Browsing through an Irish parenting forum today, I was saddened by some of the responses to a question about moving your newborn straight into their own room. One poster even said “If you have a decent monitor, there’s no need really to have the baby in your room”. I’m sorry, but that’s a horrible attitude to have towards your tiny helpless newborn. It’s that bloody “Happy Mammy, happy baby” defense again, step away from the parenting forums HPP before you hit someone!
On a cute as a button aside, we had the classic family bed picture last night, if only I had an infra-red camera. Littlepixie stretched across the middle of the bed with one foot stuck in Mr. HPP’s nose, excellent 
Now if I could just get a decent monitor, we could put an end to all those shenanigans 
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When I have a baby I would surely like to keep an eye on him/her.. I would love to have the baby as close as possible to me.. !
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Aww… I always get a little sad when I hear about a baby being “trained” to be independent like that… babies belong next to mama (and daddy too)… I love my family bed!!!
And contrary to popular belief, I DON’T have to rock my teenager too sleep, thank you very much. LOL!
Sharing sleep with my kids is one of the best things about parenting. People with monitors are really missing out. I say this after getting peed on last night…still totally worth it!
We have a monitor…for the time between when he falls asleep and when we join him!
He’s 19 months old and we love our family bed.
It always makes me sad,too.
We also have a monitor but we use it like Rose and for naps.
I’ve been thinking about this post of yours since I read it cos honestly I just didn’t know how to react. I hear the “happy mommy, happy baby” defense so much and in an attempt to keep the peace I just don’t say anything… but then blog about it later. hehe. I’ve definitely gotten this response when it becomes obvious that I’ve been nursing my toddler through this pregnancy. I’ve mentioned that I haven’t always enjoyed nursing her (although those times passed so quickly, in the long run) and I get “well, that’s why I stopped nursing when I was pregnant” or “You need to take care of yourself”. While I think these comments come from a place that has nothing to do with ME, I think they are quite popular. In my case, as you know from reading my blog, I’ve nursed even when I didn’t care for it much but also stopped nursing when I was really uncomfortable only to pick up nursing again a couple of hours later.
I’m rambling… but I wanted to let you know that you’ve made me think and I appreciate it.