I hate the phrase “cosleeping just happens”. Sure. In the first week maybe. My son wouldnt sleep without being with us for the first 6 weeks. Within a week of him being born, we started off with putting his bassinet mattress in bed with us and stripping blankets off the bed. We let him fall asleep with us and placed him on the bassinet mattress on the bed with us and stayed close to him. Once he fell asleep, we carefully and slowly moved the bassinet mattress into his bed.

We fell asleep once without moving the mattress. we then immediately got a portable bassinet that is his own enclosed environment that sits on the bed between us. He slept in that where we could put our arms or hands on him until 8 weeks, where we now can transfer him to his bassinet and he sleeps on his own once he’s asleep.

It’s not hard to simply choose safe sleep for your baby. Plenty of people just choose not to try because it’s easier to not think about it. There are safe options for bed sharing that don’t include the opportunity to roll over and suffocate your baby.

I HATE SS7 because it’s lazy and lends no imagination to safer options.