How many cosleepers out there?

Dayna - posted on 03/31/2010

I am so glad to hear that other mom's are still co-sleeping! My son was sleeping in the bassinet beside my bed for the first 5 months. After switching him to the crib he would wake up more often. We start out in the crib and then once he wakes up a couple times I bring him in the bed with us. I don't get as good of a sleep but he will sleep until about 8am and I am happy with that. I too may regret it later but both my husband and I are enjoying these moments.

Ally - posted on 03/30/2010

I start my little angel in her crib but when she wakes up to eat she moves into our bed. My son wasn't breast feed and he NEVER slept in our bed. But when you breastfeed it is so much easier!

Heather - posted on 03/30/2010

As a healthcare worker I was so afraid of this but when I wasnt getting any sleep we bought a pillow for cosleeping best thing i ever did my ella quickly learned to dream nurse with me lying down so I just roll over to her when she needs to nurse which is still about 3 times a night. my husband doesnt move and with the special pillow there i dont have to worry.

Victoria - posted on 03/30/2010

We cosleep in the morning...my son gets up about 4 am to eat and he let him in the bed with us. I'm breastfeeding and its just easier but also since we both work full time and I'm also in school, its the best family time we get. We used to use a snugglenest but we've since stopped using the nest.

Nicole - posted on 03/30/2010

We also cosleep with our son. I lost a nephew to SIDS and I myselft as an infant stopped breathing and was brought back by CPR and heart massage. So.. I have ways been hesitant to my son sleeping away from me. At first, it was difficult, because my sons father did not want to have him sleep with us. But as a mother, I stood to my grounds. As a nursing mom, it has made it so I have been able to get plenty of sleep. And I always wake to a smiling baby. We all sleep perfectly together now :)

Catherine - posted on 03/29/2010

We still cosleep with our Sept baby. He sleeps in his crib until we go to bed, then he joins us. He's breastfed and still usually wants to eat once during the night (around 2am) and it's MUCH easier just to have him there with me already--I can nearly sleep right through it! Plus he eats quite a bit as soon as he wakes up in the morning. I'm kind of looking forward to having my whole bed space back, but I'm not in any hurry to kick him out. He's always smiling when he wakes up, and that's a joy.

Anna-lee - posted on 03/29/2010

My son was prem baby so I got used to co-sleeping but he is now 6months old and during the day he sleeps in his own room in his cot but during the night he sleeps with me in my bed. Im also a single parent so im not concerned with the dad rolling over and squashing him. I also dont smoke or drink which are the main reasons why we are told not to co-sleep.

Rachel - posted on 03/29/2010

I have my daughter in bed with me once hubby goes to work (some days 11pm others 3am). I just wait until she wakes for a feed, I still breastfeed, and lay down with her. Hubby thinks it's to dangerous to have her in bed with us. My 7 year old will usually sneak in at about 5am and we all sleep until 7 when I get up to get all the older kids ready for school. Bubs sleeps in the same room as the 7 year old but none of my kids are able to sleep in a room by themselves...we've tried and had to go looking for them in the mornings and usually found them in each others beds or rooms. The other kids are 13,12,and 10.5 so I guess you could say all my kids still cosleep in their own ways.

Hafsa - posted on 03/28/2010

i too keep my baby next to me..infact both my babies sleep with me..and very peacefully...as i too breastfeed.....its so much more easier u know....

Kristy - posted on 03/28/2010

i dont only because im scared of sids, i have her next to me in her cot, im more worried about dad squashing her than me. But i have never had a problem with her slepping, she has slept through the night since 10weeks and self settles in her own bed. I also dont want to start any habbit they will be hard to break later on.

Amanda - posted on 03/28/2010

I cosleep. My son is 6 months and has been cosleeping since he was born. If you look at the evidence, with breastfeeding mothers SIDS actually reduces if you cosleep. There is only a higher rate of SIDS while cosleeping if you formula feed. THis is only because breastfeeding mothers naturally sleep in a cradle like way to protect their baby because thats how its easy to breastfeed. As long as the FF mothers sleep in this same way I am sure there isnt a problem.

Jessica - posted on 03/28/2010

not wrong at all. I am 28 I am currently doing the same thing. We like ALL MAMALS produce milk to feed our young. Don't most mamals sleep with theirs too???? My little birdie will sleep with me until she is ready to fly!

Christine - posted on 03/27/2010

I co-sleep. My son sleeps better through the night if he sleeps with me.

Sarah - posted on 03/27/2010

We do it too! It's so much easier with breastfeeding and we both sleep so much better!

