How do you cosleep?

la79al

DD has been sleeping in her crib since she was 5 weeks old, but she is nowhere near STTN.  I am thinking about just giving up and cosleeping full time.  I have a twin size mattress on the floor upstairs (was in the nursery, I moved it to stepsons room, didn't make a difference) and DD has slept with me on there occasionally but she sleeps in the middle and I sleep on my side and end up not sleeping too great.  I am thinking about bringing her downstairs and moving us both into bed with DH but I don't think she can go between DH and I.  I really doubt that I can talk DH into taking the bed apart so we can all be on the mattress on the floor.  Ideas?  Does anyone use the bed rails meant more for toddlers?

nosoup4u

Dr Sears recommends the bed rails - you might want to check their website for more details, though.

When we moved a few months ago, we bought a king-size bed specifically bc we co-sleep (and are waiting to buy a frame until DS is bigger, also for the same reason). Anyhoo, he sleeps between us, but things were getting cramped on our queen-size when he was 6 months. We have nights where DH will start out on our guest bed so we don't wake him - is that an alternative that your DH wouldn't mind doing once in awhile? Could you try putting her crib in your room so you have less far to travel?

I was going to suggest you side-car her crib mattress with your mattress, but if it's not on the floor that doesn't help you. Oh! Another argument for putting your mattress on the floor would be that you can put the twin-size next to your and DH's and then have a giant mattress for everyone to sleep on. 

Good luck figuring something out - co-sleeping sucks when it's on too small of a bed, definitely!

mrsfrenchy

if we were to go back to co sleeping full time, I would either get bed rails like you said or I would push the bed back against the wall (we did this for a little while) with DD between me and the wall.

The 'up against the wall' thing worked great except that it was hard to get on and off the bed if DH was already in bed.  For that reason, think I would try the bed rails first.

I don't sleep great on the edge either.  DD just moves closer and closer to me, leaving me less and less room.

Jbauer

We had to do the samething, up until a few months ago DS was sleeping through the night in crib and now he is sleeping with us in our bed. He takes his naps in his crib though so he still goes in and so we don't have ?a crib sitting pretty with no use for it.

We have a queen size bed right now and I hold DS in my arms in the middle of the bed, my dh is a tall guy too but as long as DS is in my arms, DH says he will not move anywhere nearer me if my arm is in the way...

tommigirle

we have an eastern king bed (wider than a normal king) and dd sleeps in the middle of the bed, between dh and i. there's lots of room for everybody, though she typically wants to be snug in my arms.?

nwlywedsfooreva

My DS usually STTN in his crib. However, when he does wake in the night, DH usually brings him up to our room, then I nurse him back to sleep and he co-sleeps for the rest of the night. We have him in between us. DH and I are both smaller people, so there is plenty of room in our queen bed (though I'm sure DH would beg to differ...there have been a few times where DS has spread out so much that DH ends up on the couch!!). But, now that he's STTN, he is just in with us in the early am (sometime between 5 and 6) for cuddle time before we all get up for the day!