TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE:www.kidshealth.org
Here is an excerpt on co-sleeping and infant death: (I DON'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!
News - Rise in Infant Suffocations Renews Bed-Sharing Debate
Infant deaths blamed on accidental strangulation and suffocation in bed have increased dramatically in the United States, a new study says, which might ruffle feathers among parents who sleep with their babies, as experts note that the increase coincides with the rise in bed-sharing
Dear C.,
I don't believe in "co-sleeping" with a human baby for a couple of reasons:
1. A large adult could easily roll over on a small infant.
2. The baby gets use to sleeping with adults and before you know it you have a 3 year old or older child, who has to be trained to sleep in their own bed.
If your "dog baby" is anything like mine, once he is settled, he's there for the night unlike a human baby who will wiggle, squirm and wake up several times throughout the night. When they are bigger, the kicking and screaming begins...not fun.
Your husband probably never like the idea of your dog in the bed and the baby is the new/best excuse for him to persist.
I'm sorry that he isn't considering your feelings and wants the dog out. Hope is not a case of "It's Me Or The Dog". I’m afraid I might choose the dog since their love is unconditional.
I recommend when your baby arrives, he/she sleeps in a bassinette next to your bed for the first couple of months and then in his/her own crib in the nursery.
Also, when you deliver wrap the baby in a receiving blanket and then let your husband take that blanket home so your "dog baby" can have the scent of your new baby.
There's no reason you can't love both your baby and a dog that you have grown to love, unless the dog is vicious and a danger to your child.
Blessings....