Calling all in-the-bed Co-sleepers!

momming247

How's it going? How old is your LO, why did you decide to cosleep and how long do you plan too?

Any fears? I'm awake writing this as I watch my 8 week old sleep. I'd sleep as well except she keep rolling to her side and that makes me paranoid.

nano1

I'm kind of a lurker from nov 15 (baby came early October 27th.

We've co slept with our son who turned 2yrs the week our daughter was born. We tried having our daughter sleep in the bassinet, the crib, the rocker, and couldn't get her to be settled for more than 10min at a time so she is now sleeping on my chest. She just turned 8wks and sleeps great on me (wakes 2-3 times to BF at night-has reflux so I hold her up for half hr after but she's usually already asleep for that)

My fear is that I'll never get her to sleep in her crib! She wakes instantly once I put her in there and gets progressively more upset until she breaks into a cry and I pick her up. I'd like for her to sleep in her crib ASAP (it's in our room)

sdnyc99

I co-slept with my older dd for 3 years, and then on and off for a couple more years, but I was a single mom at the time and it was only me in the bed.

This time around, it's me, my husband, and our 2 dogs (they've slept on our bed for 6 years...no changing that habit!). It just doesn't feel safe this time. So she sleeps in the rock n play in 2-3 hour stretches, and we'll eventually transition her to her crib, probably in a month or so (she's 9 weeks now). Although, admittedly, half the night she ends up sleeping on my chest in the rocker/recliner because I'm too tired to do the whole put-down-get-up-put-down-get-up thing until she finally settles.

midge519

We start the night with Damien in his crib. Usually he gets up around 4 for a feeding and if I can get him to eat and go to sleep right away he'll go back in his bed. If not he's next to me till the morning. He's usually in my arm or about a foot next to me.

beanie1977

We tried the bassinet but he was so fussy only sleeping with us settled him. We opted for a snuggle nest cosleeper which we keep between us.

It turned out my supply was so low he was hungry, therefore extra cranky. He's 8 weeks now. We moved him to a pack n play for about a week but he's had a cold and his breathing was poor so we brought him back to bed with us.

I'm hoping by 6-8 months he's in his room.

cbolton19

We've been bed-sharing with our little one since the beginning. We have an arms reach co-sleeper and we've been putting her in there for a few hours at the beginning of the night, then I usually pull her into bed when I feed her and we cuddle. She was sick and has some reflux so it helps her when I keep her at an incline. We are planning on having her in our room for at least a year, but if she wants to stay longer then that's great too. I love having her close. She's almost 10 weeks now.

leah665

I co-sleep and my little girl has slept on her side really from the start. I am very aware of her, so I don't worry about rolling over on her. She seems to sleep longer when I'm with her. I figure this is such a small amount of time that they will sleep with us, why not.

koriemo

We started out cosleeping with a snuggle nest between us, but transitioned him at 4 weeks because I was getting NO sleep. On top of that, I was having struggles with breastfeeding, so I switched to pumping and giving bottles at night. On too of that, he only wakes up twice to eat and settles pretty quickly.

cbowen122

I've been bed-sharing with my daughter since she was a month old. I decided to do it because she sleeps longer with me and my husband had just deployed to S.Korea for 6 months. I plan to keep bed-sharing until she is six months. She has taken one nap in her crib so far lol. Plan to slowly transition. Hope it goes well for me.

My daughter also sleeps on her side and sometimes her stomach and we haven't had problems.

mrsjustinaburrell

We Co sleep with dd. She's 10 weeks old and have Co slept since day one. I EBF and love the skin to skin contact, plus we tried a bassinet, rock and play, crib and she would wake up within minutes. She mainly sleeps on my chest or right next to me. I think my only fear is that she will never sleep by herself , I have less anxiety knowing she's right on me then sleeping by herself.

alexandrapabon

We've been co sleeping in bed since day one pretty much. We were in the hospital nearly a week and so I had him on my chest skin to skin every chance I got. When we got home I didn't really stop. We have a bassinet and he's napped in the crib a few times but only when he's really sleeping deeply. He sleeps better with us and he wakes up to BF and then goes back to sleep  its easier than getting up every time too and he usually sleeps on one of our chests (normally mine) or right up next to me. I'm always very aware of him though as well. They're only so little once, I really enjoy it. I had no intentions of co sleeping but I'm enjoying it while it lasts and I'm sure well break the habit before he's a year old but for now I don't mind!

Knottie73124502

We've been co sleeping since day 1 (I had a home birth so literally since day 1). We have a king size and there's plenty of room for my husband, the baby and I all to all sleep comfortably and have enough room to not worry about rolling on top of him. We plan on co sleeping until we have another baby and it becomes unsafe.

plumpous

We have had some success getting her to sleep in the bassinet but when I'm too tired, as in falling asleep sitting up tired, I just nurse her in bed until we both fall asleep. I never get a good rest that way and DH is always angry at me because he is afraid we might squish her. I can't help it though...

smnewby

I love the "swaddle me by your side sleeper". I am a light sleeper but dh sleeps like a rock and would be a real hazzard to our lo if not for the help of the sleeper. LO usually sleeps in her crib now but if she is having a tough night or a clingy period we use the sleeper and keep her in bed between us. So great to wake up next to her!

beebly

We use the Snuggle Nest too and it's a great way to both prevent the baby from rolling into bad positions and you from rolling onto her. My LO is 9 wks, and I'll keep her in there until sometime around 3 months or whenever she can get by on one nighttime feeding, and then switch to the crib. 

AiramJ

We have a bedside cot. We mix it up with baby sleeping in there and in our bed. He loves sleeping with us. When he is in his cot, he worms his way to the edge, getting as code to me as possible. I can't resist so I pick him up and put him in my bed. We love sleeping with him and will at least until he is six months. But knowing myself, it will prob be longer. His nursery is a floor down from our bedroom and I hate the thought of him being away that far!

zerox1

We've co-slept since week 2 when we realized it was the only way i was getting sleep with her nursing every 2 hours. Christmas day she started rolling and our bed is a bit high. Lo is just now 8 weeks and we are working on transitioning her to her crib or pack n play so she won't hurt herself.

chein1

We co-sleep whenever necessary even with DD1 who is 2. Some nights the girls are clingy (sometimes both girls are in our bed and sometimes it's just one of them). DH and I are all about however we get sleep is how we get sleep. For the most part, LO sleeps in her rock and play. She'll go down drowsy but awake if she's curled up in my arm on our bed which allows me to fall asleep comfortably as well. Most of the time I'll move her to the RNP but if I'm extra tired I don't bother and she just stays in our bed. Overall DD1 sleeps in her toddler bed a majority of the time so I have no issues with bad habits or whatever.