Those that co sleep question

LaLaSweets

I never planned on cosleeping but wound up doing it. I never told my mother becuase she always talked about how bad it is cause dd will NEVER sleep on her own and it would be hard for when I go back to work. Is it hard for you? Thanks

Mrs_JR

Co-sleeping saves me!  DD wakes up a lot in her own bed but only wakes up once in our bed.  She goes to sleep in our bed then she's moved to her crib.  Once she wakes up in there (usually by 3am) she sleeps with us for the rest of the night.  Sometimes DH ends up on the couch because of her kicking him but it works for us.

ai&Jas

We co-sleep and it works for us I was talking to a L&D nurse who has 2 kids and she co-sleeps till her babie are 1. She told me her babies transitioned really well.

mrsnewlywed2005

dd is 16 mos. and we still cosleep so i have no advice about transitioning.  i can say that i get a full night's rest every night, and this helps me function at work.  when she cries in the middle of the night (which is rare), all i have to do is reach over and pat her.  (much better than having to get up and walk across the hall.)

pnstirling

I co-sleep about 50% of the time. DD goes to sleep in her own bed and then wakes up about midnight. ?I am so tired at that time I end up moving her into our bed where she sleeps sound until morning. ?It works well for us.

AlisaS

My guys are 19 months and we co-sleep with both of them. It works for us. And them.

MrsSledge

DD slept with me until she was 4 or 5 months old.  I went back to work at 6 weeks, so we had some overlap.  The transition to the crib wasn't bad.  I think it was harder on me than on her.  We had her crib in our room, and when she was about 8 months we moved it into her room without skipping a beat.

blondie75

DD is a little over 6 months old and we've been co-sleeping from the very beginning.  I think it's even more important for me to co-sleep now that I'm back to work.  She nurses through the night and since she's snuggled up next to me, I don't need to get up to nurse her.  I get at least 7 solid hours of sleep.   

Bella427

I didn't plan to co sleep either but I think it was the best thing for all of us.  Now that DD is 12 months and constantly trying to crawl out of bed (the mattress is on the floor), it gets a little old sometimes.  But, I love snuggling with her.  I'm not sure how I will get her to sleep on her own but I've been breastfeeding for a year now and I know I couldn't have worked and breastfeed several times a night without co-sleeping. 

Angela814

DD has been a partial co-sleeper since the beginning.  As a newborn I eventually got tired of putting her back in her bedside co-sleeper, so it acted more as a railing.  When we moved her to her crib, she would start out sleeping there and come into our bed the first time she woke up.  I can say it's much easier to just lay in bed and nurse her than it would have been to get up, nurse her in the glider, and then put her back to bed.

Even now DD comes into our bed when she wakes up.  What's nice now is that she gets out of her bed and comes into our room all by herself.  I just have to lift her up into the bed and go right back to sleep.