Co-sleepers

micino · March 2014

Just out of curiosity, How many of us here are co-sleepers?
I did wih DS until ....well....he still jumps in our bed In the middle of the night. >.<
I am currently co-sleepin with LO but weighing my options to make the move to the crib now. I'm just so torn. I feel like naturally it's normal to want to be close but in reality I don't know I can do this for a year again. I hear all of you say how your LO sttn in he crib and I'm like good Lord I am doing this all wrong.

Any thoughts/advice?

azmama20 · March 2014

Do you mean bed sharing? Or co sleeping as in sleeping in the same room as your LO?

margaerytyrell · March 2014

We are co-sleeping with LO in the rock n play next to me all night. My plan is to transition him in his own room at 6 months.

tyedyeme12 · March 2014

I'm a bedsharer. We are thinking of transitioning soon...but it's so hard...lol

micino · March 2014

I'm sorry I thought co-sleeping and bed sharing were the same thing.
I am talking about bed sharing

Alexisgamez105 · March 2014

I co sleep with dd she sleeps in her crib from 10pm-6am then her RnP from 7-to about 9 or 10am.

micino · March 2014

@Loolaide‌ that's sounds like a good idea. Maybe I'll follow that direction

micino · March 2014

OMG sounds just like my DS!

CaliforniaPeach · March 2014

My LO is still sleeping in our room in her "puppy bed" (RnP). DH wants to move her to the crib in her room soon, but I like having her close.

amberpro · March 2014

DS starts in his bassinet then moves to bed with me after he eats the first time MOTN. It was like 3-4am for awhile, but lately it's been closer to 1-2. I don't plan on doing anything about it until 4-6 months when we move him to his room.

kbart82 · March 2014

We start out in the rnp for most of the night. When my husband gets up for work (around 5am) I usually pull him in bed with me and we stay there until we get up for the day. This will all change next week when I go back to work since LO needs to be packed up and ready to go by 6:30:(

cboink · March 2014

We bed share and have her crib butted up against the bed with one side off of it. I have no set time frame for how long we will bed share. It will be quite a while though I am sure. Also we only have a two bedroom apartment so no matter what, she will be in the same room with us. I had my son in the bed with me till he was 3ish I think. I personally like having her close.

lilypienmessimy · March 2014

We bed share and decided we are going to transition her to her crib at 4 months..so another 2 1/2ish weeks. I love having her with me, but we are both starting to not sleep so well so I'm thinking it's time to move her to her crib soon.

ScarlettV · March 2014

We bedshare and by we, I mean LO and I. DH sleeps in the guestroom. LO just hit 3 months so I transitioned him to the crib. I wanted to avoid him getting attached to sleeping in the bed with us, and honestly I think we both sleep better. He doesn't wake me and I don't wake him. However sometimes I bring him back into the bed when I'm too tired to keep getting up and down and he's super fussy.

I do miss the snuggles sometimes. But at least DH is back in the bedroom.

thesportsgal · March 2014

@ColeRose‌ Seriously, EXACT same thing here. We moved to the crib last weekend since she was sleeping so shitty anyways. And now she stays in bed with us after her last feeding since it's the only way we are getting any sleep as well.

I'm not sure if that creates a "bad" habit or not. I just don't think she is able to think to herself "if I cry earlier, they'll bring me into bed earlier". But since going back to work, I really look forward to those last 3 hours of sleep.

Sorry I don't have any advice @micino but our crib transition didn't create a good sleeper either (she used to be until about 12 weeks old, I don't know what all happened)

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Chichigo · March 2014

Right now the PNP is right next to my bed and I try to get him to sleep in it all the time. We usually bed share because it is the only way you get any sleep. We are going to sidecar the crib soon.

linzy2202 · March 2014

We started out in the co sleeper attached to the bed but once she started napping on her belly about 5 weeks ago she now hates her back. So we put her in the rnp and she's been doing a lot better. But some nights she wakes up and I'm just too tired so we bed share. That's been happening more and more bc she just sleeps instantly, it's amazing. But I just ordered a snuza so we can try tummy sleeping in the co sleeper and then if that goes well we will eventually transition her to her crib upstairs. The thought just makes me so damn so though.

penelopemaria · March 2014

My LO STTN (12 am - 7 am). He sleeps in his PNP but I am guilty of having at least one daytime nap with him. When we nap, it's always in the bed together. I would like to co-sleep at night, but my DH just isn't comfortable with it.

ReggieLou13 · March 2014

We bed share. I have no set time frame when we we will transition. I'm sure hubs would like to sooner than later, but I'm open minded. I just love her being so close.

Jenniferomeo · March 2014

We would co-sleep with lo being in the pnp beside our bed. Our plan was once he started sttn we'd move him into the crib in his room. Tonight is day 4 of sleeping in the crib and he's woken up every night twice. The first time I rock him back to sleep and put him back in the crib, and the second he just ends up in my bed because I'm too tired to stay awake with him.

Cambury108 · March 2014

We room share and will till she is 2-3. Same situation as my first two. We also very losely bed share. She spends half her sleep time in her pnp next to my side of the bed and the other half in bed with me and DH. This works best for our family and usually has each kid been the given method for the most sleep. All 3 of mine have slept the best while in my bed. I will bed share till she no longer wants to sleep with us. Not nightly after age 3 but occasionally. I won't even try and lie nor feel bad about the fact that 2x a month my DS who is 8 sleeps with us. I figure if he is asking then emotionally he still needs it. My oldest DD stopped asking around age 6 and I just figure when he is ready he will stop as well. Same rules apply to Dec. LO.

Naty657 · March 2014

We bed share too, it's easier since I BF and his actual room is at the exact opposite end of the house and I'm not comfortable with him being that far. I have a bassinet but the cat keeps jumping in it and I don't want him in there and take the chance of her getting in there with him. I plan on co-sleeping until he's a year and out of the SIDS stage. Just because I've lost a family member to it and it scares me to death (i check his pulse several times a night..). But if that doesn't happen it's not a big deal. I like being close to him.

BootsOrHearts · March 2014

We usually bed share for the 2nd shift, he sleeps way better that way. DH does the MOTN feeding now and it also means he doesn't have to get back out of bed to put him down, he just makes a spot for him on top of the covers and then goes back to sleep. It only ends up being for a few hours, he sleeps 7-8 hours in his crib for the first shift.

We did find that once we moved him to his crib (he had been in a travel crib in our room) he slept longer. I think because sometimes he wakes up and fusses a bit (but doesn't cry) and then puts himself back to sleep. When he was in our room I was super sensitive to every sound he made and would get him up when he was only stirring.

leahraewku · March 2014

We've bed shared with all three kids and, for the most part, I've loved it. We've transitioned the older two to big kid beds by age 2, but that was out of necessity because I was pregnant each time and needed them to be out of the bed before the new baby came. I'll probably shoot for 2 with this one also.

iranwithscissors · March 2014

We bed shared with all 3 of our boys. Our two oldest are very well adjusted and sleep in their own room now. It's such a small amount of time of their lives that I'm glad i spent so close to them cause I won't get it back and the older they get the less they want to spend time with me.

Ansleyturner · March 2014

We bed share. I finally decided it was time for mine and DHs sex life to get back on track so LO goes in the crib from about 9:30-1 and if we are still awake he will go back in until around 3. Then he is with us hogging the bed again until we wake up. I want to get him in his crib for the whole night eventually but it probably wont happen until he STTN.

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