People, just need to relaxed and believe in your own instinct. My grandma gave birth to all 8 of her children at home and breastfeed them and co-sleep with them. We have not heard of anyone dying from co-sleeping in that era of time ( at least not amongst the friends and family or the whole of the community for the matter of fact ) The most natural thing to do is to have your child closes to you.

Because my mom grew up in a city , and instead of her own instinct, she believed and let those ” professionals” at that time to convince her feeding her children cow’s milk and never ever to c-sleep with her kids to avoid any inconvenient to her working schedule is the best for her. She was unable to teach me how I was suppose to care for my child. For the longest time , when I was a child ,I wish my mom had co-sleep with me , as I was always in the care of my grandparents , I co-sleep with my grandma and I had the most amazing bonding with my grandma that me and my mother never had. I felt so lost when my grandma pass, and so lonely, despite how much effort my mother tries to get into my world . I refused her , until I had my 1st child, we reconnected and I told her I wished she had co-sleep with me and hold me when I had those nightmares and wanted to feel someone beside me. I now co -sleep with my kiddo and I love it because he loves it. I had a kangaroo wrap and he was literally stick to me 24hours right after he was born, I have NO PROBLEM with my milk flow and he is so healthy that our doctor / friends / family were impressed. He was the one who “told” me he wanted his own “space” and not being wrap up too much with me by the 3rd month , where he happily sleeping and playing and we would talk , sing and laugh together, I would need to go back to work , but co-sleeps feels like the best way to tell him I am here for him, and no matter how busy I am in the night, he has me and papa here. He is now 2 years old and he is talking about having his own bed ! I am a little sad but proud to know that I have waited for the right time for him to move on to his own space when he thinks he is ready. And that to me its independency.

However, when we run or speed walk on concrete, that’s a different story.

Our bones, ligaments and tendons are not built for that.

That should be common sense.

What are the long-term affects of this???

I value my feet, especially as I get older, so I wear traditional shoes when I am out walking on the road for two hours every day, and go barefoot the rest of the time.

Common sense, folks.