Why any kind of co-sleeping will not be for us...

NicKL

I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night to my husband thrashing, kicking and punching. Then he jumped out of bed and ran across the bedroom. Once I figured out he was sleeping, I started yelling for him to wake up. He finally did about three steps from the door. Apparently there were wasps attacking him. There were definitely not wasps in my bedroom.  

This is only the most recent incident in the series. There was the little girl (apparently possessed, like in The Exorcist, and crawling up onto the bed, he had to kick her off), a starfish (whose suction cups were sucking his legs), a gopher (I don't even know where to start),  and killer honey bees, among others. These are just the most memorable. 

I'm sure I can hope that his instincts will take over once LO is here, but I'm not chancing it.  Our LO will be safely in his/her own crib, and most likely in his/her own room, far away from the insanity that is our bedroom, ha ha.

marcinator19

That sounds scary for you and really too bad about the co-sleeping. Well, you can always do it during the day when you first have the baby - nothing quite tops those little naps with baby after bf'ing. Ahhh, I can't wait...

meghancmm84Wed21413

Crazy! It's like he's having night terrors, but while sleeping..

I'm with the PP - At least you can look forward to those naps with just you and your little one.

Gigi2195

Ughhh....my husband does the same thing!  I can't tell you how many times I've gotten elbowed/punched in the face or head because he's fighting in a dream.  Or kicked because he's in bed but running in his dream.  I've gotten so mad at him that he's offered to sleep in our extra room...lol.  What's funny is that he says that now I get up and scream at him and that I've even hit him and threatened him a few times...mind you, this is all in my sleep.  So it must be contageous!  lol!  

What would we do w/o our hubbies?...life would be so boring!  haha! 

Sweet dreams!  

mmluvswdw

Yep, I'm right there with you girls!  Mine once slid down our stairs on his knees because someone was chasing him.  I agree safe in a crib is where our LO will be!

BetchySprout

Just FYI: When bed sharing the mom almost always sleeps between the baby and the dad. I would never have put my kid between us, DH is a giant bed hog. 

Co-sleeping doesn't necessarily mean baby in the bed, it means  baby in the room. But I understand what you mean, that sucks. 

sugarangel77

hahahahahahaha i love his dream stories! hilarious

me and DH just sleep.... and sometimes he puts covers on me..... lol thats it.

 

mlatiolais

Yep this along with me being paranoid about SIDS is why the baby will be safely in the pack'n play or bassinet in our room, then moved to their room.

croberts22

I was already against the baby sleeping in bed with us, but this just adds to it.  My DH sleep walks and talks and within the last couple months gets really mad at me when I tell him to "go back to sleep."  My favorite was shortly after he got back from Iraq (and shortly after we were married) when I woke up to his arm holding me down.  He kept telling me to be quiet and then shot out of bed and ended up turning the lights on.  He was in total battle mode and ended up telling me, "You should have seen what I was going to do to the guy with the granade launcher."  He never woke up. Its funny now, but I never know what he's going to do when he has these.  

 

mmkaye

I do the same thing.  I have said I will NOT bed share for this very reason.  I have had spiders crawling from the ceiling onto me and that time I threw the covers off the bed while wildly swatting at them.

The time snakes were crawling on my feet I again slung the covers back, started kicking the crap out of the end of the bed, and then eventually launched myself out of the bed and ran across the room before my dh was able to wake me up.

Then there was the time someone was chasing me trying to kill me and I was wildly thrashing from side to side while attempting to hit this imaginary person and kicking the crap out of dh in the process.  And with each of these, I am screaming throughout.

Heck even my cat has given up sleeping in the bed with me.   I will probably have the baby sleep in the pack n play bassinet thing until they are a little bigger and I feel better about them sleeping in their own room.

IU_baby

Pattypoundcake:

Just FYI: When bed sharing the mom almost always sleeps between the baby and the dad. I would never have put my kid between us, DH is a giant bed hog. 

Co-sleeping doesn't necessarily mean baby in the bed, it means  baby in the room. But I understand what you mean, that sucks. 

This.  Co-sleeping often means that the baby is in the room, often close to you in a bassinet, PNP or co-sleeper. 

I never felt comfortable enough to bedshare with my son until he got a little bit older, but now he thrashes, kicks and moves around so much that it's nearly impossible. 

BetchySprout

IU_baby:

Pattypoundcake:

Just FYI: When bed sharing the mom almost always sleeps between the baby and the dad. I would never have put my kid between us, DH is a giant bed hog. 

Co-sleeping doesn't necessarily mean baby in the bed, it means  baby in the room. But I understand what you mean, that sucks. 

This.  Co-sleeping often means that the baby is in the room, often close to you in a bassinet, PNP or co-sleeper. 

I never felt comfortable enough to bedshare with my son until he got a little bit older, but now he thrashes, kicks and moves around so much that it's nearly impossible. 

Jack thrashes a lot too. I can't sleep with him unless DH is out of town or on the couch (when we are both, baby and I, sick, sometimes we do this). When he is "well", sleeping with him is just a bad idea!