'I Have A Confession, I Love Sleeping In Bed With My Kid. Is This Terrible?'

A single mum has opened up about how she sleeps in her four-year-old son’s bed each night – and the reaction to her confession is incredibly heartwarming.

The parent took to Reddit’s r/Parenting to reveal she loves sleeping in bed with her child. She said her son is “fiercely independent” and, from the age of one, has been putting himself to sleep.

But recently he had his tonsils and adenoids removed, so she wanted to keep an eye on him post-surgery for a few nights – and a week after surgery they both came down with flu...