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DS had always slept in a co-sleeper crib at night up until recently. He now starts the night there and I bring him into bed beside me after his first wake-up after I go to bed. He sleeps so much better right beside me. I feel human again and no longer have symptoms of postnatal depression due to chronic sleep deprivation.
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Haven't since she turned 6 months. She sleeps best in my arms. Unfortunately laying down with her doesn't work.
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DS is 2 months, and we do sometimes! Mostly just when it's particularly hard to get him to bed + when we're particularly tired.
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I don't (can't)...my husband does! I'd say it's 50/50 that DH ends up in LOs room halfway through the night--there's a queen bed in her room and DH has no "night time waking" skills in his parenting arsenal except put LO in the bed with him and hope she goes back to sleep.
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Sometimes if she wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to be in our bed. That happened a lot when she was a baby but now at 28 months old she usually sleeps through the nigh in her own bed.
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He's slept in his crib mainly and only during regressions (they have lasted up to nearly 6 months for us) he moved to bed with us after the MOTN wakeups. With LO2 we only co slept during her first 2 weeks or so. We'll see what time will bring (she's only 4 months).
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A couple of times when he was younger, but not now - he loves his cot. He's a pretty early riser and we are always trying to bring him in our bed for snuggles in the morning but he just climbs straight back out and starts handing me my robe and socks from the bedside, and pointing at the kitchen and saying 'THERE'!
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We did for the first 3 weeks ... We planned to put DS in the pnp next to us, but he would cry if he wasn't snuggled right next to mama. None of us slept very well though. He did the rock n play until about 2 months, then moved to the crib in his own room. Things started improving then!
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We used to exclusively until she was about 11 months (with a few months in the rock n play...). Now, she sleeps with us if she is sick or comes into our bed in the middle of the night if she wakes up and we don't usually put her back to bed (unless she is REALLY restless).
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We did until LO was a year. We switched her to a floor bed in her room, but I join her after she wakes up (usually around 3 or 4).
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My son (now 2.5) has never been able to stop wiggling when he's in bed with us. So no... But we were totally open to trying it!
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Very rarely with E. An in-bed best, then a few hours when she was a baby in the morning...18 month sleep regression and a couple nights on vacation. She will co sleep with MIL, though. At 2, she won't with us
I already fell asleep with T, so....but nothing formal set up
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I woke up with a sore rib. She's almost 3 and she kicks.
But we had a "talk" and she knows she knows we're all going to sleep downstairs (in her room) when she gets her big girl bed. This will be after vacation. I hope the transition is quick!
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I never have. My DH wouldn't like it, DD is not too snuggly and it wasn't something we ever were interested in or planned on. Actually, we did it once at an airport hotel on vacation and it was soooooo awful. I'm a little jealous of you mamas who get snuggles all night.
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@bunnylove08: DS is 22 months and been wanting him to sleep in his own bed since birth. lol. Our habit formed because he was a terrible nighttime sleeper till about 12 months due to illness (RSV, flu, etc.) and teething. We have a bed for him and when we ask him to sleep in his own bed, he shakes his head, points to our bed and climbs up.
We have let him fall asleep with us, then move him to his own bed, but he wakes up upset in the MOTN.
What was your game plan and how did you do it????
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Yup! Both girls in the beginning, then cosleeper at 3ish months and crib around five months.
DD2 wakes to eat around five and is in bed with us until we're up for the day. DD1 wake at 7 and crawls in to cuddle/snooze for another hour. It's the best part of my day having both of my babies snuggling and sleeping in my arms. -
Little Dude slept in our bed from 4mos to about 2.5 years. Then we transitioned him to a toddler bed next to us, then across the room. Then he wanted to sleep on a full-size mattress in his own room (yay!) BUT does not usually sleep alone anymore. Now that I'm pregnant my husband usually sleeps with him and I have my own giant bed full of pillows. We expect to co-sleep/sidecar the new baby, too, as long as it works well.
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Yes and I kind of love it! My baby is super cuddly
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@Alivoo01: So my MIL had a great idea, for DD's second birthday she had her pick out her sheets for his big girl bed. When we put the sheets on she was really game to lay in bed. But when it was time to go to sleep, she would not have it. So everyday we just had her get use to the bed but she would be allowed to sleep in the bed with us if she wanted to. we never push DD to do anything she does not want to do because she is a stubborn child.
I think another thing that helped is that we're in the same room as her. We have a one bedroom so her toddler bed is some what close to us (She can see us if she picks up her head). Her sleep is much better now so we can leave the room and if she needs us she just calls out and we come to her.
If you DS has his own room, maybe putting a bed where you can stay with him for a little while can help. Once he gets use to sleeping in the bed, you can tell him you'll stay with him until he falls asleep and if he needs anything just call me and I will always come.
Sorry if my advice is not much help.
