babies needs

An article in the Independant today

Screaming babies – it's all Mum's fault for fussing

Research shows that parents anxious to comfort their children 'exacerbate' sleep problems

This misses an important point...

A Baby has a real need to be with its mother - not just a 'want'. babies need to feed in the night so that the mother can maintain milk supply. Co-sleeping mothers wake in the night but immediately fall back into deep sleep so still have good quality sleep whilst babies can feed on and off through the night. Mothers feelng guilty is perhaps because they don't like to hear the distress of another human being in need of food and human contact - both equally important for good health.