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@JoJoGirl: Same here, LO thinks it's a game if we bring her to bed with us. She will jump and climb all over us so we are all awake. She's never been a "snuggler" either so when she's awake we take turns so that way the other one at least can try to sleep in!

LO hates it...even when he's sick! I tried co sleeping with him when he had croup/a bad cold and he was crying every 10 minutes trying to roll over and spread out. Disaster!

Nope. My kid doesn't want anything to do with it. Like you, I've tried when he wakes up extra early and he goes into full on party mode. It makes me sad because I'd love the cuddles!

We've never tried it, but there's no way that M would fall asleep. She is just not a cuddly baby and doesn't stop moving for a second.

She would fall asleep on us in our bed when she was little. Now she won't even fall asleep in our arms. She needs her crib or car seat to sleep.

My daughter has always needed her space. When she was younger she feel asleep in bed with me after nursing maybe 5-6 times. But now at 10 months there's no way she would. She wasn't a very cuddly newborn either.

Haha I'm currently your 1 yes vote, and as I type his I'm laying in bed with DS right now at 3pm. I was desperate to get him to nap because he was way overtired. Generally he starts oh the night in the PNP a couple feet from me, and then around 4am or so I'll be too tired to put him back and we both just call asleep.

When she was really little she would sleep OK in our bed-- not better than in her RnP, I don't think, but on the nights she was up at all hours anyway, it was more restful for me to keep feeding her and switching sides in bed than getting up and down to get her, bring her to bed, feed her, put her back. I would nurse laying on my side, she'd nurse to sleep and I could gently push her onto her back then roll away from her. I never slept great that way but better than being up and down.

Now, since she learned to fall asleep in her own bed, nope. Even when we bring the sound machine into our room, she will happily nurse laying in bed with me, but she won't fall asleep like that. She is pretty cuddly though, so I can get some extra laying down time and snuggling, even if she won't go back to sleep.

@lawbee11: Same- she moves around so much getting settled, DH and I would have to be on the very edges of the bed to not disturb her but keep her from falling out.

Never attempted it because I wasn't interested in co-sleeping so I have no idea if J would like it or not. I know I wouldn't be able to sleep, though, since I couldn't sleep with him in his bassinet in the room. We moved him out into his room after about a week at home! I'm such a light sleeper and need quiet to be able to sleep.

Mom and Dad's bed = jump and play

I think every baby is different, and has their own agenda, related to sleep. We bed share, as our daughter is not a heavy sleeper, on her own. Cosleeping works for our family, but it doesn't jive with everyone.

Mine is not cuddly. I have so many photos of Dh trying to cuddle on her and her face says GET ME OUT OF HERE while her arms and legs flail to free her. Bed time is play time! I think she likes to bounce on it as she's crawling. She moves around so much in her crib, I can't fathom her being in bed with us.

Both of mine hate it. I guess it sounds good that you could grab more zzzz's, but I would rather they sleep independent of me.

@JoJoGirl: yeah, a BFF of mine does this with both kiddos so they sleep late! Sounds good, but on the flip side, they still co-sleep to get their 3 year old off to bed so they're not too thrilled about that part!

This is funny because I brought LO into my bed at 5 am this morning because I thought she might be too cold and all she wanted to do was explore. After 20 min of not falling asleep, I laid her back in her crib and she instantly fell asleep. SMH.

@jojogirl--until she was 6 weeks old, and that was about it. She is just NOT a cuddly kid. Maybe your LO didn't want to sleep with you b/c she spent all day strapped to you

I look at it this way--when my kid sleeps in, I get to have coffee and pee in peace without being chained to the bed It's a glorious feeling when you're an early riser

We used to cobed in the mornings, and then basically one day she just wasn't into it anymore and would only sleep in her crib (or short naps in the Ergo/stroller). Now if she wakes crazy early, which she doesn't do that often, we bring her into bed between us with a few toys and sleep a little longer while she plays. Parents of the year? Most certainly.

@jojogirl, DH was lamenting the same thing about wanting a cuddly baby. I told him to be careful what he wishes for

DS has hated cosleeping! Thankfully he loves his sleep!