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@bunnylove08: DS's toddler bed is in our room and he enjoys playing on it, pretending to sleep, etc, but actually sleeping on it come bedtime is totally out of the question. lol
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@Alivoo01: Our process took seriously 5 months. It was a huge struggle. Lots of putting her back in her bed when she falls asleep.
I did push her bed close to mine and told her to hold my hand because she wanted to cuddle and she would fall asleep like that. She also has this weird thing where she likes to "hide" so we put her blanket over her head and she falls asleep like that.
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We are kind of doing things backwards it seems! DD slept in her crib until 18 months. Then she slept in a bed in her own room. A little after she turned 2 she started wanting to sleep in our bed, so she's been co-sleeping with us ever since. I used to not be able to sleep good with her in the bed, but I'm so exhausted due to pregnancy I sleep pretty good with her now. My DH loves it because he doesn't get to see her much during the week, and I secretly love it too
Although I have no clue what we will do when LO2 comes along.
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@bunnylove08: I'll try falling asleep with DS in his bed since he's a cuddle bug when he's drifting off to sleep. However, DS's bed is the crib mattress, but on a toddler frame so this should be interesting and fun! lol
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@Alivoo01: My son is the exact same way! We bought paw patrol sheets and set it all up for him at the foot of our bed. He climbs in, plays, etc. But for actual sleep it's our bed. Sometimes we do move him back to the toddler bed after he falls asleep. Sometimes he STTN and sometimes he wakes up and crawls into our bed. I have no idea how we'll move him out. I'm hoping when little brother is old enough they will share a room and be cool with it.
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@NovBaby1112: I said the same thing. Eventually #2 joins in!
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My daughter is not a co sleeper. She doesn't understand she's supposed to sleep if she's in bed with us! Ds hasn't, but he's only 6 weeks. We'll see!
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@Alivoo01: DD's is the same thing. I just sat next to her and held her hand. She protested but I told her its this way or the highway. So she accepted it.
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Nope! No one gets ANY sleep if we try with either of my children (1 and 3 yo). When they were infants/nursing, we sometimes did though. Nothing intentional/regular, but I fell asleep with them A LOT.
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Off and on when it works or helps. Not regularly anymore.
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@Mamasig: I'm in the same boat. Keep thinking maybe if LO #2 (whenever we get preggo again, hopefully soon) will entice big brother to share a room with him/her. But that could YEARS from now. Oh lord... lol I love the extra cuddles and the good morning routine he's instilled himself, but he's a heavy roller and omg! we probably look like cirque du soleil during the night sometimes. haha!!!
@bunnylove08: yay for acceptance!!! lol
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She's been sleeping really well in an arm's reach co sleeper since day one so we never brought her into bed with us. Plus DH is really anxious about it so he wouldn't get any sleep if she were in bed with us.
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Yes. My anxiety would be more of a mess if we didnt. I like to have my babies near me for the 100 breathing checks I do at night.
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Nope.
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@Alivoo01: @bunnylove08: our LO's toddler bed is in our room too, and she refuses to sleep in it. "noooo, I want big bed with you!" and then cue the full on meltdown and tears and sobbing
I tried your MIL's approach of buying special sheets for the bed too - LO was so excited at Target to get Frozen bedding, until I told her they were for her toddler bed. Girlfriend whipped that head around and fiercly glared at me, set the sheets right now in the middle of the aisle and said "NO THANK YOU" bawahahahha I don't know how I'll get her out.
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@oliviaoblivia: that's so sweet that L likes to cuddle. R walks into my room and is so chipper and awake and asking for yogurt. she's a crazy alarm clock!
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@yoursilverlining: LOL she is HILARIOUS! I really like her.
We just moved and didn't have all our furniture yet. i put her toddler bed next to our bed on the floor (Mattresses only), she was okay with that.
Do you think a slumber party on the floor might work?
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Yes! Didn't plan to, or read up that much about it, just started doing it early on to reduce sleep deprivation and it just stuck and it works for us now!
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We never did it with dd1 when she was a baby but when she was almost 2 she went thru a major sleep regression and we did it for several months and i grew to enjoy it. We still do it on vacation. Dd2 sleeps with me a good amount. Not every night but a good amount and for naps sometimes. I love it!
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@yoursilverlining: LMAO!!!! Girl knows what she wants!
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Nope. T doesn't want any part of it!
I never encouraged cosleeping, but I wasn't opposed to it if that's what T wanted. But he's very much (and basically always has been) anti-cosleeping. He wants to be in his room and in his bed. I can't even get him to nap with me.
But we had a "talk" and she knows she knows we're all going to sleep downstairs (in her room) when she gets her big girl bed. This will be after vacation. I hope the transition is quick!
Although I have no clue what we will do when LO2 comes along.
I tried your MIL's approach of buying special sheets for the bed too - LO was so excited at Target to get Frozen bedding, until I told her they were for her toddler bed. Girlfriend whipped that head around and fiercly glared at me, set the sheets right now in the middle of the aisle and said "NO THANK YOU" bawahahahha 
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