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When have you stopped co-sleeping?
Zucca4 wrote:
boob, he nurses for a bit a returns to sleep. We really love our little arrnangement. Of course we try not to listen to other people who tell us he'll be with us until Kindergarten if we don't break him out of our "dirtly little habit" People scared me with the "window of opportunity" thing -- there's a theory that it's easy to transition before 6/7 months, and it's easy at 3+ years when they want to, and it's total hell in between. So if you're sure that you don't want, say, an 18-month-old in bed with you, you'd better get the transition at least partly started by 6 months. Totally didn't happen for us. She coslept exclusively until we bought her a toddler bed; never slept in anything but our bed at night before then. We transitioned her very easily at 21 months. She'd crawl into our bed to nurse at that point. We night-weaned her at almost 23 months, also not traumatic. Your baby may vary, but that was our experience. We also love cosleeping. Sproutkin sleeps in her toddler bed about 75% of the time, and with us the other 25%. Mary S. mom to the Sproutkin and a new wee babysprout, due October 1 |
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When have you stopped co-sleeping?
"Zucca4" wrote in message ... Is there a so-called "good time"? Our son turns three months today and we love having him between us at night in our smallish Queen size bed. We could care less about spit-up and peeps and poops on our sheets. It's made breastfeeding so much easier for me and our baby goes to sleep when we do and wakes up when we do and there is minimal waking up at night. When he whimpers I give him the boob, he nurses for a bit a returns to sleep. We really love our little arrnangement. Of course we try not to listen to other people who tell us he'll be with us until Kindergarten if we don't break him out of our "dirtly little habit" , but we don't care. We love our baby with us. Only problem is I think WE wake HIM quite a bit with getting up for the bathroom, tossing and turning, coughing etc. I'm wondering if we chose to put him into a crib (in our room) if there would be a good time to do it and exactly how to phase our system out. At three months are babies typically "re-trainable"? We don't want to upset him too much. In short: When and how did you stop co-sleeping? Also why? when my kids were 3 and 5 because i got a boyfried (my current husband) the 10 year old slept with me this summer,hes autistic and had sleep issues, i booted him a few weeks before the baby came new baby is 4 months and sleeps with me and in her bassinet i will get a crib,but plan to keep it in my room generally,by about 18 months they spend more time in their own rooms i plan to cosleep exclusively about a year |
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When have you stopped co-sleeping?
"HollyLewis" wrote in message ... In short: When and how did you stop co-sleeping? Also why? Our son is 3 years old and we haven't stopped. (Though he's spent *part* of probably two-thirds of all the nights of his life in his own bed -- first a bassinet, then a crib, and now a twin-size bed -- he's almost always in with us by the time we get up in the morning.) I think the time to stop co-sleeping is when (1) one or more of the people in the bed isn't sleeping well or enough, or (2) the child involved prefers to sleep elsewhere than his parents' bed. For families in which all members sleep fine in a shared bed, as far as I can tell, the child usually departs more or less on his own sometime between age 3 and age 6. So, yes, you could certainly be still co-sleeping when your child is in kindergarten, though it's relatively unlikely much beyond that. But if you don't consider co-sleeping a "bad habit", what's wrong with that? i remember being about 8 i would get in the bed with my parents and sleep across their feet |
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When have you stopped co-sleeping?
In short: When and how did you stop co-sleeping? Also why? Thanks, Lisa Both of my girls needed to be moved out of our bed when they started walking. They were both little enough when they walked (about 12 pounds), that they could get away without waking either of us, and they both got injured walking off the edge of the bed. (One got wedged between the bed and the cedar chest at the foot of the bed, one fell and cut her head on a vent) I don't know if they were sleepwalking, or trying to get away with something being sneaky, but I used to sleep with them on my arm, or under my arm, and they managed to get away, however they did it. The transition was easy with one, harder with the other (who then had to be moved from the crib because she was climbing out, and got stuck hanging by her ankles at about 18 months), but after a few bad nights, they eased into it. They both moved out of our bed by about 10 months. I wouldn't worry if you think he's getting enough sleep overall, everyone wakes up periodically, and if you like it, stick with it for awhile longer, I'd think. Once he starts moving around, you can reevaluate ; ) Tina. |
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When have you stopped co-sleeping?
Zucca4 wrote:
Is there a so-called "good time"? When the child's ready. IMO, if it's a big struggle, the child isn't ready. Gabe transitioned to his own bed at 2 years, though he still (at 2 1/2) climbs in with me in the morning. -- tristyn www.tristyn.net "i have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. i do not think that they will sing to me." |
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When have you stopped co-sleeping?
nina wrote:
"HollyLewis" wrote in message ... In short: When and how did you stop co-sleeping? Also why? Our son is 3 years old and we haven't stopped. (Though he's spent *part* of probably two-thirds of all the nights of his life in his own bed -- first a bassinet, then a crib, and now a twin-size bed -- he's almost always in with us by the time we get up in the morning.) I think the time to stop co-sleeping is when (1) one or more of the people in the bed isn't sleeping well or enough, or (2) the child involved prefers to sleep elsewhere than his parents' bed. For families in which all members sleep fine in a shared bed, as far as I can tell, the child usually departs more or less on his own sometime between age 3 and age 6. So, yes, you could certainly be still co-sleeping when your child is in kindergarten, though it's relatively unlikely much beyond that. But if you don't consider co-sleeping a "bad habit", what's wrong with that? i remember being about 8 i would get in the bed with my parents and sleep across their feet I sometimes slept with my mom when I was a teenager, lol. I was in my bed all night for the most part by the time I was 6 IIRC. I've heard that my mom got a lot of grief from her family over sleeping with us when we were babies. Hard to imagine because I know that her and siblings all slept together with their mom as they only had one bed. -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2) |
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When have you stopped co-sleeping?
Mary S. wrote:
She coslept exclusively until we bought her a toddler bed; never slept in anything but our bed at night before then. We transitioned her very easily at 21 months. She'd crawl into our bed to nurse at that point. We night-weaned her at almost 23 months, also not traumatic. Your baby may vary, but that was our experience. Hee, my experience varied, lol. Is it just me or does it appear that this transition happens, in general, a little earlier/easier for girls then it does boys? I don't mean 100%, I realize there are exceptions. -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2) |
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When have you stopped co-sleeping?
"Nikki" wrote in message ... Mary S. wrote: She coslept exclusively until we bought her a toddler bed; never slept in anything but our bed at night before then. We transitioned her very easily at 21 months. She'd crawl into our bed to nurse at that point. We night-weaned her at almost 23 months, also not traumatic. Your baby may vary, but that was our experience. Hee, my experience varied, lol. Is it just me or does it appear that this transition happens, in general, a little earlier/easier for girls then it does boys? I don't mean 100%, I realize there are exceptions. -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2) I would second that. |
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When have you stopped co-sleeping?
Larry McMahan wrote: This continued after Niel was born. When both were nursing at night (a long, long time) Monika would switch from our bed to Clara's bed and back maybe 6 or 8 times in a night. A good night would be only two or three! (snip) Does that answer your question. Gosh, it certainly encouragees me to use contraception! :-O ROSIE knackered enough with one |
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