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happyforest (959.6 days ago)
i love co-sleeping with my 7 month old. i dont want to still be doing it when he is 4 though or with more than one baby at once! thats just not for me. but i like co-sleeping in general. i dont think there is a `right` way for babies to sleep. they are all different. just like adults, some of us sleep better alone and some sleep better with someone. i dont co-sleep for convienence. my son has slept through the night since he was 6 weeks old, so he doesnt wake up at night. FOR ME, i do it bc i love cuddling him all night and so does he. i also feel is it the most natural and instinctual thing, no other living thing makes a SEPERATE bed for their young. i understand that it is up to people to do that if they choose, but some people dont feel the need. i dont think people should choose sides or judge anyone else based on THEIR babies sleeping situation. only the mother knows their babies sleep pattern, likes, dislikes, and habits. so for someone who has no clue how your baby is to tell u how for them to sleep is just silly. the same thing goes for feeding your baby breastmilk or formula or solids or cereal, only the mom and baby know when its time. :)

lane (959.6 days ago)
I`m not trying to start an argument or to offend anyone, but my opinion of cosleeping is that it`s more for the parent rather then the child. A baby can sleep fine alone, both my children did. They slept in their own cribs in their own rooms since birth. All i get from people who cosleep are that they don`t want to get up in the middle of the night to feed their newborn and then the baby gets into the habit and codependence on their parent to go to sleep. Just an all around bad idea to me sorry!

juels101 (959.6 days ago)
Nah I could never do that. Our bed is for us only lol. It`s our time along where we can stay up and talk, not to mention we have regular sex there. Just need my alone time, to stay up and read if I want etc. Our kids go to bed in there own bed way before us as well so we can go to bed whenever we want and not have to wake them. Some people need that from there kids, just not for me.

athenaB1984 (959.7 days ago)
I hardely get `sexy time` as it is...if I co-slept, I would NEVER get me some..lol.

dayshasmom (959.8 days ago)
for me, my husband works nights and my DDs bedroom is on the other side of the house. Our house was broke into and I seem to get very nervous that someone will break in while Im home alone with our daughter. She has done both, for the first year she slept with me, then she slept in her room until she woke up and now its back and forth but mostly in her room. I like having the peace of mind knowing shes ok and since hubby`s not home it doesn`t interfere with our alone time. To help ease my mind about her being in her room I had DH put a very large and extremely heavy armoire(spelling?) in front of her window.

harimaudahan (959.8 days ago)
I never coslept except for vacations of course and if my daughter was sick and I needed to keep a closer eye on her. But every morning Sarah wakes up and crawls into my bed for a few min of cuddling before we start our day. Even if I get up before her she goes straight to my bed and I have to join her there lol.

thebigtomato (959.8 days ago)
Definitely not for me either. I don`t even like my hubby touching me while I`m sleeping. A cramped bed packed with the whole family (all 3 cats included because they`re usually in the bed anyway) would be torture for me. I get SOOOO hot while I sleep that heat radiates off of me and anything touching me just makes it worse. Plus, I`m a violent sleeper (have hit hubby in my sleep, kicked and hit the cats, etc... or so hubby tells me) so it wouldn`t exactly be safe for children either. Of course, when I did cosleep with my son when he was an infant, I was conscious enough to be more careful, but I was also not sleeping well and was incredibly strung out during the days. My son sleeping in his own bed where I can actually sleep well enough to enter rem works best for me (and also him since a well-rested mommy is a happy mommy). Plus, dh and I do the nasty rarely enough as it is. If ds slept with us, it would never happen.

RobinG (959.8 days ago)
daytime :)

~amy~ (959.9 days ago)
I love the idea of a family bed!

RobinG (959.9 days ago)
We are totally co sleepers, I know a number of moms who were. We loved it and I really miss it. Hunter didnt like it so he isnt a co sleeper. We have a king size bed and it is perfect. We co slept for many years.

mrs.leyva (960 days ago)
I could NEVER do that. Nothing against it. Its just not for me. We had our boys sleep in in room in a bassinet until they were around 3-4 months, but after that they were off to their own room. I wouldn`t have any other way. Our room is like my little tranquil retreat where I can just unwind, relax, and have Mommy & Daddy time.

malachismom (960.1 days ago)
I am getting a little tired of it. My son coslept until he was 1-1/2 then we got about a year of our bed back, then I got pregnany with our daughter and have been sharing the bed with her for 8months. I like it when they are old enough to give you some space, but I would prefer to only fight with my husband over covers and bed space.

Amalthea (960.1 days ago)
I have been co sleeping with my son since he was ity bity, it worked out best for me... my hubby doenst really like sharing the big bed with him cause he feels like he has to sleep all rigid... and has been complaining but lets me win... but for about a month or so now, Ean has been sleeping in his bed til about 3 or4 am and for 4 nights in a row this past week hes slept thru the night.. hes now 18 months and needs to learn to sleep in his bed..especially if we want to have another baby... jsut get rid of one and add another ..LOL..but i wouldnt have it any other way... I love co sleeping and Ean is always welcome in the big bed, as we call it

mumsy (960.1 days ago)
It IS wonderful. Before I became a parent, I kind of poo-pooed it (I have since thrown out all preconceived notions!), For us, there is noting better than knowing our little cherubs are safe ad sound under our wings. The sleep isn`t perfect, but well worth it :)



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