Too cute, and how true!

Mine sleep so nicely. He'll snuggle up with his head under my arm. Or lay his hand across my tummy. I must have the only kid who cosleeps well. (:

The pictures make me cringe because of the possibility of suffocation. American Academy of Peds doesn't recommend cosleeping with infants under 2 years.

this also applies to toddlers and older kids. We play musical beds every night.

Oh, man. We have experienced all of these. Only funny now when I'm not trying to get some sleep!

I don't understand how anyone gets any sleep in these arrangements. We've never invited our toddler into our bed and I never could -- he's so squirmy and it would drive me nuts within seconds. I much prefer him sleeping soundly in his own crib.

The baby is never a problem. But my husband is. Much easier to co-sleep with one adult. Never an issue with space.

MJL86 Thank you for your comment as a RN in a NICU any talk of infants sleeping with their parents fills me with dred. For anyone that is interested in more information on safe infant sleep and preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome here is PDF from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
http://www.healthychildcare.org/pdf/SIDSparentsafesleep.pdf

I slept with my 3 children and nothing ever happened.

My babies (now 9 & 5) have slept in their own cribs, in their own rooms from day one.

Having said that, on the rare occasions when we've had to deal with bad dreams/feeling poorly/thunder & lightening or just a restless night, then yes, they get tucked in with me & SO. Sometimes both at once, deep joy.

In which case, 'Snow Angels' is on the money.

Does everyone who commented not realize it's a joke?

Anyway, they should make one of these for sleeping with dogs. 50% of the time my dogs butt ends up in my face/on my pillow, the rest of the time he just tries to kick and push me out gradually throughout the night. He's definitely the snow angel.

I knew the fear-based comments would come and the Voice of Medical Authority is just a bonus. Yeah, let's listen to the doctors and have our babies in brightly lit sterile rooms, while we are under the influence of drugs that prevent us from fully bonding with our newborn, then have them swept away to a hospital nursery til we take them home and lay them in a crib in another room til it's time to bottle feed them. Is that safe enough for you, nurse lady?

Don't fret, I do something far, FAR worse than co-sleeping: I defrost meat ... Overnight! On the COUNTER! *gasps of horror*

The association between bedsharing with a nonsmoking, sober mother and SIDS is actually very weak and in many studies nonexistent.

This cracks me up and is so true! My son covers them all I think, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Ha ha ha my boy is not a baby more but he still has many positions to sleep and to watch tv
http://www.flickr.com/photos/giozi/6946244071/

LOVE LOVE THIS!!!

There are some nice research summaries about co-sleeping and other sleep arrangements on the web site of the Mother Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab at Norte Dame University.
http://cosleeping.nd.edu/

As a ER RN, I can safely say that I co-sleep with my 16 month old and find it satisfyingly dangerous.

I have these super fond memories of sleeping/passing out with my wee tiny infant and how he snuggled so sweetly next to me. Then I try to recreate that with the squirmy toddler. Toddler's newest favorite thing is to sleep *on* me because his new favorite book is The Napping House. So we return him to his crib and I remember why we don't do snuggle all in one bed any longer.

Yes, the pictures are a bit funny, and a bit not.

Co-sleeping is definitely an individual family choice. With that being said, my DH and I nixed co-sleeping when our son was 7 days old and we both woke up in the middle of the night from our lack-of-sleep-induced comas to our our arms draped across his tiny swaddled body and him gasping for air. He immediately went into his own crib and stayed there every night thereafter.

We don't smoke, we don't drink, and he was a summer baby so we didn't use blankets (just a lightweight swaddle). We were just bone-exhausted sleep-deprived parents who didn't want to smother our little one. And, to those who are concerned that co-sleeping is the best way to support breastfeeding, I dragged myself out of bed multiple times a night to BF and continued to BF until he was 2 years old.

In my city (Toledo, OH), there was a recent death of a baby due to co-sleeping with her parents. If this is to be humorous, the point is lost when it's such a dangerous occurrence.

@Baby Yaga : I, too, used to think the constant nagging about the dangers of co-sleeping from "nurse ladies" was annoying. Then, a couple I care very much about lost their baby to SIDs. Now I don't find "nurse ladies" like @mstrygrl so annoying anymore.

jesus christ. sorry apartment therapy. now you guys are the assholes for posting a funny picture.

no one here is going to change the opinion of anyone else here. you're all just getting off on your horror stories and medical knowledge.

The artist Christoph Niemann has some awesome drawings based on this subject...
http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/good-night-and-tough-luck/

My oldest, now in her own bed at 3, would not/could not sleep alone. She needed someone (me) close to her. She literally would not be laid down in a bed/crib without me next to her from day one. The nurses in the hospital supported our cosleeping as well. I'm glad/proud that I gave her what she needed. There is good research to support co-sleeping with a sober/nonsmoking/breastfeeding mother.

@ REVEMAUVE - that is the wrong attitude to have

And for everyone who doesn't like the commentors with the more serious responses - it would be the same thing if a something about drunk driving or mishandling guns was posted. Lots of people have done those activities "safely" but it does result in death on many occasions. If you have had an experience in one of these "touchy subjects" you wouldn't be happy to see a post like this either. Please be compassionate to those of us who have experienced SIDS and who are trying to make a difference.

