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| I decided that my son would not co sleep because I saw that my friend was having a hard with her oldest co sleep and now she is doing it all over again with her youngest. Her oldest was almost 4 years when she starting sleeping in her own bed and her youngest is 14 months and still sleeping in mom and dad's bed. And dad is sleeping on the couch. |
| posted by Chelle on 03/12/2008 08:06 PM |
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| At first i said i would not cosleep but when my daughter got colic really bad i found it easier to have her beside me when her tummy started hurting i could just roll over pick her up an rock her so her tummy would quit hurting. |
| posted by on 03/15/2008 09:38 PM |
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| We definitely co-sleep with our little one. I can't imagine not doing it. I figure he was nice and snuggly in my tummy for 9 months to give birth and expect him to sleep all by himself just doesn't make since. Babies like the closeness of their mommies, the smell and warmth. There is no way I could take that away from him. He has the rest of his life for that. |
| posted by Sarah on 03/18/2008 04:29 PM |
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| we co sleep and will continue to do so until it no longer works for us. i nurse so it seems much more sensible to me to have her right next to me rather than to get up, leave my snuggly bed to tend to or nurse my girl. |
| posted by shakti mama on 03/19/2008 01:45 AM |
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| Funny story...I was all about co-sleeping, and was even going to register for a co-sleeper baby bassinet that attaches to the adult bed, but my best friend asked me if I wanted to use her bassinet that he two children had used. It was beautiful, and so wonderfully sweet of her to ask, so I said yes. Good thing it was on wheels and the same height as our bed...I pulled it right next to us and had our own, although slightly different version, co-sleeper just like I wanted...only this one had such special meaning to me. Anthony was there for about 4 months or so. |
| posted by on 03/19/2008 02:32 PM |
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| He is 16 months now and I will probably keep it up for a while longer yet. I still BF so that's part of the reason. |
| posted by neely on 03/21/2008 02:44 PM |
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| My husband and I never co-slept with our son. My husband had these terrifying nightmares that he'd rolled over on the baby and smothered him. He would have them despite the baby sleeping quietly in his crib, hence the NO co-sleeping. |
| posted by Heather on 03/24/2008 10:39 AM |
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| We have co-slept since day one and I would it the same way again. My daughter is now 22 months old and since 18 months we have been having her start the night out in her own bed but she wakes up in the middle of the night and comes and climbs in our bed. She prefers it also. She sleeps better between us. I know a lot of people worry about rolling over on the child and my husband had the same fear, but it never happened. |
| posted by Morgan on 04/02/2008 09:05 AM |
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| I just had my son co-sleep through colic 0-3 months and he is not even 2 yet and sleeps in a normal kid bed and never tries to get out so it is NOT always true that if they co-sleep they will want 2 forever :) |
| posted by Bridget on 04/18/2008 01:34 AM |
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| We are still cosleeping at 11 months and I figure it will probably continue for a while. |
| posted by Dawn on 04/18/2008 10:09 PM |
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| we co-sleeped until our daughter was about 3 1/2 months and then off and on until she was about 8 months. |
| posted by Anne on 05/22/2008 03:46 PM |
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| I had my twins in a co-sleeper from the day they came home. If not I would have been up and walking back and forth ALL night long. This way I could, half asleep, pick up which ever one was crying pop on the boob and fall asleep cuddling! This was the only way I could have had sleep, peace of mind and I also loved snuggling with my babies all night. When my daughter learned to roll she would be fed and then put back in the cosleeper but my son slept with us till 6 months. at 6 months they both easily went down in their crib cause that's where they had taken naps. Co-sleeping did not make them 'clingy' or unable to fall asleep on their own. They have been slepping through the night since 4 months and I think it's because they felt safe with mama and daddy. |
| posted by Ruby on 07/15/2008 03:39 PM |
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I would not have minded co-sleeping, but my daughter is such a sensitive sleeper (rustle the covers and she stirs or awakens). She also tosses and turns alot and we would end up with her feet in our back the few times we have tried it with her.
Even at 18 months she will not tolerate a blanket, which also makes it difficult to keep her in our bed. |
| posted by Bethany on 10/25/2008 12:29 AM |
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| I co sleep with my 9 month old. there unfortunatly alot of kicking at about 4 in the morning but other than that it is great. i can be right there when he wakes up without even having having to drag myself out of bed at 1 or 2 in the morning but i am nervous about breaking the habit. we're both dependant on it now. i cant sleep soundly unless he is right there either. our doctor warned us against it. we'll just have to see what happens when he gets a little older. |
| posted by jessica on 11/15/2008 01:09 PM |
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| I was so surprised to see the results that not alot of people co sleep. I was under the impression that alot more did. We did not do it with our first daughter who was alot more independent. Our second daughter on the other hand has a bit of an attachment to us. She is 14 months and not showing any signs of wanting anything to do with her own bed. We enjoy it very much, and realize that this is a very small part of her life that we should cherish because it goes by so very fast. I have done alot of research on the benefits of co sleeping and I am all for it. |
| posted by Sarah on 01/04/2009 01:35 AM |
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| My rule is the kids are not allowed to be in my bed if it's dark outside. That was my parents rule, and I liked it. My bed is my space and I would hate to have a seven or eight year old still sleeping with me. It's best just to never start it, and you never have to break the habbit. Eventually you and your husband are going to want some "alone" time and you can't do it with a child sleeping between you or the other spouse on the couch. |
| posted by Ashley on 03/18/2009 08:46 AM |
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| I did with both kids until they were about 3 months and then we put them in their bed and did the cry it out method and that was that. It was easier to do that while breastfeeding. |
| posted by Jillian on 03/30/2009 10:45 PM |
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| I had jakob cosleep for several months, but since about 4-5 months, when he is in bed with me, he won't sleep. He is 8 months now and when i just lay him in bed with me in the mornings for naps he just likes to sit there and smack me or talk and say "Mamamamamamama" the whole time haha so he sleeps in his crib. |
| posted by Sara on 05/08/2009 08:37 AM |
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| We use a snuggle nest and keep it in between us, its great! My husband was against having the baby in bed with us before he was born but now i think he's going to have a harder time kicking him out of the bed than me!! I breast feed so its so nice to be able to pick him right up before he really gets angry! We also have a co-sleeper/ bassinet that we plan on using when he gets bigger, it slides up next to our bed. Then someday he can graduate to his room and his crib. |
| posted by jessica on 10/13/2009 10:52 AM |
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| my first did not. my second did out of necessity... we were in a very small 2 bedroom apartment and didn't have enough room for her in her sisters bedroom so many nights after being in her bassinet next to our bed, she'd end up in bed with us. When we moved into our house she co-slept until we bought her crib (around 6/7 months). |
| posted by Rachel on 10/14/2009 10:58 AM |
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| We co-sleeped for a a few months bc we did not have a crib yet just a pack in with bassint but she would not sleep in that so we got a crib and she sleeps in it just find we had no problem with the transition from our bed to her crib. |
| posted by Alexand... on 10/14/2009 02:41 PM |
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| never co-slept with our daughter. she did however sleep in our room, but in her own crib. it made it easier for me to hear her if she woke up at night. she's 16 months now and still sleeps just fine, but we moved her to her own room now. |
| posted by Christina on 05/05/2011 03:34 PM |
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| my son sleeps fine on his own now for the longest time i was sleeping in his room on the floor thats all i did! |
| posted by cassandra on 12/02/2011 06:45 PM |
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| We do when he isn't feeling well. |
| posted by Amber on 06/04/2012 09:17 AM |
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