One of the most cited arguments against co-sleeping is marriage and sex. However, a Swedish study found that the parents marital relations were not harmed by having a child sleep with them and it did not cause a rise in the divorce rate. If both parents agree co-sleeping does not contribute to marital conflict. It will not work if the parents do not want the child to co-sleep. Parents who allow their children to co-sleep simply go to a different room, move the sleeping child to another room, or temporarily move the sleeping child to a mattress on the floor.
Most children voluntarily leave their parents bed at some time.
Experiences of those parents who have allowed their children to sleep with them indicate children should be given credit that, provided the home environment is healthy, they will mature. As each need is fulfilled at each stage, they will move on and become more mature. The issue should be how the child leaves the parental bed, not when. Parents can begin by putting the child on a mattress next to their bed and gradually move him to his own room or a sibling s room when the child is ready. Studies show that siblings who sleep together quarrel less.