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we do "partime". sometime he sleeps in his crib and i will bring him into bed in the morning when he wakes up for his one feeding. sometimes he sleeps the whole nite in his basinette (next to our bed) or his crib (in his own room). other times he will sleep with us for most of the nite. we just switch it up for no reason other hten getting him use to sleeping anywhere and to what is more convient for both him and us. but i do love cosleeping and being close to him.... aww i miss the days we wold fall asleep to gether in his rocker when he was a little newborn.

I said "yes" and "no", lol. We co-slept with DD in a co-sleeper until she was about 3 months old, and then in our bed until she was 11 months old. At that point, she was waking up in the middle of the night to "practice" walking, and we figured it was safer for her in her crib full-time. She also napped in her crib from 3 months on, so the transition was not an issue for us.

We co-slept with DS until he was about 4 months old. At that point, we needed to swaddle wean him, and when we did that, he started moving all over tha place in his sleep! It was better for all of us that he move into his crib full-time (not to mention safer) since he didn't want to cuddle anymore at night. He had been napping in his crib since 2 weeks, so again, the transition wasn't an issue for us.

She was in our room for the few 2-3 weeks. Then we started getting her used to the crib. When she was older and I started back at work, there were a few rough stretches where I would bring her to bed around 4 am to nurse and go back to sleep for a while. We tried not to make it a habit though.

We plan to have LO in the rock and play in our room for the first few weeks and then transition to the crib. I'll never be comfortable with LO actually in the bed with us no matter what. My husband weighs 250 pounds and is a very sound sleeper.... I'm just not comfortable with the possibility of him rolling over. Also, I have too many friends that still have their toddlers in bed with them and that seems no good for the marriage in my opinion.

Our nursery is our former guest bedroom. We have decided to leave the queen guest bed in there, along with the crib.
For the first two weeks, we will both sleep in there with LO. After that, I will probably sleep in there a little longer when SO returns to work.
Once we feel comfortable leaving LO in there alone, we will remove the bed and make it solely a nursery.

Personal reasons make me vow to never bring DD into bed with us if there is a chance I (we) could fall back asleep. She will be in a bassinet in our room until 7-8 weeks than then we will transition her into her crib in her room. I don't want the chance of rolling over on top of her in our bed.

We do "part of the night". DD starts out in the pak n play (in our room) and then when she wakes I bring her into bed with us, between me & the wall. We nurse side-lying and sleep like that the rest of the night. We'll probably start "training" to move her into her own room around 18mths if she hasn't started sttn the majority of the time on her own.

ETA: We didn't start out co-bedding, but after almost dropping her while nursing b/c I was just so exhausted and then another occasion where I started nursing her & then woke to her crying BACK in her sleeper (totally don't remember doing that) I knew we had to find another way to safely sleep for all of us. We took our bed off the frame, pushed it against the wall & now we do what I described above. I don't expect her to sttn & won't "train" until she's closer to two.

@FutureMrsMcK: Thank you for the info!

We always cosleep for weekend naps and will sometimes cosleep at night if he wakes up fussy in the middle of the night. We all sleep better if we cosleep plus I love snuggling with my little man.

For the most part we don't but there are a few occasions where I am just so tired I bring him into bed with us. Most of the time I would fall asleep in the recliner with him on the boppy and I would wake up to him nursing again. He is a pro at finding my nipple! Now we are sleep training so no more time in our bed unless its a nap on the weekend.

Hubby and I agreed we would never! At 5 mos dd sleeps part of each night in our bed, depending on how many wake ups she has. We like to keep her in her crib until at least 2-3amish so we get a stretch to ourselves, then when she wakes to feed, we pull her in with us. Oh well, it really does all change once they're here!

Haha...the phrase "family bed" cracks me up every time I hear it!

At this point, we plan on co-sleeping with baby at night for the first few months, as we want to encourage breastfeeding (and I don't want to get out of bed in the middle of the night for weeks on end!). We'll use a co-sleeper. Baby will nap in their own crib and other places. Once night feedings stop, we'll think about changing arrangements.

I never planned on cosleeping either. In fact, it scared me before having DS.
I did the same as you, I nursed half-awake and it allowed me to get more sleep and DS would sleep better, too.
He's 9 months old now and sleeps in his crib until 4am, I nurse him and bring him to bed with me until I get up at 6am to get ready for work, then I move him to the crib. I love our time together at night, since I'm working full time.

I'm curious to see what we will do whenever we have our next child. We think we are going to have a bassinet or pack'n'play in our room. Since Hubby is out of town a lot for work, I wonder if I'll just be so tired that I'll co-sleep when he is gone.

Swore I never would have her in bed with me. My Mom laughed at me and said "just you wait until you are sooo tired and she just wants to nurse. You'll be laying her next to you and sleeping while she nurses.". She was oh so right;) When she was really little, she would sleep on my chest in bed with me. At 2 months a friend gave us a rock n play where she FINALLY was able to sleep not on me. At 4 months she moved to the pack n play next to our bed and now she sleeps with me only if she won't easily go back to sleep after a night feeding (which is everynight). She sleeps next to me and the wall. I am hyperaware of where she is and am a still sleeper. My 300lb DH would not be able to sleep nect to her since he is a sound sleeper and tosses and turns all night.

We'll be using a co-sleeper attached to our bed during infancy, and when they are toddler age they will switch to a floor bed in our room. When they are ready to sleep in a room of their own, great, but I won't be pushing them into it earlier than they are comfortable with.

I am so scared to cosleep and hope LO doesn't make me do it. I want him and need him to sleep but I feel like him sleeping in my bed would make DH & I more nervous because of the increased risks. I hope to just get away with doing the PnP for a few weeks and then get him out of our room entirely. We will see what LOs plans are!

I wasn't sure how to answer...We did a family bed for the first 4 months- awesome. Then we did a crib in our room for another couple months- horrible. Then we moved LO to his own room- pretty good, but lots of times he would end up in our bed after the early morning feeding.

LO really loves sleeping with us and if it was up to him we would still be co-bedding, but I just don't sleep well with him in the bed, so it's a no go now.

@TurtleDoves: Have you considered a co-sleeper? It allows you to get many of the benefits (closeness, easy breastfeeding at night, etc) but keeps you from rolling onto the baby or anything like that.