co sleeping with a 2 yr old: good or bad? do you do it?

dpraseutsinh · January 2015

just wanting opinions. I know some will differ. we live at dh in laws house so we have been sharing a room with DD this entire time. basically she has her side of the room and we have ours. she falls asleep in her bed but will end up sleeping with us in the mid of the night. it doesn't bother dh and me, but we are curious if its bad to co sleep with a toddler? does anyone else share a room/co sleep with a toddler? if so, how is that going for you?

jasminelorraine20 · January 2015

Co sleeping has its pros and cons. If it doesn't bother you, then continue with letting her hop in the bed at night. It is a sense of security for them at the end of the day. Co sleeping isn't "bad", it happens to get a lot of criticism here in the US for one reason or another, but since it works for your family then I see no issues.

valeriegp · January 2015

It isn't good or bad, it's whatever works for your family. We don't especially like it because no one gets good sleep (queen size bed plus wiggly toddler), but for the last few months my son has not slept well alone. So we live with it a little because we get better sleep that way than with him waking up every two hours. I know other folks who cosleep in the fullest sense of the word and they do wonderfully. It really should be what you are most comfortable with and what works best for you.

ashiscute · January 2015

Bad for me. My kids are ninjas in bed. I have co-slept with them but I don't do it routinely. But its a perfectly acceptable choice.

sarahandeddiejune212008 · January 2015

If it works for your family then it's fine. You don't have to worry as much about safety with a 2yr old. We just got rid of our bedrail because we don't bedshare full time anymore. Both my girls (4 and 2) will end up in our bed a few times a week.

vrj0522 · January 2015

DS tried coming to our bed for a few weeks a couple of months ago. It didn't bother me except for the fact that he is all over the bed and we couldn't sleep well with him in the bed, and we also have a young baby in the room that still nurses in the MOTN, so we sent him back and he's been sleeping in his room again. I liked having him in bed with us, but it just wasn't going to work.

dunlapbriggs · January 2015

Agree with the PP's. If it works for you and your child - then go for it. My DS will/can not fall asleep without out one of us lying with him - and he night wakes, so for us it is much easier to co-sleep. Plus I enjoy cuddling with him now - I don't think he will appreciate it as much when he is a teenager!

Wipz · January 2015

Yup.. we have a bed Ninja too ... whatever works for you is what is right as long as you keep safety in mind.

I could do without waking up to lightning McQueen or a rescue hero jammed in my (_*_) though lol.

Ya Never Know · January 2015

As long as you guys are all getting good sleep, I don't see the problem. We've only co-slept with DD if she had a stomach flu, and I don't think it's something I could personally do regularly. I'm a light sleeper, and with DD tossing and turning all over the place (she moves a lot in her sleep), I'd never sleep myself.... and that would be bad for everyone LOL (I'm not a happy tired person).

estefyp4 · January 2015

We are definitely a co-sleeping family even though our DS has his own room which we mainly use for his naps but at night time we all fall asleep together and he's a pretty calm sleeper -thankfully- also a big snuggler he will easily fall asleep with his arms around me and stay like this all night.. although I read here and there about what a bad habit this is.. we don't mind it whatsoever the thing is that I am now preggers w/boy #2 and starting to think it may be time to get DS to start sleeping in his own bed.. i'll probably be looking at suggestions as how to go about 'sleep training' him since there will be 2 major changes happening soon (we're moving as well as welcoming baby brother all within the next 4 months) I am sure it will be a trying time for all of us..

1we4ty · January 2015

ive co-slept with DS since he was born.. now at 2 years 4 months he starts off in the crib and if he wakes up in the middle of the night and asks to come to the big bed i do take him out!

so its varying hours in crib / co-sleeping every night!

BabyHope2013 · January 2015

Da was never a co-sleeper until more recently. We never intended to co-sleep but often he will wake up half way through the night every night and stroll into our room. Logically I know that I could take his hand and stroll him back to his big boy bed. But the reality is that at 3 in the morning I don't feel like having that fight when I have to get up at 5 am for work. There are some nights that he is so tired he doesn't come looking for us. I'm hoping he grows out of it and stops getting up. I'd rather he feels safe knowing he can find us if he needs to for now. Just hoping the habit breaks on its own. I used to stress about breaking things like bottles, pacifiers and etc and those things weren't as much of a challenge as I thought. Hopefully this will work itself out in due time too.

g8trkim · February 2015

To each their own. Our kids are a nightmare to share a bed with so definitely not for us. DS comes in our room around 6am so we end up cuddling for about 30 minutes. But to do it all night would not make for a good sleep.

Parenturownway · February 2015

I was so against co sleeping when LO was a baby. I'm a heavy roller. Other moms said "just wait, it's easier" but I didn't want her in the habit of it. Now that she is big, I really want to. DH works away during the week. I have tried to get her to sleep with me, and she's so used to her crib, she won't sleep anywhere else. I find it a blessing if you can! If it works for you, do it. I agree with everyone else.

SLGILL1978 · February 2015

We are still bed sharing with our two year old. We just prefer to follow her lead/cues. She has her own room/crib as well. You just do what works best for your family!

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