Transition from bed to crib

j-m-s

For those of you who cosleep/bed share/whatever you call it (or for those of you who have done this in the past), WHEN do you plan to transition your LO out of your bed (or when did you do this in the past)? HOW did you do this or do you plan to do this?

 I never expected to cosleep, but I love it! My DS is 5mos. He usually starts the night in his cradle, but I put him in bed with me after he wakes up the first time. I worry about this 'habit' I've created all the time. Especially after hearing comments from others about how hard it will be to transition him to his own bed 100% of the time.  

Also - for those who cosleep, did you ever leave your baby with someone else overnight? We will be leaving him overnight for the first time in June. Do I need to make sure he is sleeping in his own bed by then? 

 Thanks for your advice! 

mamabirdof4

Wasn't hard for us at all but we waited till our kids were ready...they had just turned 2 and 3 years old...it went really smooth. We set up toddler beds and they have been in there from that very night...they will NOT sleep in our bed even if we tell them they can...like when thy are sick.  Our big kids have only been away from us one night(the night before the twins were born)...they ended up co-sleeping for my dad which was okay with him.  I would speak with the person who will be watching your kiddo.

I don't worry about sleep habits expecially in the first year since it is always changing anyway! 

admico821

The original plan was to co-sleep and transition her to the crib by 6 months... We are approaching 6 months and I cannot handle the idea of her sleeping in a different room then me. Sooooo looks like instead we are getting her to sleep in her RnP instead of sleeping in our bed.. Just a small transition but i'm ok with that. Regarding sleeping somewhere overnight, no I dont plan to do this for awhile. But if your ready then thats fine its what your confortable with.

robyn2201

We bedshared until DD was 20 months and recently made the switch to a toddler bed. Overall it's been going pretty well. We tried to make the switch to the crib a couple times in the past year and it always ended in lots of crying, so we knew she wasn't ready and backed off. 

This time the transition was so much smoother. At 20 months they understand so much and we talked to her about how she was getting to sleep in a a big girl bed and how exciting it was going to be.  She doesn't fight going to sleep at all, but she continues to wake up multiple times a night. Which has been really tiring!

I loved bedsharing with DD, but it got to the point where she was waking me up multiple times a night by moving around so much. Our room is tiny and didn't allow room for sidecaring a crib or putting another mattress on the floor next to ours. It was either sleep with us or in her own room. I am hoping the multiple wakings a night resolves itself soon!

GL!

ETA: We have never left DD overnight with someone else.