No poll results have surprised me more than these. I understand that the pool of readers who actually answer the polls here (only a very small fraction of people who visit the blog — I hope more of you vote in the latest poll to help me name my baby!) might be quite skewed, but I still was shocked to find that nearly 2/3 of voters co-sleep with their breastfed infants under age 12 months. With all the bad press and debate about the safety of co-sleeping, I didn’t realize how many families find that co-sleeping works for them!

In light of the recent debates over the safety of co-sleeping versus baby sleeping in a crib, and the issue of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, I thought it would be interesting to survey where our nurslings are sleeping. I limited the poll to nurslings because I think it affects several things — safety, parenting style, and just plain convenience of the sleep location! Please answer for where your baby usually (more than 50% of the night) sleeps or slept when he was under 12 months of age. Feel free to leave a comment to explain your situation. I know my …read more