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What would be your ideal sleep situation?

IselaCidIselaCid member
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Right now we are all in the family bed.  We have the crib attached in a side car position, DD is in the crib with me halfway in and out so I can nurse (the spot where the crib and bed meet make a pretty comfy little spot actually), DS is in the middle and DH is on the other side.

It's working for us right now.  But of course it won't forever.  We'll be moving within the next 6 months and after we get settled, I would like to start transitioning DS to his bed.  

I would love to eventually get to a point where both kids start out in their own beds, but know they can join us in the middle of the night if needed.  I love waking up to both of them, but it would be nice to have a few hours of the bed all to ourselves!  Oh, and a king size bed would be ideal for this...no need for the crib and it can go in DD's future room!

What's your ideal situation??

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  • katJudekatJude member
    My ideal is my kids in their own beds in their rooms.  My eight year old has always been in her own bed from the first day we brought her home but my baby prefers to sleep in our bed.  I don't sleep as well when he's in our bed and I hope to eventually transition him to his own crib and then room, ideally within 6 months.  Of course, my bed is always open to my kids (especially in the morning for snuggle time) but I am most comfortable and sleep best when I don't have kids in my bed.
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  • borc0080borc0080
    My ideal sleep situation is the one we're *hopefully* getting to - DD sleeping in the bassinet (at the end of our bed) for most of the night, but ending up in our bed in the early morning for some family snuggle time.  Also, even though we plan to transition her to her crib/own room when she's older, I want her to know she can come sleep in our bed if she needs to. 
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  • Dobie_MamaDobie_Mama
    I just want a king size bed.  Or wall to wall matresses. lol  I don't care who does and who doesn't sleep in bed with me.  I just want more space!
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  • CalinsBrideCalinsBride

    That's a great question. I'll have to think about that. Right now we are all crammed into a double bed, with DS starting out in his bassinet and joining us around 2 a.m. Ideally, I suppose, he'd be in a co-sleeper attached to our bed so DH and I could have more room and not have to constantly be monitoring the blankets and his position and whatnot. It's easier having him right beside me, though, because I just pull up my shirt so he can eat and then we both fall asleep while he's BFing. So for the co-sleeper to still be just as comfy and convenient, he'd have to be STTN.

    So I guess our ideal situation would be having him STTN in a co-sleeper.

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  • ncbellencbelle member

    Definitely a king sized bed!!

    As long as I'm nursing at night, I want to continue bed sharing - but DH isn't as in love with it as me (mostly because he has trouble sleeping when kiddo moves - I think he's afraid of squashing him still).  We keep saying we are going to start putting kiddo in the crib to start the night but then it never quite happens...

    I would like kiddo to have his own room at some point in the next 6 months but not sure how/when.



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  • Mrs.TeddyMrs.Teddy member
    I think we are getting there. Right now we have aking size bed, we were co-sleeping but just started to transition L to his crib, he goes down around 9pm and sleeps in his crib until his first feeding around 1am and then he is in bed with us. He is on my left side (we have a  bedrail up) and DH is on my right side. He hates the newborn napper i the PNP which we just took out today. I plan on trying to put him there after his 1am feed until after his following feed as a start to move him out of our bed. I want him to be able to come in in themorning for snuggles or when he is bigger if he needs us. Ideally he will be in his own crib all night until his early morning feed once he is not waking around 4 to eat.
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  • earthboundmisfitearthboundmisfit member
    I think I'm in it. We coslept for 10 months and it was OK..we all slept, mostly. But then we all started waking each other up and it wasn't working as well. On a whim we put her in the crib [wide awake, with a paci-she has NEVER night slept in her crib] and she slept 12 hours. Now we put her in there awake for naps and night and she falls asleep on her own. We never did CIO..this is just something she was ready for I guess. We all sleep SO SO much better.
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  • moroccojademoroccojade member

    At this point?  In her own bed in her own room.  She can come in and cuddle after she hears us awake.  Is it happening?  Ha.  No.  She starts off in her own bed in her room...   then wakes and needs re-settling once or twice.  Sometimes she needs to pee (she does solo trips no problem during the day, but is a little out of it at 2 am.)...  and 95% of nights she ends up in our little double bed at some point and doesnt' want to go back to her own.   Oh, and she doesn't sleep vertical.  But horizontal.  So we make the capital letter "H".  Awesome, no?

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