[Angelaosaurus-rex]

How long do you plan on breast feeding for? How long will you co-sleep for?


I was planning on stopping when Landen turned 6 months, but thats only about 3 months away now and it just seems so soon . And I was planning on putting him in his crib starting at 3 months but thats just n a few days . I don't think I'm ready to give it up but will it be harder on him when he is older?

[Kristen_at_the_lake]

I plan on breast feeding for the first year.

Co-sleeping is up in the air. If I have the energy to do it, I stay up through his last feeding and then put him in his cradle. This last week, however, that has not happened.

[misfitinmn]

My initial goal was to just make it to six months with breastfeeding. Now that it's a month away, I can definitely say that we will try for the whole first year! It's just sooo easy to just whip out a boob when he is hungry! Plus, I don't know anything about formula feeding and I'm nervous enough about starting solids (especially the poopy diapers!!).

We never really did co-sleep though. We did kind of modified co-sleeping (he was in a bassinet right next to me) for a few weeks, but we moved him to his crib when he was probably 7-8 weeks old and now we all sleep better this way.

[IamMom]

I didn't do the co-sleeping either. DS was in a bassinet next to my bed until 12 weeks (DH couldn't sleep a wink with baby in the bed too nervous) and then into his own crib in his own room - he's been a terrific sleeper ever sense - the whole family sleeps wonderfully and is well rested. Good luck making the decision!

[**Jenn**]

I still breastfeed and cosleep most of the night with Lochlann and he's almost 16 months old. He has always nursed to sleep and when he started to crawl (about 6 months old) we started putting him in his crib for naps. He rarely woke up transitioning from my arms to the crib. We also started laying him down in his crib at night when he was about 4 months old (the crib was in our room and we switched him to the room he and Liam share at about 6 months old). Since then he has taken every nap in his crib and starts out almost every night in his crib. We do have the odd nights where its hard for him or he's not feeling well and I just start off in our bed. Once he wakes up the first time he stays in bed with us. Sometimes he'll sleep through the night but most often he wakes up around 2 or 3, nurses, and sleeps the rest of the night in our bed.

I will continue nursing him until he self weans (he nurses about 4 times a day now) and the cosleeping will most likely continue until he starts sleeping through the night on his own or when he weans.

He still needs me close most nights and while I've thought of night weaning him I just don't have the heart to do it because he still needs me, even if it is just for a quick midnight snack.

Just wanted to add we coslept with Liam too until he night weaned at 10 months. He continued to breastfeed til he self weaned at 13 1/2 months. He was always a horrible sleeper his first year but as he got older he got better and better at it. Since he's been about a year old we've been able to just lay him in bed awake and he'll go to sleep on his own with no problems. Every kid is different and have different sleep habits. They will all adjust on their own though so I never saw a reason to push it.

[BambolinaItaliana]

With DD I wanted to breastfeed for the first year, but she decided she was done at 10 mo. I still plan on going for a year with Giosue` but if he is done before that then there is little i can do!!

I never co-sleeped, I am always scared something will happen. Sophie slept in her bassinet beside us until she was 2 mo old and then moved into her own room with the crib. I don't think it will happen so soon with Giosue` because they will be sharing a room, so i think i will wait till he is sleeping through the night to help her out and not get her up.

[Emma&Jack's Momma]

I breastfed and coslept with Emma until she was 13 months old. She self weaned but I had to kick her out of the bed LOL, she didn't like sleeping alone and had to CIO the first couple of nights (which was REALLY rough on me) She now sleeps through the night on most nights, occasionally waking up if she lost her binky. I didn't make the connection that both were at 13 months until this post! LOL

This next baby, I plan to breastfeed until 12 months (maybe a little longer) and I am hoping to only cosleep in the beginning. We shall see though! This baby may end up like his/her sister!

[Frozendesire]

Good luck with what ever you decide to do I think sometimes earlier is a little easier but some times the struggle is worth the extra nights of closeness, if that makes sense!

I BF Curtis until he was 6 months old. I introduced formula for when we were out and about or he was with MIL. At 6 months I had a HUGE dip in supply and decided I would just let my body do what it was doing (I didn't work at bringing my supply back) and thus we weaned together. He seemed content either way so it was fine. I'd like to BF this one for how ever long it seems right. It's hard to say with a toddler around this time. But we'll see what happens! I'd like to do atleast 6 months.

