Anyone else still happily continuing co-sleeping?

preciousgiftsmama · #1 June 16th, 2011, 10:10 PM

We are still happily co-sleeping over here, and I cannot even entertain the idea of not having Ty snuggled up next to me all night long

we are still nighttime breastfeeding too, though only a couple short times a night now. I think its more a comfort thing. We will still be co-sleeping for 2 years at least.

Anyone else still loving co-sleeping?

shockandawe · #2 June 17th, 2011, 05:47 AM

Not here. I quite enjoyed it while we were all sick there for a couple days, then my back started getting sore because I was contorting myself...we all love our own sleep space in our family. In fact DH and I rarely even cuddle during sleep. Only occassionally.

Jule'sMomInOR · #3 June 17th, 2011, 07:47 AM

We're still co-sleeping and I don't think we're going to stop any time soon. I just love having Juliana snuggle up to me all night. I wish she would cut out the night nursing or reduce it to just once, but I'm trying to be patient and remind myself that she'll grow up fast. We did move around the furniture so that the room closest to the master is her room now, so then when we eventually move her to her own room it will be the closest. If I had to guess I'd say she'll be in her own room in another year or so, but still welcomed in bed with us when she gets scared or needs extra comfort.

sfarrow3 · #4 June 17th, 2011, 08:46 AM

We also love our own sleep space Caden and London sleep in thier own beds and love it! They both are VERY wild sleepers! We do allow them to sleep with us when they are sick of course and if Caden is really scared. We do encourage sleeping in thier own beds, but we are pretty flexible.

Daffodil · #5 June 17th, 2011, 08:56 AM

We are still co-sleeping but I will probably transition her to her own room within the next year. I don't know if it'll be at 13 months or 24 months (probably around 18 months I'm assuming).

bundle2baby · #6 June 17th, 2011, 10:31 AM

We are still co-sleeping here and we love it. I'm sure we will transition him to his own bed within the next 6 months-year. My daughter stopped co-sleeping around 18 months and never had any issues sleeping in her own bed. Hoping it will be the same with Matthew, but not worried about it. This time in his life is short, so we're trying to get our snuggles while we can.

sboricua · #7 June 17th, 2011, 01:10 PM

I love my own space and my room back! i can fold clothes at night and not have to worry about waking desi up! i freaking love it!! We never did the co- sleeping thing. and when we did it was for an hour or 2 to have a little more sleep. it was never a all night thing.

Hollybear · #8 June 17th, 2011, 01:21 PM

We are kinda. She goes down in her crib, but the moment she makes a noise she's in bed with us. However, some mornings she'll crawl all over us and fuss---so I'll rock her for a bit and put her back in her crib. It's just kind of random over here!

*BabyMaMa* · #9 June 17th, 2011, 01:32 PM

We stopped cosleeping around 6/7 months. She actually sleeps a lot better in her own space. I miss her being in bed with us, but I love that she now gets 10-12 hours of sleep. I'm also resting bed and getting more personal time with DH

Not to say that those who are still cosleeping don't get all of those things. It just didn't work out for the long term for us.

Vincent'sMommy · #10 June 17th, 2011, 02:08 PM

We are still co-sleeping but not full time. On a typical night he'll fall asleep and we'll put him down in his crib and he'll sleep there for several hours. He cries a couple times usually and I need to give him his paci or reposition him and he goes back to sleep. Eventually he starts to move around more and then I take him in bed with us for several hours and then he starts getting antsy again so then I usually sleep with him on the couch for the rest of the morning until he wakes up.

ElizabethS · #11 June 17th, 2011, 03:37 PM

I loved co-sleeping. However Ethan is getting to where he moves and kicks and fusses all night long next to me. I don't think HE is too happy with being snuggled up anymore. So we are trying to transition him to his pack n play. However, if he slept well we'd continue co-sleeping until it no longer worked for us as a family.

Mom-Mom · #12 June 17th, 2011, 04:07 PM

We just recently started co-sleeping again as we are fixing up our new place and right now both bedrooms are gutted. So we are all sleeping in the living room in our bed. Charlotte starts out in the pack & play, only bc she thinks it is playtime if she isn't tired enough. Then the first time she wakes up, she moves in bed with us. But when the girls stay the night or weekend with my parents, they sleep in their own beds with no problems.

Daffodil · #13 June 17th, 2011, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bundle2baby

We are still co-sleeping here and we love it. I'm sure we will transition him to his own bed within the next 6 months-year. My daughter stopped co-sleeping around 18 months and never had any issues sleeping in her own bed. Hoping it will be the same with Matthew, but not worried about it. This time in his life is short, so we're trying to get our snuggles while we can.

When your daughter stopped co-sleeping with you, did she move into a crib or a bed?

Karlie · #14 June 18th, 2011, 05:00 AM

I'm still co-sleeping with my 3 year old!

But Luca's been in his own room since 7 months.

#15 June 18th, 2011, 05:15 AM

No co-sleeping over here. Caleb has been in his crib since around 3 months. Once in awhile DH or I will go sleep with Grace if she wakes up crying (she has a queen size bed) but the kids are rarely in our bed. We just like our own space.

#16 June 18th, 2011, 05:32 AM

No co-sleeping here either. My kids sleep 100x better in there own space. We did try it with Kail as a baby (dh is against it, but I wanted to try it) it just didnt work for us. She woke up several times a night and as soon as we put her in her own room/bed she slept 12 hours at night and still does.

Kaitlyn will also sometimes lay down in our bed for a few minutes before we actually get up but no sleeping, just what we call "relaxing before we start the day. lol) She normally gets up about 15 minutes before Kaileigh.

AndiNW · #17 June 18th, 2011, 06:19 AM

Part-time. Wyatt usually comes in around 5am and sleeps with us until 7 or 8. I suppose we have an open bed policy at our house. Everyone needs to start off in their own bed, but they can come into our bed during the night if need be. DD just stopped once Wyatt was born. Although she'll sleep with me when DH is our of town.

preciousgiftsmama · #18 June 18th, 2011, 08:07 AM

Julia is almost 6 y/o and still co-sleeps with us, but when we had Ty and knew he would be co-sleeping (we didnt even buy a crib), then dh bought her a twin bed of her own and its pushed next to our queen bed.

I never co-slept with the twins, except everytime exdh was in the field or on deployment, the twins and I made a big bed in the living room and we slept together everynight he was away. I wanted to co-sleep with them, but exdh was afraid he would squish them (he is 6'3" and 220 pounds) and that made sence to me

Bridgett_H · #19 June 18th, 2011, 09:31 AM

We are...again.

Jr had started sleeping in a pack n play next to our bed because it was just a double bed at that furnished house we were renting. Now that we're in a bigger house (omg...I think I forgot to tell y'all)...anyway, he has his own room. We've tried to put the pack n play in his room, but he usually freaks out, so we just bring him to bed with us. We all sleep a lot better, so it's not bothering me at all. I just worry that we need to do something before the baby gets here. I'll probably just wind up moving the pack n play back in our room. Tyla, did Ty's crying never bother Julia at night? That's what I'm worried about, but maybe it'll wind up not being a big deal.

dinamommy · #20 June 18th, 2011, 09:52 AM

We do. Kind of. Eli starts out in his bed, but wakes up to nurse around 1 am. I just nurse him in bed then and he sleeps with me the rest of the night.