Originally posted by Toby'sFriend
Personally I prefer a Marriage Bed over a Family Bed and never had any interest in sharing. My babies all started out in bassinetts in our room, but honestly my husband snores so loud that I always moved them after a couple of weeks because I was convinced he was waking them. He also tosses and turns alot, I would never feel safe with a baby in the same bed.
Reading the parenting boards I always feel so bad for the AP Moms who are posting that they haven't slept for more than 2 hours in nearly 3 years because of the toddler who keeps waking up to nurse. I have also seen more than a few disgruntled Dad's who have been kicked to the couch over space issues in the Family Bed.
I usually preferred getting up to sit in a recliner to nurse the baby. I could never find a comfortable latch on position horizontal in bed. None of my kids had major sleep issues and I like to think allowing them to get comfortable in their own crib/space from the beginning was a factor.

My feelings exactly. Both DH and I were in agreement that children would never be in our bed. On the rare ocassion one of them is sick, one of us would go to their beds, not vice versa.
And I too was one to nurse sitting up. I was always afraid if laid down to nurse I'd fall asleep and suffocate the poor baby.
