Who is cosleeping?

hdine22 · December 2012

Hi!
just curious how many moms are cosleeping? If you are, when do you plan on stopping?
Also, anyone with past experience cosleeping? I'm just wondering, because I never planned to, and now I'm starting to think about transitioning my son to his crib...but cio is so difficult for me.
He sleeps in the crib for naps but bedtime is another story. not sure what to do! He doesn't sleep well at all naps 45 min tops, up 46 times a night! I'm dying! doesnt take a pacifier, hes breastfed solids.. I make sure he eats well during the day.

Any advice/input?

Thanks!!

skibunny59 · December 2012

We co sleep for part of the night. DD (she's 8 months) starts the night in her crib and then she usually ends up in bed with us anywhere between midnight and 2:00AM depending on when she gets up.

We started cosleeping fulltime when DD was a newborn because she wanted to nurse so often. We moved her to the pack n play next to our bed at 3 months and then to her crib in her bedroom at 6 months. We never did CIO and the transition from pack n play in our bedroom to crib in her bedroom were fairly easy.

We never planned on cosleeping either. It just sort of happened. Honestly, right now it is the easiest thing for all of us. DH and I both work fulltime and we need our rest. And it's just so much easier for me to nurse her in bed and fall asleep.

Suzanne68 · December 2012

I never thought I would co sleep. My DD sleeps in our room next to our bed half the night. She literally wakes up at least 5 times after a good 4 hr stretch. After that its all downhill so she ends up in bed with us. I have no clue when I will stop, prob when she sleeps better. I felt with her for 2 months thinking it was a phase now I am just desperate for sleep so I gave in to co sleeping! Naps are a joke and last 40 min tops.

lizby · December 2012

I also cosleep because it is easy. She starts out in her pack and play and ends up in bed. Once we upgrade to a 2 bedroom apartment, she will have her own room and that's when I will commit to her sleeping in the crib.

santaclausiscoming · December 2012

I'd like to co-sleep with you!

Now come over here and unwrap your present.

lucylove619 · December 2012

We are also co-sleeping by necessity. I had never planned on doing it either. We started a few months ago when I had to go back to school - getting up 2-4 times a night was wearing me out! We put her down in her crib, and if she only wakes once around 3 or 4 I just go in and nurse her and put her back down, but if she wakes up earlier that usually means we're not getting much sleep that night anyway so I bring her in bed. Earlier this week she was only waking once and it was kind of nice to have the bed to ourselves, and then last night she couldn't get settled, kept waking up and crying so we brought her in bed around 11. Part of me loves waking up next to her, and part of me misses being able to toss and turn like I used to! We always aim for a full night in the crib and just see what happens. I'm not on a strict schedule about when we stop - as long as she needs to nurse at night, we'll keep doing whatever we have to do.

corbinsmom · December 2012

I co-sleep and am proud of it Smile however, I will admit it's not always easy to fit me, my DS AND my husband in bed for the entire night. I ended up co-sleeping because being a working mom and breastfeeding, it was easier for him to "nurse at will" throughout the night so that I could get more sleep for work.

I agree, the CIO method isn't my cup of tea. I'm not sure I'm equipped to handle it. There is a method that I have read about that is right up my (and probably your) alley. It's the No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley. She, too, was a co-sleeping mother who did not believe in CIO. Everything I have seen and read about this book makes a lot of sense and I think it's worth a try. At least for us it will be! Good luck!

crlacey · December 2012

All of our kids have been in bed with us at some point. DD (age 9) and DS (age 6) now sleep in their own rooms. DD (6 months) is in our bed now. We have a king size bed and she sleeps between DH and I to stay warm. Some nights DH snuggles her so I can sleep through, but most nights she's closer to me. DS is looking forward to the baby be old enough to snuggle with him someday.

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