Did you know that Kourtney Kardashian got a gig writing bullsh-t for People Magazine? True story. I was all prepared to hate on her and her writing when CB sent this to me, but the wind got knocked out of my sails. Kourtney isn’t a half-bad writer. It’s kind of a personal essay, all about how she’s “controversial” for eschewing the popular belief that babied should not co-sleep in their parents’ bed.

When Mason first came home from the hospital, he slept in a bassinet right next to my bed. I remember those early days when he was often up all night and asleep all day. Scott and I would take turns staying up with him, singing to him, rocking him, doing anything and everything to get the little angel to sleep.

I was told that Mason would eventually switch around on his own — so he’d be awake during the day and sleeping at night — which he finally did.

When I was pregnant, a few of my friends told me that their babies slept in bed with them. I remember thinking how crazy that was. Then I started reading up on it and decided it was something I actually wanted to try.

I know that having Mason sleep in my bed might be a controversial topic. But I have to be honest: I just love that time. I especially love how when you sleep with your baby, you breathe together on the same pattern. I’ve been able to bond with Mason so much more. Even if I’ve had a busy day, I always look forward to every night and us spending time together when we sleep.

Mason still sleeps in the bed right now. We take all the pillows off the bed to make it as safe as we can. I try to have him take naps in his crib if we’re home. When we’re on the go, he naps in his car seat and he loves that.

I really have mixed feelings about the whole topic. Some people say co-sleeping for the first two years is good, but now people are telling me the longer he sleeps in the bed with us, the harder it will be to get him to sleep on his own down the line. Of course, ultimately I want what is best for Mason, so I’m really battling with it right now.

[From Kourtney’s essay, People Magazine]

Many, many cultures embrace co-sleeping, not only as perfectly healthy for the baby, but as a must because of space and economic concerns, especially in parts of Asia. My mother told me that she coslept with me, and look how great I turned out? Twitch. Ha, jokes. So what’s the big deal? I think in the 1960s and 1970s, so-called child experts began warning new moms away from it because of fears that the baby would get rolled on by one of the parents, or that the baby would roll off the bed. Plus, there was the belief that co-sleeping might have associations with SIDS, but new studies are showing that co-sleeping might prevent SIDS in fact. My single, childfree advice to Kourtney, for what it’s worth, is to not worry about it when Mason is this little. My take is that when the baby begins to get weaned off the breast, that’s when he begin to be weaned off of sleeping in the parents’ bed. Of course, I have zero clue what I’m talking about, so judge away moms.