 2 yr old gave up co sleeping around 6 months he likes having his own space! LOL I have no problem telling the pedi that they are in bed with us. So far they just tell us the precautions we should take. We had one try to tell us the dangers of it and we corrected her. She wasn't our pedi for very long though! LOL

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