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Lo is nearly 11 months old and is still co-sleeping, my husband and I agreed when lo will be 1 year old will put her in her own room. But I'm beginning to feel like we are the only ones who still co sleep. If anyone co slept till one year or older then transitioned any advise will be helpful, to make the transition easier for both all of us.
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    I bed shared until about 15 months with my oldest and 22 months with my 2nd.  We transitioned straight to regular beds for them which I think made more sense since they'd never been in a crib (and it saved another transition later on).  It also worked best to have a large enough bed that I could still sleep with them if need be.  I still sleep some with my now 2.5 year old - she's having a wakeful phase right now and it works best for us for me to just lay with her so we both go right back to sleep ;)


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  • Emerald27Emerald27 member
    We're going to get DS his own mattress this week! He'll be 2 at the end of the month. This is our plan:

    We'll put the mattress on the floor next to my side of the bed (where he's been sleeping his whole life), get super fun sheets and a cool decal to go on the wall next to it (to make the space his own and really fun). Then I'll do what I do now to help him go to sleep, just in his bed instead of ours. Once he's asleep, I'll move to our bed. I'll be close enough to touch him, and if he wakes to nurse I can slip back down to his bed.

    In order to be consistent but gentle, I'll initiate a rule that says that he needs to be in his bed until the sun is up. Then he can be in ours. If he needs me or daddy before then, we'll come to his bed. That way, it won't turn into him still bedsharing with an empty cool bed in the room. It's going to be a real, complete transition, but I'm happy to sleep with him for as long as it takes.

    The mattress we'll get will be a twin. It will be his bed forever (well, as long as he's home and it's in good condition) and it will be big enough to share with mommy or daddy comfortably, making the transition easier on everyone.

    As he becomes used to sleeping in his own space, we'll move the bed a little at a time until it's in the hallway, then in his own room. We want him in his own room by age 3, next October, but will be cool with it if he transitions faster.
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  • spiffster5spiffster5 member
    After baby girl was 6 months old, teething was a miserable time for her and constantly wanted to be close she was in her crib right next to our bed. But eventually the only way she would sleep is with me nursing her lying down and if I moved her she would wake crying right after she was in her crib. We got a pull out couch that is same level as our bed snugged against each other and cushioning on the floor incase of slips but she mastered getting off and on her bed aka pull out. Anyways she still sleeps on our bed thinking of trying to let her sleep on her bed for naps and slowly wean her to sleep on her bed then hopefully get her into her own room I'm hoping by the time she is 2. From what I gather it's a big transition and I don't have it in me for her to CIO.
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