Any co-sleepers out there?

teaismCAgal

We are not, but lately our LO only sleeps if he's in bed with us. Looking for others who have gone through this? Any advice on overcoming?

nolanova85

We don't co-sleep on the reg. If LO is having a rough night, which is rare, I bring him in with us. DH and I both work full time, so to me bringing him in with us is the lesser of 2 evils (vs. keeping trying to get him to go down in his crib out of principle and being up all night). Sleep has to win out. That said, I sort of love it. I can definitely see the appeal, even though I would not consider us attachment parents.

sugarbug3212

I sleep better in the early morning hours, say 4am to 9am. So when LO wakes up to eat around 5am I just being her back to bed with DH and myself. So much easier to sleep while she eats and husband doesn't mind a bit.

purplerozes

Our boy is 7 months and we exclusively co-slept until he was 4 months. Now it's a few hour in his crib and most the night with us. We love snuggling, but wish he slept better on his own. But honestly, it's a beautiful thing to snuggle with him and have a 3 of us wake up together. If you dont want to co-sleep though, id put a stop to it ASAP (I know, easier said than done) because the more you do it the harder the tranition later.

teaismCAgal

I love it for the same reasons you do — but what makes me nervous is all the advising against it. How do you make sure you're safe? I've read all the guidance online but it all seems to boil down to "don't do it." 

purplerozes

We actually still use all our pillows and blankets. He sleeps half the night on us, tummy to tummy, and half the night right between us. It's amazing how intuned we are to his presence. I know it goes against the "rules" but it's been that way since day one and we feel really safe. We also don't smoke or drink. We did try a co-sleeper in the bed, but that didn't work out.

teaismCAgal

Is he crawling? Ours is a super fast crawler and I'm worried he will wake in the night and get into blankets or something. I'm sure others have dealt with this? 

xc1148

We co-sleep about 50% of the time. I was 100% against it when she was younger because I was worried we would roll on her or pull a blanket too high. But now (7 mos) she can kick, move and pull blankets away so I feel much better. I also keep her on my side (I'm in the middle) away from my husband because he is a DEEP sleeper. It really is just something you're attuned to.

But honestly don't do it if you're not comfortable- I lost so many nights of sleep when she was only weeks old because I just could not sleep with her in the bed, and even though I was tired I had peace of mind. Does your LO move a lot in his sleep? My baby is really still, so I don't have to worry about her moving.

teaismCAgal

I wouldn't co-sleep until he was at least six months old. Like I said, I really love co-sleeping with him but I also read all the recommendations that pediatricians put out against it. Realistically, we will continue to co-sleep in some capacity (either just in the mornings or on days when he's particularly fussy, etc) — so I'm looking to make sure that we're making the environment as safe as possible, minimizing risks as best we can. That's why I'm so curious to hear how others are handling things like mobility, etc. Unfortunately so many doctors take an abstinence-only education approach to co-sleeping! 

stejjy

Honestly we do co sleep most mornings, as po said its the lesser of too evils. Plus sleepy baby cuddles are just the cutest

I was worried about what would happen once he's on the move, but I've noticed If he moves more than just a wiggle, I'm awake and looking at him.

Soyyoyary

I co-sleep with my LO early am just the two of us DH leaves for at 6 am. She wakes to feed and back to bed for a while. Its very hard for all of us to co- sleep, DH is 6'4 horrible sleeper I see where she gets it from, I don't sleep thinking she'll fall or DH squash her. I just do it.. Fussy nights I take to the Living room hold while watching TV into she follows asleep.. I may get less hours of sleep at night but soiled. I don't know if you owe a rollering chair maybe you hold to sleep then put in the bed and slowly get him used to falling asleep and sleeping alone.. Oh boy I recall my DS who is almost 13 he has attach to me, I began wrapping him in one of my shirts and putting him in his crib magically worked. Its hard to know what will work, Good Luck!