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Cosleeping mommas

Hrose7091Hrose7091 member
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Any other moms on here cosleep? I feel like I'm the only one! We cosleep with dd with her crib as a "side car" next to our bed and will cosleep with the new baby too.. We didn't intend on it but it just felt natural and was a lot easier for night. I see all this talk about cribs but we aren't even going to bother with one this time.
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  • avigailandcharlieavigailandcharlie member
    The term cosleep bothers me. I am pretty experienced with kids (for not having any yet), and until like, 6 months ago I thought it meant that you had the baby in your bed in some like, special device for them. I didn't realize it just meant having them near your bed. Isn't that recommended until 6 months by the american pediatric association?
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  • bunniekrissybunniekrissy member
    We had DS in an Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper the first 6 months and then still bedshared a lot even once he was technically sleeping in his own room. He still goes back to sleep with me sometimes in the mornings if he wakes up early (20 months).
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  • Natasha717Natasha717 member
    We have bed shared since my son was about 1 month old and he is 24 months now. I personally love it but I'm worried about adding another baby to the mix. Our plan is to move DS into his own bed soon so he has time to get used to it. We are not planning on bed sharing full time this time around but we will see how it goes :)
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  • ajdmamaajdmama member
    We "bed shared" until J was around 8 months then we moved him to his crib. He's a tall little man, and I think he finally just wanted his own space to roll around. I miss him being in our bed sometimes but he sleeps through the night now so everybody is happy. We will co sleep with LO2 as well, until he's ready to sleep in a crib. I found it way easier managing nursing with J in our bed, and it gave me peace of mind being able to check on him all night.
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  • CarajillsCarajills member
    I have co-slept/bed-shared with my son from about 6mos old. He turned four in July, and just slept in his bed for the first time this weekend. It makes me sad, because I love sleeping with him. It's definitely harder for me to adjust to it than him, lol, he's completely fine with it. For the new baby I plan on co-sleeping from day one with one of those baby holder things that sits on the bed. We're going to be moving from Germany, back to the states a few months after (s)he is born, so definitely not bothering with a crib or anything this time.
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  • jrw526jrw526 member
    We co-slept with DS until he was a year, partially because our house was under construction and he didn't have a room. We bed shared from about 6 months until a year because he was constantly waking.

    He's in his own room now, but if he wakes up in the middle of the night or super early, which is rare these days, I put him in our bed.
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  • Hrose7091Hrose7091 member
    Nice to hear from other cosleeping moms! We transitioned dd to her own bed a few months ago but like I said its pushed up against our bed. I'm still not ready at 17 months to have her in her own room. I wasn't sure how we are going to do it this time around with new baby. We had a pack n play, crib and bassinet with dd all of which got used maybe a handful of times. I was thinking about maybe purchasing a bassinet for the first few months but we will see..
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  • Hrose7091Hrose7091 member
    avigailandcharlie said:

    The term cosleep bothers me. I am pretty experienced with kids (for not having any yet), and until like, 6 months ago I thought it meant that you had the baby in your bed in some like, special device for them. I didn't realize it just meant having them near your bed. Isn't that recommended until 6 months by the american pediatric association?

    Cosleeping means in the same room or in the same bed. Dd slept in the same bed for most of her life and now has moved to her toddler bed in the same room. I'm not sure what the recommendation is by the American academy but I personally do not agree with a lot of their stances so that's not something I really care to look into.

    Dr. Sears has tons of information on cosleeping and bed sharing .

    https://www.askdrsears.com/news/latest-news/dr-sears-addresses-recent-co-sleeping-concerns
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  • MayKay12MayKay12 member
    I bed share with my 1 and 3 year old and will co-sleep with the new baby. I love it :)
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  • AlphaMom82AlphaMom82 member
    DD slept with us until she was about 2Y 8M.  We loved it, but we knew when it was time for her big girl bed.  We didn't intend on this but it ended up being that way.  The crib was so expensive too...

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  • VineyardMelVineyardMel member
    I ended up bed sharing out of necessity when DD was 3wks and we did it for about 3mo. and then she slept in the PNP next to me. When we transitioned her to her crib we had a few weeks here and there where she slept with me when she just couldn't sleep in her crib. I miss it so much, but she is a squirmy worm and I felt like it was no longer safe--she started crawling over me or to the end of the bed and I had to move her to her own bed before she fell off. I hope that at some point in the not too distant future she calms down a little and we can have some snuggles here and there. The new baby will sleep in our room for at least 5mo--not sure if we'll bed share or not. That will just depend on what kind of sleeper we get this time. 
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  • Linnea503Linnea503 member
    We bed shared with DS who is now almost 2. He sleeps most of the night in his own bed now but we do bring him in bed with us if he wakes up and asks.

    With this LO I plan to have a variety of sleep options ready, including the pack and play in our room AND getting our bed safe for sharing.

    James McKenna has a great book, "Sleeping with your Baby" that outlines all the precautions.
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