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Outgrowing the cosleeper

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Hi all,

Let me start by saying that I never intended on cosleeping with DS but we brought him home from the hospital and I couldn't imagine putting him all the way down the hall in that big old crib by himself.  So, he has been in an Arm's Reach CoSleeper (ARCS) since then.  I also fully intended on having him in his crib by this point but... we are still up 5-6 times a night to nurse and I'm certainly not trudging down the hall that often! (Not to mention he HATES his crib and screams bloody murder in there).  So, my question is this... what's next?  He is a very tall boy and is almost too tall for his ARCS.  Although I like the idea, I'm not completely comfortable with bedsharing.  DH is a deep sleeper, we have a pillow top mattress, our sheets are very loose, etc.   We have thought about either getting a PnP or sidecarring the crib in our room.  What would you suggest?  We don't already have a PnP so we would have to go out and buy one but it seems to mimic an ARCS more than his crib.  And, like I mentioned... he hates his crib.  Do you all have opinions or experiences with LO's outgrowing their ARCS?

 

TIA! 

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Re: Outgrowing the cosleeper

  • KateLouiseKateLouise member

    We bedshare so this might not be super helpful, we use a bedrail so that LO can sleep beside me, and not between me and DH.

    What I wanted to really say though was that now that LO is mobile, she starts the night off in her crib and then I bring her into bed for her 10pm feed.

    Plenty of people lie down with baby while they go to sleep, so that's one option. A PNP would mean, however, that you have somewhere contained to put baby to sleep if you're not ready for bed. 

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  • rmwt001rmwt001 member
    Once DD outgrew her ARCS, around 5 months, we started putting her down in her crib to go to sleep and bringing her into bed once she woke up the first time.  For a while I kept the co-sleeper attached and she actually slept between me and the co-sleeper.  We got a bedrail but never used it and she transitioned to sleeping between me and DH.  We ended up taking off the pillow top.  In the beginning I would wake DH completely up when I brought her in bed so he would know.  I also kept an extra blanket at the bottom of the bed for me to use when she came to bed so that I could put it just up to my waist.   I would turn my pillow lengthwise as well.  Honestly, I would have loved to sidecar the crib but DH was not going to go for that.  If you can, it certainly gives everyone the most room!  Now at 18 months it is getting a little tight in bed.  She's also super squirmy - the other night I found her sleeping at the bottom of the bed with her feet up around my waist.
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