Miller8786 - conscientious bedsharing is not like drunk driving or mishandling guns because while folks may get away with drunk driving or mishandling guns without incident there is no positive goal that can be obtained through those behaviors. Many families make a conscious choice to bedshare with their small ones because it improves their parenting experience whether for reasons of bonding, better sleep, etc.
Of course it is horrible when bad things happen to little babies and doubly so when it seems like the bad thing could have been prevented, but we all take risks every day because we believe that the potential benefits outweigh the potential risks.
I believe one of the hardest things new parents do is try to figure out this balance. Simply condemning all bedsharing because bad things sometimes happen does not help parents find this balance, it unnecessarily demonizes a segment of parents who are making good choices for their families, it does not educate those who are considering bedsharind because of it potential benefits about the ways to minimize risks and, perhaps worst of all, to me, it feeds into the misconception that if parents (usually mothers) would only make all the right decisions nothing bad will happen to their kids.

Did someone just compare co-sleeping with drunk driving and mishandling a gun? Are you serious? I cannot imagine the tragedy of losing a precious baby to SIDS, and my heart goes out to anyone who has experienced such an awful thing. But the science and the studies do not support your position that co-sleeping is the problem, and making statements like that just helps you lose the argument, not make a difference.

I hit send before posting my own opinion.

My life has been affected by SIDs. Not as directly as a couple who has lost their own child, but affected nonetheless. However, I believe co-sleeping to be an individual choice, and have no qualms with anyone who chooses to do so. I'm not going to stand on a soap box and lecture you about the dangers. I personally can't imagine wanting to risk sharing my bed with such a tiny and fragile being but, that's just me.

With saying that I don't judge co-sleepers, I do judge co-sleepers who so arrogantly turn their noses up at the advice of members of the medical community and anonymously attack them on a message board. It's disrespectful and I imagine you're a much better and kinder person than that in reality.

And, for the record, the illustration is very cute and the humor is not lost on me!

when our four yr old son creeps into our bed i wait till he is sleeping and go sneak into his bed. we all get plenty of room and sleep !

Okay okay...I concede that comparing co-sleeping to drunk driving and gun handling was not a good analogy. I simply meant that it is risky behavior that many do without hazard but has resulted in deaths (not the only form of SIDS, by the way). I get that the illustrations are meant to be fun and taken lightheartedly, but not everyone knows to take these things with a grain of salt.

That being said, I DO realize that co-sleeping can be done safely. I simply wanted to make a point to those who had a problem with the commentors who were trying to be helpful by spreading awareness.

There is a lot misinformation about SIDS on here.

SIDS is an unexplained death.

It is not the same thing as drunk, smoker dad accidentally smothering his infant to death on a sofa. That isn't a co-sleeping death. It is a drunk dad smothering death. Safe co-sleeping is never done with a impaired parent.

And studies of safe co-sleeping with a breastfeeding mom show that the risk is very low, lower in fact than a baby sleeping on a toxic crib matress, in another room, with an unresponsive parent. The flame retardant SIDS risk + hearless CIO approach + baby in another room of "nurse parenting" isn't much discussed in the US but it is the primary cause of our higher than average rate of SIDS.

@Magpip: that was the best parenting comment ever. Really, it should be framed, every word of it. I couldn't agree more !!

When we talk about cosleeping, I always have a question... how do co-sleeping parents have sex ???

SIDS AND SUFFOCATION WHILE CO-SLEEPING ARE NOT THE SAME THING!!!!! I just had to say it.
http://cosleeping.nd.edu/

Disclaimer: Not a parent. Not affected by SIDS in any way. Not in the medical community. Just a regular 25 year old graphic designer.

Sorry to say - but you people who are so quick to judge the medical community and RN's who post on here are just plain stupid. There are hours upon hours of research that sometimes contradicts other research that has been done. This calls for more research. This also takes years to complete, and most of the time trends change faster than research can finish. Have a little respect for the people who are available at any time of the day to put blood in your body should you need it for any reason. Just because they are INFORMING you of a situation and what is reccommended by pediatricians they know and respect in their field doesn't mean you can go all @BABY YAGA on them. Wow. No one is forcing you to do anything via an Apartment Therapy comment string. Call off the revolution.

Love the art, AT! Totally thought of my sister and nephew, she was telling me about this EXACT SAME THING a few days ago :) Makes me laugh. I barely get enough sleep with my husband beside me... lol.

PS: AT - LOVE the art :) So cute and I'm sure true!!!

Gosh I don't know what to think of all this. I wasn't allowed in my parents' bedroom let alone their bed.

Thank you Ashla for your points.

my daughter is now 3.5 and we've coslept on and off all her life....that said, she totally neck scarfed me the other night so this gave me a great chuckle! these are so true! and funny! thanks for the laugh....by the way whatever works for you people. there are heavier issues to fight over, take it easy

baba yaga- once again you prove you are nuts.

Oh my gosh, I'm laughing so hard at these! It's just so true. Fortunately, my kids are grown and on their own now. I get to sleep in peace... until the cats come in.