Do Any Other Moms Have Their Babies Sleeping in Their Beds???

Yeah, my son is almost 10 months old and its sad to say but the only reason I got him in a crib (or am I tryin to) is because he's a wild sleeper and would fall off the bed at night!!! The he eventually learned to climb down from the bed adn would crawl right out of the room!!!! So I put him in a crib for naps and at night, after he breastfeeds in bed I lay him in his crib...I tried a few times to just "let him cry" when he would awake in the middle of the night and honestly, it worked quite a few times...but lately I just haven't had the patience to sit and listen to him scream at 3 or 4am...My only advise is this: Don't let it last too long, because the longer you go with him in the bed, the harder it will be to get him in a crib...like everyone else said you have to BE STRONG and don't give in because then it's just a waste - then you would have just let him cry for no reason for all that time...Good luck :)

I went through the same thing but I guess it is up to you how you feel about your child sleeping in your bed...as crazy as it sounds my 9 year old still crawls into bed with me every now and then...As a child I also slept in my grandmothers bed. So I think it is just a matter of if you have a problem with it or not.

My daughter slept with us until she was about 2. My son will be 2 in February, and he sleeps with us. My parents are telling me how I need to put Brian in the crib but I say no way. He sleeps all night long, since he was a month old. If they are happy in our bed, let him stay. We are all sleeping. Amber went from our bed to her toddler bed, and we will do that with Brian. There is no set rules for parenting, and someone once told me that if it works for you, and doesn't harm your kids, then do it. So needless to say, we do what we see fit. I will say that it is harder for us to sleep this way, but at least we all get some much deserved sleep. Hope this helps.

My son is hmm 3 months and hates his crib too! He sleeps with us, and we enjoy it. I don't think it's a bad thing at all!! He'll grow out of it, but we do make him take his naps in his crib! When he's at daycare he sleeps in a crib, so I dunno why he hates sleeping at night in the crib!

I had my daughter in the bed till she was six month's old.It was very hard for my husband and I to get her to sleep alone but it's either now or when he is in third grade.We had to put her in the crib and let her cry it took two nights till she was adjusted but now she is four in a big girl bed and she is well adjusted.All I have to say is BE STRONG

My now 3 yo slept w/ us a little after he turned 2 but only because I was pregnant and we were running out of room. My now 10 mo sleeps with us still and I can't believe we let her after having the bed to ourselves for a few short months. But for us we need the goodnight's sleep over her screaming in her crib all night, and she will.
It's totally up to you, and don't let anyone tell you what to do.

I think it is totally and completely up to you how you feel and what you are comfortable with. If you enjoy having him close to you and do not mind then there is no problem with it. My daughter was born with a severe heart defect and for about the first 2 months I couldn't hold her and cuddle her. So you're damn right that when she could she slept with me and her daddy. He didn't like it to much in fear that he would roll on her but I let her in either way. Then her dad and I split up, I moved in with my parents and had very limited space so I was not able to get the crib in my room so she slept with me on a folded out futon for about 4 months. Then I finally figured out a way to get a playpen in my room and transferred her into that. Then eventually figured out a way to get her crib in and moved her into the crib, I honestly think she sleeps better now. Yeah she still wakes up but she is still in the same room and all I have to do sometimes is shhh shhh shhh her back to sleep. Maybe call her name softly and tell her I'm right here. She is normally ok, Beieve me, I miss having her right next to me in plain sight where I can just reach over and touch her, but I do think it is better this way. There will come a day where you will be sharing your bed with another man and it will be difficult to do that with a child there. Beleive me. I have a new boyfriend of about 4 months and when I started staying with him during the evenings she slept in the bed closest to the wall. There was not alot of room. She was constantly kicking me, waking up because she couldn't get comfy. And I was always on edge that she was going to wake him up because he had to get up in the morning. I finally got a playpen in his room and that is where she sleeps now. She adjusted jsut fine, Good luck to you!

When my daughter was six months old we put her in the crib and let her cry, a little bit longer every night for about a week and by the end of the week she went in without a fuss. It's VERY hard and all I wanted to do was go in and pick her up, by I didn't give in and it worked. I hope everything works out for you.

We HAD that problem & finally went to our dr. for some help. He said i sounds awful & is easier said than done, but just let her cry it out. He said some kids will cry for 5 minutes & some will cry for 2 hours, but just go as far away from her room as possible so you dont get annoyed. Worked wonders for us, after that she would get rite into her crib and sleep till 8am.

my 3 yr old dtr was born w. reflux...she could not be lied down flat after eating so needless to say she came into our bed at 7 weeks old!!! 3 yrs later still here but at least we ALL sleep well at nite....some may say it is a pain or bad habit..i say to each its own..whatever lets you get sleep and sanity

My first child was a cryer and non sleeper (he still is a non sleeper at age 30.) I wanted
to go <<by the book>> so I'd put him in his crib and let him cry. Sometimes it worked sometimes it didn't. He was so overtired. I regret doing this to some extend. My next son slept for four hours, got up to eat, slept for four hours and so forth. I though something was wrong with him! Little did I know how normal he was!! by my third and fourth and fifth I didn't care. They slept in a cradle near by bed and I rocked it with a string tied onto my big toe. I nursed them in my bed; it was just easier for them and me. Eventually they all slept in their own beds. These are small problems compared to when they suddently turn into teenagers!

I have a 3 1/2 year old and he still sleeps most nights with us. He never liked his crib either and would wake up constantly because mommy wasn't there with him. I would end up just bringing him back to bed with me so I could get some sleep. Well now he is a lot bigger and kicks and flips in his sleep. By rare chance if he does fall asleep in his fire truck toddler bed, I always wake up to find him in our bed. Well my advice would be to you if you do let him sleep in your bed with you just make sure you eventually get him back in his own bed/crib because eventually he will get bigger. I know a mom who has a 7 year old who still sleeps with her and the husband goes and sleeps in the child's twin bed. But whatever works for you and your son is what really matters.

my oldest son hated the crib i was constantly up with him during the night.i ended up taking the matress out of the crib and putting it on the floor along the wall with pillows around the matress. he was about 6 mo. at the time and that was the first time he slept thru the night.

My little one doesn't like her crib either. I try to keep her in her crub as long as possible, but sometimes I need sleep so bad that I give in and just put her in bed with me. I find that she sleeps alot better when she is with us in bed.