February 2014 Moms
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People who Bed Share, talk to me.
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I guess I'm just looking to see where people are on this topic, if you're still bed sharing. Do you enjoy it or is it because that's how everyone sleeps the best? Have you tried to transition but failed? Any plans to fully transition soon?
I'm in a weird place about it. I absolutely love sleeping with her, we have plenty of room in the bed. She's easy to sleep with, and my H and I (normally) sleep well, too. But part of me feels pressure to move her into her crib. Like I feel weirdly embarrassed when I tell people we bed share. And I worry that she'll be 9 years old and still sleeping with us.
Anyway, I just wanted to see where everyone else was on this subject.
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Re: People who Bed Share, talk to me.
We don't bed share. But that's because LO sleeping in his own space works for us. If it didn't, I'd be open to other options.
Then the day came and we made a huge deal about how awesome his own bed was. DH and I "begged" him to let us sleep in his big boy bed with him because of how cool it was and he was tickled pink telling us no. It was easy and we haven't had problems since.
Now with LO, we plan to bed share until he's maybe a year and a half. Honestly, I don't really feel the need to rush things. We are all happy with our sleeping arrangements and until that changes, it will probably stay this way.
TL;DR You won't break Willa by bed sharing. She won't be 9 and still sleeping with you. You can't break her by doing this. #teambedsharing
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We may try to transition ds1 when we move in a few weeks, but we'll attack that when the time comes.
Do whatever feels right!
But now that DH is away until December I'm taking advantage of all the baby snuggles I can get >:D<
However, when we move, we're getting rid of the floor bed, so LO will go to bed in his crib, then come into our bed upon his first evening waking. We have a mesh bed rail already, and LO will sleep between me and bed rail.
We roughly go to bed at the same time. If on the off chance she actually isn't full of energy till 11pm, she sleep in the bed, with one of us in the same room. We moved our computers into what is currently our bedroom since we have night owl. In house naps are either on a plush carpet, sofa pillow, or in bed with me crocheting in bed. Most of the time naps happen when she is being back carried during property choirs.
If it works for you then keep doing it. If they aren't getting up with or raising the LO in question then their opinion is a Moo point
Being gay, I'm used to people having strong opinons of what happens in my bedroom.
People act like they are the ones being asked to sleep with R instead of us
.He starts out in his crib and around 10:30 or whenever his first wake up is, we bring him in with us. Our perfect scenario would be putting him to bed around 7-8pm and having him sleep the entire night in his bed. Or even waking up once/twice to feed then back down in his bed. He still wakes every 1.5-2 hours so bed sharing is how we have been able to function at work.
While everyone else seems worried that MY child with sleep with us until his college days, we are not. We know this is temporary and it's what allows us to function at work. He is still waking every 1.5-2hours at night. I made the decision to lie to anyone who asks if he's STTN. I can do without their suggestions because we have either tried them or we are not ok with them.
We do love sleeping with him. He's the only time of day that he is still and quiet. He can get annoying with his frequent feedings and is a bed hog.