MM: I slept MM: I co-slept with all my babies and loved every minute of it. Makes
nursing very easy and baby sleeps better too. Eventually they move into their
own beds ( and out of the house), so enjoy it while you can.
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LM: Into their own beds and out of
the house at about the same time. (actually just to age 10 or 12.)
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JDS: With B we coslept for. Several
months - and he developed the need to be cuddled to stay asleep. At 9 mos he
was still waking up at least once an hour to make sure mommy was nearby. With
Br we moved him into his own crib very quickly (he slept in his car seat for
the first month or so). He still wakes up about 3 times a night, but it's to
eat not to snuggle (he is almost 7 mos).
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CP: J and I
had K sleep in our bed till she was about 4-5 months because nursing every hour
to hours sleep habits, it made it so much restful for all of us. Since neither
of us are rollers/smokers and so forth it was never a problem. I was going back
to work though and K had her own crib and room, so at first we moved her crib
into our room. I would nurse her and burp her and rock her to sleep and then
place her in her crib that we had placed next to our bed. When we were ready we
put the crib in K's room and left both doors open and every noise J or I were
getting up to peek in on her, lol That was probably the hardest. Now her being
Two shes always slept through the night and in her room since that transition.
There are times when shes sick or whatnot that Kylie from time to time will
sleep in our bed. Its usually harder for her to get to sleep that way sometimes
tho because she wants to play or poke me in the face and tell me where my nose
and eyes are 20 times but it give me that sense of "Mommy I Still Need
You" with her growing so fast and being so independent now. I think it all
depends on a case by case and what you and baby are comfortable with, it will
just become routine. Hope this helps!
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KH: My oldest slept with us until 5
months and then we moved her into a crib in her own room and trained her to
sleep through the night. My second slept with us a little longer until about 8
months. The only reason she was longer was because medical reasons. We then moved
her into a playpen sharing a room with her sister. They both now sleep through
the night and it is wonderful. I could never get a good nights rest having
babies sleep with me. In my opinion it is way better for the baby and the
parents to sleep separately once they are old enough to sleep through the night
of course
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BC: L slept with us after the last
feeding of the night every night until she stopped breastfeeding. When the
breastfeeding stopped, so did the cosleeping.
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SAS: The boys have always slept in
their own cribs in the room next to us--we had no room for them in our bed even
if I wanted them there! I was way too worried about their safety to even try
nursing them in bed. I was afraid I'd fall asleep with them. Not to mention, I
have no idea how you'd manage alone time with your spouse...if you know what I
mean.. but I know people figure it out!
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AOS: I don't co-sleep. With both our
boys we had them sleep in a craddle in our room for a few months and then moved
them to their own room. Co-sleeping makes me nervous with suffocating them by
accident. I know that their are products to help with that, but I also don't
want them to become dependent on co-sleeping to sleep well. I know people that
had a really hard time getting their kids to sleep in their own beds after
co-sleeping, but I also know people who had no problems at all. So it is a
personal choice. I also like the fact that we put the kids to bed in their own
rooms and I have a space for me and the hubby. I personally like having them in
their own room, we move them by 2 months because I am ready for my own space.
Anyways, sorry I made this a novel. It is a really personal choice, but I
personally like not co-sleeping. It has worked for us.
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JHP: Not knocking it, but I
personally was not a fan of co sleeping. When A was first born L had the night
shift and was working a lot, so it was just me and her at home during bed time.
Still, if I ever co slept with her it was only out of complete exhaustion and during
breastfeeding. It probably happened about three times, but for me personally I
liked the peace of mind that I would never be so tired I would roll on her, or
the blankets etc would suffocate her while she was in bed with me. I slept
better to because I wasn't waking up as stressed out to check her whatever. I
also liked having my own space and not feeling like if I needed to change
positions or go to the bathroom that she would wake up. I also loved/hated that
bc I had to physically get up to help her I felt alert enough to meet her
needs. But at least everything I've been told by my health care professionals
has told me no co sleeping; that you can underestimate how tired you can be and
how alert you are or are not in these circumstances, so you can never be to
safe. I like to err on the side of caution in my personal situation. And now A
knows that her crib is where she sleeps at bed time, and she's fine with it.
But again-this is all just my experience.
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HHD
(ME): wow thanks everybody!!
this was such a great response and im glad to hear the different perspectives!
how do you guys feel about the safety issue of baby being in the other room,
like O mentioned in this post? that's something im struggling with...worrying
about her being too far away. we have a lower level apt and the windows are at
ground level on the outside. so i just worrying about things like spiders and
weirdos outside and such. also A used to start throwing up in her sleep and it
makes me nervous to think that i might not hear it. we have a baby monitor but
im still wary of having her too far. plus i miss her. any thoughts?
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EMG: Well being
a seasoned mom of 5 I would say go for it if you want (sometimes it's a
lifesaver when you're breastfeeding every few hours) but stop at about 2 to 3
months or they'll always want or need you in the night and it will break your
heart to send them back to their own bed in tears. Best to do it while they're
infants.
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EMG: B currently sleeps in our
bedroom in a portacrib. About 5 or 6 she'll come into our bed for some morning
cuddles. Win-win!
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AO:
There are a lot of really great moniters, they
can get pricey, but you can't get ones that have cameras and stuff. My kids
didn't have the throwing up problem. H had it one when he had the stomach flu
and i slept on his floor so i could be near, but that was for a few nights, im
sure sleeping on the for every night would not be fun. If your are concerned
about being far away you could have bassinet in your room. That way she is
close, but not in your bed. Like i said before, we move them out of our pretty
fast, but check on them often. We check on them a few times while we are still
up and then whoever is last to bed does another check. And then i am up every
few hours to feed T so i peek in on H.
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KHG: O slept in
our room for the first year if our marriage in a bassinet. On the occasional
night she did sleep outside of our room, I was a little worried about her, but
I got over it quickly. It was really nice when J and I got our own room back.
The nights when O got sick, we just checked on her more often or slept out on
the couch with her.
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BC: L started sleeping in her own
room sometime between 4 and 6 weeks. We did that because every single slight
sound she made woke me up. She actually slept for longer stretches in her own
room, probably since I didn't freak out with every noise. However, having her
in her own room did make night time feedings more of a pain. Really the only
reason we even coslept after the last feeding was because it was usually about
an hour before I was going to get up and I was too lazy to get up twice.
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