Personally, that doesn’t sit right with me. I breastfeed and bedshare. This works for me and my baby; he is nearly 5 months old. I have no plan for him to go in his own room soon, partly because it’s easier bf in the night being in my bed, partly because his room is basically where all my clothes are since we recently moved in and also I just love our sleeping arrangement. All parenting styles are different which is fine, I just don’t think it’s safe (in my view and especially if the baby is over fed) to put a baby in it’s own room so early. The recommendation is 6+ months.
I think Helen should just be a bit more real and maybe try to brush this off and see the funny side to it rather than go silent because silence will not so her any favours and she will just did herself a hole. It’s better if she either addresses it with a duck it attitude or ignores it and moves on.