https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:03:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cosleeping-with-a-mobile-baby#post-1657031 Sun, 25 May 2014 08:51:46 +0000 Zbug 1657031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks, all!! It seems like maybe I can just wait and see then. Hopefully, she won't try to her off the bed when she wakes up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cosleeping-with-a-mobile-baby#post-1656822 Sat, 24 May 2014 21:53:30 +0000 Rockies11 1656822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Zbug: mine is 10 months and we co-bed. We had rails for a bit (which did work well) but then I just bought a low frame with the intent of having it not injure her if she fell, and teaching her to climb in and out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cosleeping-with-a-mobile-baby#post-1656772 Sat, 24 May 2014 21:01:58 +0000 JessKas 1656772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is nine months, and we still co bed. We surround her with pillows and use the monitor, and like the PP babies she cries when she wakes. Also in the last few weeks she seems to understand the edge. She crawls to the edge, puts her hand over, and backs up. She also learned how to get off the bed on one side where we have a dog bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cosleeping-with-a-mobile-baby#post-1656478 Sat, 24 May 2014 14:29:01 +0000 Mamasig 1656478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put pillows around him and when he would start to awaken I'd go check on him. He usually just sat up in bed and started to cry. He didn't actually try to get off the bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cosleeping-with-a-mobile-baby#post-1656477 Sat, 24 May 2014 14:27:11 +0000 deerylou 1656477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is ten months, crawling and cruising, and we are still bed sharing. We go to bed as a family, as my husband and I like getting to the bedroom early to read or Netflix, and LO is a bit of a night owl, by baby standards (9pm). However, if we are to leave LO in the bed on her own, we just set up a few pillows and turn the monitor on. She's actually quite good at announcing that she's awake - she will literally wait for us at the foot of the bed calling, "Ma!" We try to prompt her to get off our bed, arm chair, and couch feet first, so hopefully she picks that up, down the line. </p> <p>Depending on how long you would like to continue cosleeping, I'd look into rails or consider rearranging the bed to be snug against a wall, if budding mobility makes you nervous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cosleeping-with-a-mobile-baby#post-1656435 Sat, 24 May 2014 13:03:38 +0000 MrsBeluga 1656435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe pushing her crib right up to your bed would work. Safety for her, proximity for you?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cosleeping-with-a-mobile-baby#post-1656418 Sat, 24 May 2014 12:32:43 +0000 mrsjazz 1656418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Zbug: How high is your bed? We taught LO how to get off the bed. We would start even before she could get off by herself so that she knew she had to use her feet first to get off. We never had any issues with her falling off once she was mobile.</p> <p>We never used rails, but one side of the bed had her crib attached to it, so she couldn't fall off of that end anyway. If you're worried I'd get the rails or transition to the crib (unless you want to keep co-sleeping). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cosleeping-with-a-mobile-baby#post-1656406 Sat, 24 May 2014 12:19:57 +0000 Zbug 1656406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is almost 8 months, and we are cobedding. She usually goes to bed around 7/7:30, and we join her a few hours later. She knows how to roll but doesn't move around much while sleeping. I do use a monitor and put pillows on the edge of the bed, but she's never even come close to them. I'm thinking this will have to change when she starts crawling. One idea I had was to transition her to the crib until we are in bed/her first wakeup. I'm nervous about how this will go though. Should I start transitioning her now before she starts crawling? Or put rails on our bed?</p> <p>How did/do you cosleep with a crawler or walker? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-112010 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:18:36 +0000 chopsuey 112010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: YAY! I was thinking about you before I went to bed last night! :D We got a cheapie monitor because we just wanted something that would get the job done. Didn't need anything fancy. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Night-Monitor-Screen/dp/B001N44UVC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1333635440&#038;sr=8-8" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Night-Monitor-Screen/dp/B001N44UVC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1333635440&#038;sr=8-8</a></p> <p>It's been working well for us for over a year now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-112008 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:15:08 +0000 Mrs. Pen 112008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: well I would consider it a success! He slept for two hours on his own, it was wonderful to have some alone time with DH. I think I will talk to DH about a video monitor, it would give me peace of mind. We only have an audio one right now, so I was still checking on him constantly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111772 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:44:43 +0000 looch 111772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I coslept for about 10 months, but in my son's room on a bed in there. I finally had enough because we were both sleeping terribly and we sleep trained. I felt at 10 months he was more mature and ready for it, where at 4 months there was no way he was able to self soothe.