Why I lied about co-sleeping with my new baby

Heidi Scrimgeour reluctantly went against prevailing wisdom and shared her bed with her newborn, but she says new mums shouldn’t be judged for doing it.

I wish practical safe-sleeping guidelines were as widely espoused as the terrifying cot death figures are

AS is often the case with a lie, the words had escaped from my lips before I’d even thought about what to say.