Co-sleeping

[therese101]

I am due in 6 weeks just wanted to know peoples thoughts on co-sleeping. I have been given a bed that goes in between dh and i so we dont roll on her in our sleep. i also posted this in the maternal forum.

[Lucey12]

Doesnt always happen but my parents let me sleep in their bed. Till I was 8 wen they bribed me with movies (one movie a week if I went the whole week without sleeping in their bed) If I didnt sleep in their bed. Now I couldnt imagine having a kid in my bed very night especially to the age of eight! But I would wake up scared and crawl in their bed. I plan on only having my children in my bed while they are breast feeding and I plan on putting them in their own bed to star and hopefully back in their bed in the wee hours of the morning.

[StarPatience]

there is a nicw cosleeper bassinet you can get from Walmart or a store like it. It is made for co sleeping, you pur it in the middle of your bed without ever having to worry about rolling over or smothering your child

[scorpiogirl32]

i have co slept with all my children i think we get more sleep easer to nurse feeling of closeness except now when i got one thats 22 month and my 4 year old refuses to sleep in her bed we just got my 5 year old out of our bed 4 months ago so it was me there dad and 3 little girls ugh i dont think i will cosleep with my twins though i guess im in for alot of sleepless nights lol. good luck

[chantal21]

I bought a co-sleeper that attaches to the side of the bed and later is used as a playpen. I LOVE it! All you have to do is roll over and baby is right there, but not in the bed. My DH is a heavy sleeper and I wouldn't feel comfortable having the baby in the bed, although my son has been in our bed several times, but that's it. If you are comfortable with it, go for it! With my son we kept him in the co-sleeper until 5 months. By about 4 months we moved it away from the bed so he would get used to not sleeping right near me. And by 5 months was in his own room in his crib. I would have moved him sooner, but he was my first and I always wanted him by my side.

[mama_moo05]

i have co-slept with all 4 of my kids until their 1-2. i like it better. easy to nurse at night because you dont have to get up and you always know their ok.

[Duckymommy]

I kept my son in his cradle for the first few months before I was comfortable putting him across the hall but I didn't feel comfortable with him sleeping in the bed, 1-we don't have a very big bed, or a big room for the add ons, 2- I also know several people who had trouble ending the cosleeping, 3-when he was older (6m) I would nurse him in bed and let him sleep there for the last hour or 2 before I had to go to work, but I would wake up at the smallest movement he made.  Good luck with your desission!

[martikadragoon]

we coslept with TJ up til the point he began kicking us (he tends to roll toward us and kicks us in the belly, lol). So a total of maybe 2 months. mainly we'd let him fall asleep with us and transfer him to his bassinet or crib and then in the mornings when he'd wake up at 5 or 6am we would bring him in between us so he could snuggle and we'd all go back to sleep for another hour or two. :)

[aly79]

i have used a bassinet for all my kids i don't believe in co sleeping (sleeping in the same bed) cause i think it would be hard to break them of sleeping with the parent i have had friends and family struggle with the co sleeping thing