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111746 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:57:32 +0000 chopsuey 111746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: oh jk he's on your bed.. Like I said, we kept our monitor on Lo so we could make sure she was okay on her own. If you don't have one, you should buy one. Small price to pay for peace of mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111744 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:55:18 +0000 chopsuey 111744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: yay! So awesome! Is he in the arms reach sleeper or on a mattress? We watched our baby monitor like crazy in the early weeks and months! It was a must have! Hopefully your Lo will continue to sleep well so you can get stuff done and have some quality time with your Dh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111741 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:42:38 +0000 Mrs. Pen 111741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I just tried it! He did wake a few minutes after I crawled out of bed, but instead of picking him up I just left him, he grunted and squirmed for about 15 minutes, but never cried, so I let him be. Eventually he went back to sleep and now he's been asleep for nearly half an hour so far! Woohoo!!<br /> The only thing is I'm not sure how I feel about him sleeping on our bed without us.. hmm.. I keep checking on him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111633 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:02:33 +0000 Mrs. Pen 111633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: actually we only bought the arms reach co sleeper for now, it's next to our bed. I will for sure be trying this! He already does unlatch himself when he falls asleep.</p> <p>@banana: Well that sounds similar to what I'm doing then! Cosleeping for now while he is young, and hoping to do a gentle sleep train in about a month. I totally agree about newborn potentially going through shock, gentle techniques is best and honestly at this time I love being with/holding him!</p> <p>But I do miss cuddling with my hubby at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111483 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:33:20 +0000 banana 111483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: I'm going to co-sleep in the beginning until around 2 or 3 months and then sleep-train. Similar to what I did with my LO. The first few months is so essential for building up milk supply and providing nutritents for the baby that I prioritize that first. Then once that's all settled, I will do sleep-training. I figure the baby just came out of my cozy womb and is used to being enclosed and warm 24/7. I don't want to shock her, if that makes sense? I'm all about slow transitions. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111466 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:28:05 +0000 chopsuey 111466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: As soon as your LO falls asleep, just slowly unlatch your nipple from his mouth and carefully crawl out of bed. Does he have a crib? If you can get a floor mattress for him, you may actually get him to sleep on his own for a bit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111465 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:28:01 +0000 Mrs. Pen 111465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: are you going to try gentle sleep training early on? I'll let you know what I think of it, still in the first chapter tho! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111461 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:26:45 +0000 banana 111461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: I never read the no-cry sleep solution. Would love to hear your thoughts on that one and whether it works for you or not. Since every baby is so different, I can't assume the same methods will work for my 2nd baby (coming in 3 months!). We're going to try the same method as before but if it doesn't work, I'd love to have something else in my backpocket that doesn't involve full on CIO (I'm also a fan of gentle sleep training). :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111456 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:23:22 +0000 Mrs. Pen 111456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: that sounds like a really great method.. I am reading The No Cry Sleep Solution, I wanted to be prepared once he does hit the age where it's okay to sleep-train (my midwife said 11 lbs, he is 9lbs right now). Your method sounds very sweet, calming and gentle. Not a fan of CIO, and especially not at this age. I just don't think he would know WHY I'm doing it. I do want a very gentle approach. I will look into The Baby Whisperer!<br /> @chopsuey119: I do nurse lying down during the night, I'll have to try that for bedtime so DH and I can have our time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111440 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:15:33 +0000 chopsuey 111440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: My LO would wake up whenever I put her down after nursing her.. which is why I started nursing lying down. It worked well for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111438 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:14:24 +0000 chopsuey 111438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I co-slept with my LO on a floor mattress since she was born! At 2 weeks pp I would go back and forth between our bed and hers.