Oh also, we didn't co sleep. His crib was in our room and he always napped and slept in his crib. I was to scared of the transition haha. Me and James always agreed that our bed, bedroom was mainly for us. We were/are young parents and bedtime has ALWAYS been the time when we talk away, and just connect and we need that to have a healthy marriage. So although Curtis slept in our room 8 or so months he was always in his bed, except when I fell asleep nursing him in the middle of the night and woke up in the morning with him there haha. It'll be the same with this baby. It's just something that we felt was right for our relationship, but baby had to be close!! Baby's crib is actually right beside my bed haha. I'll have to show pics when I set it all up! Awe I miss the late night chats, whispered and giggled into pillows trying not to wake the sleeping baby haha. We are such teenagers! lol.

[SandKmommy]

We co-slept till Seamus was 9-10mo. He nursed till 12.5mo

[thepinkleprechaun]

I think you should just go with what your mommy instincts tell you! You don't have to set dates for yourself and baby you can just do what feels right at the time. I think a lot of toddlers do fine with being in their own beds after co sleeping for a while...I have heard of parents putting a toddler bed in their room too and doing that for a while until the kiddo can be in his/her own room so there are always options for transitioning. And as for breastfeeding I say go as long as possible, for the health benefits alone! Trust me you don't want to deal with formula, it's kind of gross (especially the smell).

[Miracle]

I plan to breastfeed for at least a year. I haven't determined when I will stop co-sleeping... she doesn't sleep with me the whole night.. just after she wakes up to eat the first or second time.

[soImarriedAnerd]

I will not own formula so breastfeeding is going to continue for awhile (formula overseas isn't something I am willing to chance-heck there is enough recalls on the stuff IN the states-NO WAY am I doing it out of the states!) Plus I hate dealing with the stuff

Co-sleeping---well depends on baby. And it depends on the hotels bed and crib options. but they will 100% be in the same room as us till we come off the road.

We are going to play both by ear. I would like to BF at least 12 months, and I don't see Reid going into his crib/own room any time soon!

[ScottishBrit]

Well for me BFing is NOT EASY! I still struggle with it everyday I have to use a sheild ( yes still ) so It's not easy for me to whip out my boob. I have to prep my self to use the dumb sheild. My goal was 9 month even though I'd love to go for a year. DH's goal was 3 months and he's told me many times he wants and says I can stop. I say I hate it everyday. And It's nothing to do with the bonding, I do love that but You should see what this girl does to my nipples! You'd want to stop soon too! I really want to try till feb ( to get past and thru RSV season ) but we'll see. Ive started giving her formula but I still nurse 4 times a day and pump when Im not so I keep my supply up.

Co-sleeping. I wasn't for it or againsit it6 from the begaining so I feel so weird that I do it. I know makes no sense. I wasn't planning on doing it but I was at the point of no sleep and loseing my mind so we did it. and thank god we did About a month ago now I started moving her into the Pack and Play but I still nurse her to sleep. I dont know when Ill be moving her into the crib. Hope this helps...

[Resi]

I want to BF for as long as he wants to. At least 1 year but I'm hoping longer. I'm not ready to give up co-sleeping either. I love having him close to me. He still wakes up two times per night to eat. Maybe when he sleeps all night without waking up I will move him to his room. I'm not ready to give it up any time soon! Now that I work it's extra time I have to be next to him.

[Angelaosaurus-rex]

Thanks girls!!!! I'm just so worried that if I wait too long to put him in his own bed he will be jealous of Chris when he gets back, but at the same time I feel so much better not being alone at night. I will just go with my mommy instincts and just not set dates! LOL the booby is his best friend like seriously some times he makes these sad little face's and noise's until I pop one out for him to snuggle with, it would be mean for me to take it from him!

[Adriana's Mommy]

Never co-sleeped here and don't plan on ever doing it.. We had Adriana in a bassinet in our room for 4 months and then moved her into her own crib in her own room.. It was such an easy transition.. I plan on doing this with my next child.. It was text book easy..

Breasfeeding, it depends on the baby.. Adriana was a lazy eater at the breast.. I ended up exclusively pumping for six months and then switched her to Organic formula.. I plan on using formula with my next child because when Adriana switched to formula she still grew on her growth curve as if she was on breast milk.. She's always measured in the 50 percentile with her head,length, and weight measurements.. So formula fed babies can be growing ideal or as our Pediatrician said, "PERFECT!", Adriana is proof! But I have a feeling Adriana is going to be below 50 percentile for height her next check up.. She still fits in 9 month clothing at 15 months old.. She's a tiny thing..