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Co-sleeping during sleep regression

maritimememaritimeme member
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DD will be 6 months next week. She has regressed majorly with sleep at night and for naps. I remember a few people saying during the 4 month wakeful that they co-slept to get some sleep. DD has come into bed to me for the last three nights around 1am and seems to only nap if I lie down with her too.

I am worried that I am starting a bad habit. How will her sleep get better if I am cosleeping and how will I know once the regression is over?? I feel like I've maybe taken a few steps back. She always came into bed around 5am or later but has never needed to sleep with me otherwise. Any advice from mamas that coslept during a sleep regression would be great! Am I doomed?

DD #1: March 20, 2013
DD # 2: May 2, 2015
EDD #3: March 4, 2018



                                          

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Re: Co-sleeping during sleep regression

  • MrsG071809MrsG071809 member
    I am in the "do what you have to do to get some sleep" camp, so I see no problem with bringing baby into bed if that is how you both sleep best.  We are in pretty much the exact same boat as you, and lately I have brought her into bed more also.  I always try for the "normal" routine of her going down in her own bed and just bring her in with me if needed.  I think once the regression or whatever issue (for us I think it's teething + growth spurt) is over, she will be able to stay in her own bed longer without waking up and fussing.  
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  • flummadiddle85flummadiddle85 member
    We've been dealing with this for about the past month. For us though, we were moving. Spent 3 weeks with MIL until we could close on our house. As soon as we got to MIL's he stopped STTN. And when we finally moved into our house, he screamed every time we put him in his crib. Starting when we were at MIL I just brought him to bed with us at 1ish. When we got the final move done, he finally STTN when I just left him in his carseat for 1 night (bad I know.) And last night he finally slept in his crib from 8pm-4am. DH kept giving me a hard time saying that this is going to be a bad habit and DS will come to expect co-sleeping (which I'm not entirely against). But I just figured his sleep would get back to normal soon... And it hopefully now it has. And hopefully free of the "bad habits" DH was so worried about.
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  • poppyc8poppyc8 member
    We coslept on our recent trip to ny since he was really fussy traveling and we couldn't get him to sleep in the hotel porta crib. Once we got home he is back in the crib in his room and sleeping fine. During fussy wonder weeks I feel like you just do what you need to do to get through it.
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  • maritimememaritimeme member
    Thanks everyone. We also always start out in the crib like normal so hopefully when it passes I guess I will know! I don't mind bed sharing during the tough nights and neither does DH. It is reassuring though to know that others can go back and forth without much difficulty.

    DD #1: March 20, 2013
    DD # 2: May 2, 2015
    EDD #3: March 4, 2018



                                              

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