Meet the mum who shares a bed with her two children and partner… and is still breastfeeding her three-year-old daughter

CO-SLEEPING and the long-term breastfeeding of your children are practices that often attract controversy.

However, a New Zealand based mum swears by both – and believes that they are the best approaches when it comes to raising children.

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While she said she never intended to sleep in the same bed as her two children, writer,

, a writer, has been doing both for five years and says that she never originally intended to sleep in the same bed as her kids.

But, when her first child, Ramona, was born, she couldn’t consider sleeping in a different room from the tot.

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After carrying out extensive research, the mum of two realised that she really identified with the ‘attachment’ style of parenting and the bond that it brings.

Lucy, who loves sharing snaps on her , now sleeps with her partner as well as her five and three-year-old girls.

The family sleep comfortably as they all sleep in a giant bed formed from king and queen mattress’ that have been pushed together.

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They all live in a yurt on an organic farm in New Zealand, after emigrating from London several years ago.

Lucy explains in one of her : “I read about the fact that when you leave your children to cry it out [sic], or even do controlled crying, their systems are flooded with the stress hormone, cortisol,

“I decided that I would parent in a way that would cause the least amount of cortisol.”

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Lucy says that plenty of people agree with co-sleeping - and breastfeeding toddlers.

She says: “Our kids need us as much through the night as they do throughout the day.”

Lucy, a writer, blogger and activist, doesn't believe that she will ever look back on and regret her way of parenting.

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She is active on and shares plenty of photos of her lifestyle on social media, in a attempt to normalise attachment parenting.

As well as being an active co-sleeper, Lucy also breastfeeds her three-year-old daughter, Juno.

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She says that is not something that people should be scared of, adding:  “As they grow, their need for you to be there stroking their back and giving them breast milk definitely lessens,

“They naturally become much more independent sleepers by themselves.”

You can visit Lucy’s blog here:  and she's also on