Question for cosleeping mamas

Kimpyj · October 2011

Hi ladies, I'm just wondering for those of you who cosleep with your LOs, when do you plan on having them sleep in a crib? My DS is 2 1/2 months and he sleeps in the bed with me, but I'm wondering if I should try and transition him to his crib. what's your plan with your LO?

akoepp · October 2011

I coslept with DD until about two weeks ago. I slowly transitioned her to her PNP next to the bed during the day for naps, and now she sleeps in there all night. I also started introducing her to her crib for some naps and she does fine. My plan is to transition her to her crib by Christmas. Honestly, I think this whole transition thing is harder on me than her. I'm just a worry wart.

Jelliebean1982 · October 2011

He sleeps in a crib for naps but I won't transition him for nighttime until he starts sleeping better. Rolling over and popping a boob in his mouth is so convenient.

catie333 · October 2011

we bedshared all night for the first 6 weeks. Then I started putting him in the PNP beside the bed by default becasue he had a cold and I wanted him to be able to sleep beter with a crib wedge underneath the mattress. I realized that he and I both slept better when not in bed together

I started putting him in his crib almost 2 weeks ago for the first sleep block 8pm-1am or so. Then I bring him to bed with me, nurse him and he stays with me until morning. I just miss him and I know the bedsharing time is going to be short because once the crawling starts it's over so I want to enjoy it a little longer. Our bed is high off the ground so it's too risky once he's rolling alot and scooching around.

Last night he slept 6 hours straight in his crib before he came to bed with me. AWESOME!

COMomma81 · October 2011

I'm a part time bed-sharer this time around, and plan to transition her to a crib when she sleeps in a more solid stretch through the night. My son, we bed-shared with him until he was 2, and then peacefully moved him to his own room and "big boy" bed. Never even used the crib! It was awesome, we loved it. But with this one, she's so much more particular and I think we'd like her sleeping in the crib before 2, but if it doesn't work out that, way, ok too

jenniann87 · October 2011

We have been doing "part-time" cosleeping since we brought LO home. He goes to sleep in his bassinet which is next to my side of the bed. Then when he wakes up around 6 for his bottle he comes to bed with me. I think we will start transitioning him to his crib once he is around three months old.

AMBERDAISEY · October 2011

Oh goodness i will admit my 20 month old still sleeps with me he has his own bed and he sleeps in it but since his father and i seperated he wakes up crying and stressed out so i let him sleep with me he stayed in the bed with his father and I until he was about 15 months and then i was so excited to get him a toddler bed. with elmo he transition so easily i just made it something fun that he loved and it made it easy. Now as far as my 3 week old son he is in the bed with us also but I sleep right between them so theres no crushing of dallas. But he sleeps in his bassinet regularly. i think as long as you are exposing them to different situations the transition will be easy it seems to be for my two boys

Kimpyj · October 2011

Thanks for the feedback, Ladies. I guess I've been thinking in terms of all or nothing, but I'm definitely going to try to put him in his crib early in the night and then maybe move him to my bed when he wakes up for his first feeding. Part-time cosleeping sounds like a good way to transition. :-)

Ella&C · October 2011

I moved DS to his crib 4 or 5 nights ago, and he is just fine. He still wakes 2 or 3 times a night to eat, but his room is only about 12 feet from ours. I moved DD to her room when she was 8 weeks old, and had no problems with that transition either. Good luck!

nursejocelyn · October 2011

With DD, I copslept until she was 9 months. That was when she was just too mobile and continued to wake up constantly just to nurse/suckle. It became too much for her and I. It took about a week to get her to fall asleep on her own in her crib, and she had been an excellent sleeper ever since. She's 5 now.

DS and I cosleep now and I don't really have an expiration date on that just yet. Whenever it gets to a point where it's no longer mutually beneficial, we will transition to crib again.

fool4babe · October 2011

catie333:
we bedshared all night for the first 6 weeks. Then I started putting him in the PNP beside the bed by default becasue he had a cold and I wanted him to be able to sleep beter with a crib wedge underneath the mattress. I realized that he and I both slept better when not in bed together

I started putting him in his crib almost 2 weeks ago for the first sleep block 8pm-1am or so. Then I bring him to bed with me, nurse him and he stays with me until morning. I just miss him and I know the bedsharing time is going to be short because once the crawling starts it's over so I want to enjoy it a little longer. Our bed is high off the ground so it's too risky once he's rolling alot and scooching around.

Last night he slept 6 hours straight in his crib before he came to bed with me. AWESOME!

This is off the main topic here- but I co-slept with my DD for 7 years. Her Dad and I divorced and I just enjoyed sleeping with her as much as she did, so we never stopped. Anyway, she once fell out of bed at around 10 months and I actually CAUGHT her midfall ( right in the air) before she hit the ground! You'd be surprised how aware you are even as they get older ( crawling ) and react so quickly. Just wanted to share that. I understand everyone has different comfort levels. But they also have railings you can put up to prevent falls if you wish to cosleep longer. I still miss my DD in my bed to cuddle at night. I can't wait to cosleep again with this LO;-) good luck to all you cosleepers- I wouldn't miss it for the world!

angel2288 · October 2011

I would like to go until she is at least 3 and starts becoming more independant. I co-slep with DS until age 3 and he transitioned flawlessly. DH on the othe hand WILL NOT let her co-sleep that long, so probably until she gets most of her nutrition from food, and BFing starts to taper off and she sleeps through the night...around a year maybe.

Mom Love · October 2011

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