My different co-sleeping situation

User - posted on 03/24/2009 ( 8 moms have responded )

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I don't co-sleep in the traditional, mommy, daddy, baby way. I sleep with my 8 year old and my 4 month old in their bedroom. anyone else co-sleep without daddy? I actually have a very hard time sleeping with my husband as he snores a lot and loudly. My 8 year old loves having me in her room, although she has just asked that I bring a mattress in for the baby and I to sleep on since she "wants more room to stretch". I can't blame her there. I would also like to get the baby off of my stomach, which is where she currently sleeps, so I think us having our own mattress would help that as well. I co-slept with my older one for 2.5 years exclusively and on and off since then. am I weird, anyone else not sleep with their hubby? I figure I have the rest of my life with him and only a brief period to be close to my babies.

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Eileen - posted on 08/12/2012

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You are all selfish and and don't care about your husbands.

Lucienne - posted on 05/17/2009

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YOUR NOT WIERD!!!

i though i was too... til just then

I dont sleep with my partner.. he is such a wriggler. He has a seperate bed in our room that he sleeps in.



I love sleeping with my baby, and like you i am more than aware that they grow up so fast and i dont want to miss out on any hugging time.

Britny - posted on 05/01/2009

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Lol I do!



I sleep on the futon...it stays as a couch...with my daughter. Her daddy sleeps on the floor!

At first I felt bad...but he says he sleeps better on the floor...since this thing is uncomfortable!!



But not a bad thought! You have the rest of your life with your husband...but soon your child will grow up and after that be an adult and move out!



Good luck!

Rachel - posted on 04/30/2009

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I spend a good part of most nights in the bedroom shared by my daughters. If I happen to wake up, I get in bed with my husband. When our older daughter was a baby, the three of us shared a king size bed. When our younger daughter was born, my husband moved to the other bedroom and the girls and I shared the big bed. Then we got them each their own bed, and now I usually fall asleep with my little one. My little one will take naps with my husband, so it's not that they don't sleep ok together in the same bed, its more of a space thing for us. My kids like knowing I am near (and even when I am not in the room, I am only across the hall!), but now that my younger one is 2 1/2, I am trying to make sure that my husband and I make time for each other.

Lisa - posted on 04/27/2009

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My husband is deployed in Afghanistan right now, so I've been co-sleeping with my 7 month old since day one withOUT daddy. He's coming home next month [after 15 looong months] and even still, I'd rather sleep with my baby boy. He doesn't want our baby in the bed when he gets home and I'm not sure I like that idea. So I'll let you know! :)

Heather - posted on 03/27/2009

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I co-sleep with only my daughter, her father works very late hours, so rarely does he go to bed the same time we do.  My sister co-sleeps with her 18 month old son in one room and her husband co-sleeps with their 5 year old daughter in her room.



 



As long as it works for your family, it doesn't matter how others preceive it. For you are the one that has to deal w your children on a day to day basis.

Amber - posted on 03/25/2009

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I am a single mom so I never sleep with the other parent!  But when she is at his house, they do co-sleep.  I don't think this is a problem at all, and definitely not weird, as long as you and your husband are on the same page and are sure to get time in that you two get to spend together and alone!  While my childs father was not the right person for me, I can definitely say that one of our major downfalls was that after our daughter was born we didn't make any time for us.

Crystal - posted on 03/25/2009

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Nope, I don't sleep well without my husband so that wouldn't work for us. We let the kids sleep in the bed with us if they need to, but that doesn't happen a lot now.