<br /> Have you tried nursing your LO to sleep lying down next to him? That's what I did. Once my LO fell asleep, I'd just sneak out of her bed and go back to mine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111435 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:11:39 +0000 banana 111435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: Oh, he's a little guy! :) Cute! I thought he was a toddler for some reason. Ok, so we did co-sleep from 1 month to 3 months (totally forgot about this) because BFing was so much easier this way. Then we transitioned him to his crib and he slept in it until 10 months. </p> <p>Sorry, this is kinda long but thought I'd share what worked for us. So what we did to transition him from co-sleeping to crib at 3 months was to do a gentle sleep training. We used modified Baby Whisperer methods but there are many other methods to use and try so depends on the baby and depends on how you feel about CIO methods. He probably feels safe and secure sleeping near you (who wouldn't be right?) so I think the key is to make him feel safe and secure in the crib. We laid him down on the crib (and of course he would HATE it) and patted him and shushed him. If he was CRAZY fussy, we picked him up and rocked/shushed until he began to feel drowsy. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. We never left the room until he fell asleep. It was TIRING as heck but the end result was worth it. If he woke up in the middle of the night, we promptly (like within 5 seconds) went to his room to let him know/feel "Mommy and Daddy are here. We heard you. Don't worry, we're here" and then repeated the above. Eventually (maybe in a week or 2) he would go down and fuss for like 10 minutes and then fall asleep.</p> <p>There were a lot more things that went into it but those are the basics.</p> <p>Have you read any of the sleep training books? I read probably 3 or 4 of them and decided to try the Baby Whisperer method because I didn't want to do a full on CIO method. But some parents swear by CIO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111426 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:56:13 +0000 Mrs. Pen 111426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: he is only 6 weeks old and we HAVE to co-sleep. I originally wasn't going to, but he won't sleep otherwise. If I put him in his bed or my bed without us, he will wake up within minutes. I've tried the swing, the stroller/carseat and bouncer chair, he won't sleep anywhere but with us. I don't know how to find time for hubby and me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111425 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:53:44 +0000 banana 111425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miss-spunkin: Before 10 months he slept in his crib! At around 10 months, he wouldn't go to sleep without us being in his room (we were laying down on the floor) so we thought it would be easier to just bring a floor mattress into his room. Ever since then, he wanted to sleep on it with one of us. Our "intimate" time was right after he fell asleep. We would wait til he fell asleep, then sneak out to watch TV, intimate time, whatever...and then one of us would go to sleep with him for the rest of the night. In hindsight, we probably didn't need to go BACK and sleep with him. We were just worried that he would wake up and be freaked out that nobody was there. At 20 months, we thought "Eh. Let's give it a try." so we decided not to sneak back in. After a week, he was totally cool with it. LOL.</p> <p>What's your situation now? How old is your LO and what does he do if you're not sleeping next to him? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111417 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:48:35 +0000 Mrs. Pen 111417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: wow! Where did he sleep before 10 mos?<br /> and how did you and your husband have any intimate time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111412 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:45:47 +0000 banana 111412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We co-slept from around I think 10 months - 20 months (not sure 100% but something like that). But we co-slept on a floor bed in LO's room, which I think helped transition easier because he was already accustomed to sleeping in his room on his own bed. When we decided not to co-sleep, we would stay with him until he fell asleep, then sneak out. If he woke up in the middle of the night, we would go in and sleep with him for the rest of the night. We did this for maybe a week or so and then one night he just slept the whole night by himself. We made sure he wasn't able to get out of the floor bed by himself by encasing the bed with a plastic playard fence. </p> <p>I don't know exactly what we did to make the transition easy for us and him. But it only took a week and now he sleeps by himself on the same floor bed in his room all night. I think the "secret" for us was that as SOON as he woke up, we would quickly go in his room and soothe him. I think for us, it was about building trust, that he's not alone and that we will always be there anytime he needs us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-mamas-who-coslept#post-111401 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:32:02 +0000 Mrs. Pen 111401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I co-sleep with LO for sanity's sake! He won't sleep in his bed, and I've come to terms with it. We both sleep best when we're together so for now, that's what works for us.</p> <p>But I am wondering, for other mama's, how hard was it to wean LO into their own bed and when did you do it? </p>