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So did not intend on this ...

michellepeanutmichellepeanut member
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I was always very anti co-sleeping and got really mad when my mom insisted that the baby would end up sleeping in our bed ... I hate when she's right :P Here we are almost 7 weeks in and our baby has yet to spend a single night not with us. The first 3 days we took turns holding her and staying up all night until our midwife told us we were crazy and to just sleep with her.

We are now the happy crazy co-sleeping, baby wearing, breast feeding, soon to be cloth diapering (already cloth wiping) family. 

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  • rxredheadrxredhead member
    I always thought I'd have be baby in our room but NEVER in our bed. I didn't start feeling human until I gave in and nursed laying down in bed and started bed sharing. Everything was awesome after I figured that out!
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  • mesmom2011mesmom2011

    imagerxredhead:
    I always thought I'd have be baby in our room but NEVER in our bed. I didn't start feeling human until I gave in and nursed laying down in bed and started bed sharing. Everything was awesome after I figured that out!

    This, exactly!

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  • Rachel SonnierRachel Sonnier member

    Same here! The need to sleep near our LO took us completely by surprise. I am from a bed sharing family and everyone warned me that I wouldn't want to put him in his room alone, but I didn't buy it until we brought him home. We co- slept and bed shared (whatever was most convenient/safe at different stages) from day one, and I never thought I would have wanted to do that at all. Our LO had some pretty severe reflux and food allergies (that passed thru BM) early on, so the idea of him spitting up in his room alone made me really nervous.

    We never had a problem transitioning him to his big boy bed in his own room later on. He sleeps in his own bed till he wakes up around 3:00 or 4:00, then he walks over to our room and spends the rest of the night with us. I say whatever makes you feel comfortable and helps everyone sleep well, is what works for your family :-)

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  • dmfan897dmfan897

    DH and I were adament that DD1 would sleep in her crib, in her room, from day one. When we thought it was "bedtime" we laid her down and left the room. That lasted all of 5 minutes lol. It just felt so "wrong" to not have my newborn right by me. We happily coslept until 20 months!  We all slept so much better that way.

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  • joyfullyfoundjoyfullyfound member
    Woot! Woot! Welcome to the club! Exact same thing happened to us - we had no intention to co-sleep and babywear... it's just want happened most naturally :) 

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  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
    Same here! We never intended on bedsharing but my first child absolutely needed the physical touch (he has sensory processing disorder). When I did the research on how beneficial it was, we did it with my second child even though she doesn't have the same problems my first born did.
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  • KayaXavierKayaXavier
    Yet another "me too"! Our daughter is 3 1/2 and still bed sharing. I never intended for her to bedshare even as an infant but it was what worked best for us starting when she was nursing and it still feels right. I'm pregnant again thanks to the guest bedroom we can sneak away to so it hasn't ruined our intimate relationship like some people fear, either!
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  • Still free to be meStill free to be me member
    Another unexpected family bed, here.  Now that the new baby is born, our bed is hilarious!  We have a soft, squishy, so-comfy king size bed that DH and DD1 sleep in.  Right next to that is the firm twin sized mattress that DD2  and I sleep in.  Next to that is the side-carred crib that I intended for DD2 to sleep in!  Mostly, it just gets used for diapers, wipes, and the cat. 
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  • lylipadlylipad member
    Welcome to the clubStick out tongue When people used to tell me that they had a crib in their room for the baby I thought "to each there own, but that would never work for me." Needless to say that DD has never slept in her own bassinet/ crib. It makes too much sense to be able to nurse without waking up. BTW love my Cloth Diapers!
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  • mkflower3000mkflower3000 member
    Haha same here, but DD slept so much better in our bed than in her bassinet that we had no choice really... Now we've taken her crib and 'connected' it to our bed (we took one side down and moved it right next to the bed) to make an extension for her to sleep in - it just wasn't comfortable with 3 of us on a queen size bed before. DD was take up an insane amount of space for an infant, and I would try to leave some decent room for DH, so I was always stuck in really awkward and tight positions. This is much better! Plus, this way I don't have to get up to nurse which is nice.
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