Jennifer - posted on 03/26/2010

I had my daughter in bed with me when she was like 2 weeks old because it was so much easier with her waking up every 3 hours during the night , I became a very light sleeper when she came around and i have a queen size bed. Daddy sleeps on the couch because he has to get up and go to work in the morning and he needs his sleep.and hes a cranky butt... She wakes up in the middle of the night for her paci so I'm up 5 & 6 times a night shushing her back to sleep sometimes. she goes to sleep and naps in her crib now that shes older but i move her over to the bed with me at like 5 in the morning so i can put her back to sleep and we can wake up together in the morning she likes that

Mindy - posted on 03/26/2010

I've done the same with my 2 boys and now my daughter. I love it. I've been told it is wrong too.

Linda - posted on 03/26/2010

I have 3 children and never was a co-sleeper w/the 1st 2. Then came along my preemie and we still only co-sleep now and then. Never with my husband in the bed due to him being a very heavy sleeper. I'm a very light sleeper and when she moves I'm up. It was just so much easier to have her in the bed with me for those night time feedings. At around 4 months she started sleeping through the night and no more sleeping with Mommy unless she's sick. I loved having her in the bed with me, but I now also love the freedom to move around with her being in her crib in her own room.

Priscilla - posted on 03/26/2010

I'm 41 have 4 children Brittany 23 , Kenyata,20 , Chazzmine 13 and Zoey 6 months they all slept with me ... I feel if you are comfortable with your babies sleepin with you & a light sleeper then go for it i am a light sleeper anytime my children moved i was alert and awake.

Nicole - posted on 03/26/2010

I breastfeed. My son is 6 months but he sleeps in his bed. He sleeps all night so I pump in the morning instead of waking up in the middle of the night.

Deb - posted on 03/26/2010

I have co slept with both of my children. My 7 yr old slept with me and my husband untill he was 18months.....and we plan on doing the same for our 6month old daughter. We absolutely love it....both of our babies slept through the night from an early age and because I am a breastfeeding mother I have found it to be the easiest way for us all too get a good nights sleep.

Antoinette - posted on 03/26/2010

I do it. Its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo much easier! I have a 15month foster daughter that I have had since 3 days old, I agreed to take her on and then discovered I was pregnant. She started in her own cot but I got very tired being pregnant getting up and down to a newborn (I'm a solo mum - probably crazy but meh you gotta do what you gotta do right!?) so at night she ended up with me but would sleep in her cot during the day. When I had my son the poor lass got kicked out so that I could have him with me to breastfeed, she was ok so long as someone was in the same room as her but at about 1yr slept better on her own. Mr 7months still sleeps with me and breastfeeds 3-6 times in the night lastly at about 6am when little Miss wakes up and comes and joins us and I kid myself for about half an hour that we might all go back to sleep and then I give up and the day begins!

Donna - posted on 03/25/2010

I've been sharing the same bed with my 6mo old from the day he was born. But not in the same room as his daddy as he finds the night feeding and late night crying annoying!! I am fine with that since he has to work in the morning while I'm a stay at home mom. i tried putting him in his crib when he turned 1mo but he wakes up for feed every 2hrs so it got to tiring for me. Easier to have him next to me... to soothe him back to sleep whenever he stirs (nightmares?) or drop his pacifier at night. I love it! Once he can sleep all night through I will try to let him sleep in his own room. Until then, I'm enjoying every night of having him close to me..

Erin - posted on 03/25/2010

Our son sleeps w/us & has since he was 3-4wks. I won't put him in his crib because his brother likes to climb in there w/him & I'm afraid he'll step on his arm & break it. So until he's bigger & can hold his own he'll be in our bed; this drives my husband absolutely nuts! We were getting a little used to our 3 yr old just getting out of our bed and then we had our baby... :)

Bridget - posted on 03/25/2010

Most nights my daughter sleeps in her crib, though she wakes up every 1 1/2 -2 hours, on the nights I cant handle waking up that much I bring her in with us. She sleeps for 3-4 hours when with us. I may regret it later, but I love it.

Arin - posted on 03/24/2010

I still sleep with my son if I have a hard time getting to fall back to sleep in the middle of the night. It's the only way we get any sleep. He sleeps so much better when he's next to me in bed.

Alika - posted on 03/24/2010

my son cosleeps and sleeps in his crib....he only co sleeps with me when i nurse him early in the morning (6 or 7 am) and during some naptimes....

Krystle - posted on 03/23/2010

I dont breastfeed but my son is 6 months and has been sleeping with us and he sleeps the whole night through

Angela - posted on 03/23/2010

I do it! My daughter is 6 months old, breastfed, and wakes up about twice a night. Thats what works best for both of us!

Wendy - posted on 03/23/2010

We do it! We had switched her over to her crib at 100 days old but after a 3 weeks she started fussing, so we put her back with us. She sleeps so much better, as do we.