My Opinion on Co-Sleeping (Take it or Leave it)

So I know it has been a while,  I have been managing Black Friday Ads, Black Friday offers... two kids, two cats and a husband....

Now taking a deep breath, I am back to blogging with fabulous parental advice on Co-sleeping.

My advice. Don't do it.  And not for the reasoning you think... I honestly could care less how you choose to raise your kids and how you choose to sleep with them (mind you you take all the precautions on making it safe as possible - and not just a pillow wall).

My caution aka. warning is simple.

KIDS PUKE. 

And when kids share a bed with you and puke in the bed... you are most likely going to wake up in a puddle of puke.  And unless your kid eats rose petals and perfume... it will stink to high heaven.

A perfect example of this was last night in the Vargas household.

I would love it if Emily would remain in her own big girl bed... but she has figured out that if she sneaks in on dad's side of the bed, he will let her up and in for a snuggle... while mom gets kicked in the back and ousted from the bed.

So like any other night... Emily sneaks in around 11 pm. Around 11:58 pm I awake to yucky stuff on my back and promptly wake Bryan up (secretly hoping he would man up and clean the mess by himself while I went back to sleep).  It was a two person job.  Puke in hair. Puke in bed. Puke everywhere.

Poor Em was humiliated - cause what kid really wants to puke - much less be covered in puke.

So we stripped the bed... laid a sheet over the bare mattress and Bryan and Em went back to bed once the mess and Emily were cleaned up.

I went to sleep in Em's room.  Alone.  And slept much better than I have in a long time.

So there is my parenting lesson of the day.

(oh p.s. when you kid tells you that her tummy hurts - not a great idea to feed your kid pizza, Swedish Fish and gum... learned the hard way by Bryan).