Co-sleeping!

[NIE]

My son is 2 1/2 and we still co-sleep.

We used to put the cot against our bed when he was a baby but we just got into the habbit of bringing him into bed becasue he suffered really badly from reflux.

He goes up to be by himself every night and used to spend the first few hours in his own bed before waking and coming into our bed. He now just goes straight to our bed and sleeps all night. He doesn't even move when we go to bed.

Ds has always been a good night sleeper since we began co sleeping and wouldn't change a thing.

I love the closeness and the security of us all being in the same room together. He will not be in our bed forever so I intend to enjoy every minute of it. There is plenty of room as we have a massive bedroom and a super king size bed too.

As long as you follow the guidlines on safe co-sleeping then everythig will be fine.

 

[Mervs Mum]

There's lots of research that shows co-sleeping when BFing is very safe. When you BF laid down you have the LO low down away from pillows and you sleep in a position with your arm above them and you on your side curled round them (so the breast is at their mouth level) in a very protective position. Most co-sleeping fatalities are alcohol or drugs related

 

[Toonlass]

Well lucas is still visiting our bed but he is staying in his own bed for longer and longer every night. He grew out of his moses basket and like i said earlier, due to the super king size bed, there is no space for a cot in our room. He has his own room and we put him in his cot when he is asleep for the night and we were bringing him into our bed once he woke for a feed. Well, thats like 5am now so he only gets a few hours snuggle time. I think i'm more bothered than him about it like. I'm not overly happy about him being in his own room so young, i spend more time every night checking on him than i do sleeping and i miss my sleepy cuggles xx

 

[Piglet10]

ohh i LOVE madison in my bed but i stopped it about a month ago because i wanted her to be able to sleep comfortably in other peoples houses like grandparents. she is now in her own room and sleeps with all lights off and door closed for 12 hrs a night. from the start even in my room i did not want her getting used to a light (i went to uni with a girl who needed a full light on in her room and the hall and traumatised me) cos i sorta felt like a lights teaching her that theres something wrong with the dark and summit to be afraid of and now she will NOT sleep with light lol she has to be in darkness to sleep its hilarious... xxx

 

[JJ Mum]

My first and third babys went to scbu when born for two weeks and the other 4 days

My second son didn't and god it was nice! all the other babies in the ward were noisy all night, he wasn't and as I had a section I couldn't be bothered with getting out of bed to get him etc so I just took him in bed with me, the nurses frowned on it, but he was quite safe, I've never felt confident like that to do carry on doing something even though frowned at. We had the best near week of my life , bonding with peace and quiet , will try to do the same this time, don't know what the rules are now in hosp.