Stopping Co-Sleeping: Toddler
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Co-sleeping What's Your Take on It?
Asked by K.H. from Wausau
on February 15, 2012
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Personally I don't do Co-sleeping because it makes me too nervous but I was just wondering what your views on it were.
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- I didn't think I would ever co-sleep, but I did with my first when he was about 5 months old and have with my next two. There is nothing better in this world than bei...
- It doesn't bother me. I did it with my second son out of survival! To each their own, whatever works!
- The best advice I got when I was preggo with my first was to NEVER rock your baby to sleep and to put them down awake in their own crib/bed so they learn to put themse...
Co-sleeping Options
Asked by K.A. from San Francisco
on May 10, 2009
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My husband and I want to continue co-sleeping with our 10 month old son, and are trying to figure out how to do this safely. Currently, the baby and I are sleeping on...
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- Hello K. A: This is the first time I have ever heard of the term "co-sleeping". Being the mother of 5 and raising several other children as newborn infants being p...
- I suggest you stop the co-sleeping, because in the future you may run into trouble with your baby sleeping in his own crib/room. It will be a hard habit to break. Goo...
- If you have room in your rooom (it sounds like you do) we bought a crib that has a toddler bed conversion. I converted it to a toddler bed adjusted the matress level ...
Co-sleeping?
Asked by J.G. from Phoenix
on November 13, 2008
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I'm looking for some advice from all of you experienced moms! Last week we started co-sleeping with our one-month-old daughter. It started-out by accident because I ...
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- This is totally your decision to make and what ever it is it will be the best for your family. In my opinion, the sooner they are sleeping by themselves the better you...
- I have a 2 1/2 YO and we coslept for two years. Transition was my DAUGHTER's choice. I am responding because a lot of people have said transition is so hard. It is onl...
- I slept with my babies, but was chastised by my pediatrician for it. What he said made sense & although I continued to let her fall asleep in bed with me after nursin...
Attachment to Co-sleeping
Asked by E.W. from Seattle
on May 12, 2008
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I currently co-sleep with my 6 month old daughter during the later part of the night (about 12-6am). She is not a very strong sleeper and still wakes up often during ...
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- E., to maintain your future sanity and your marriage, I advise you to do the "bad mommy" for a few nights and get it over with! My husband had to physically hold me do...
- My son was a very light sleeper and only wanted to sleep with me! I know how you are feeling, but we got to the point where we had to do the cry it out thing. He was...
- We coslept all night with our first baby. He was premature and we needed to monitor him throughout the night, and it was a whole lot easier to do with him right there...
Co-sleeping
Asked by K.O. from Portland
on June 6, 2007
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I have a 3 month old son who is nursing. I recently started lying down while I nurse him at night and now he never wants to leave my bed. I have a co-sleeper that he...
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- hi there, my son is 9 mos old and has slept with me most of the night from the beginning. as long as you can sleep comfortably with him in your bed i think it is ...
- Good for you! Cosleeping is great! Some babies need that closeness with mom and who can blame them after being inside us for9 months?! There is a transitional period w...
- I have been co-sleeping with my son since he was born (we also had a side car co-sleeper) and am a big fan. Sometimes he would use the co sleeper, sometimes he would n...
Questions/opinions on Co-sleeping
Asked by H.D. from Sacramento
on March 14, 2008
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My son is 7 weeks old and up to this point he has slept in a bassinet right next to the bed. My son wakes up through the night wanting to eat (I am breastfeeing) and ...
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- I think it's an issue of preference. The risk of Sids and things are heightened when say, a parent has had a sedetive to help sleep, or alcohol and doesn't respond to ...
- Hi H., I co-slept with my daughter sleeping on my chest or next to me with great success until my hubby started waking her up with his snoring and talking in his slee...
- I don't think that co-sleeping is healthy for kids and their is no research that shows that it increases bonding. My daughter is a year old and slept in our room (bass...
Co-Sleeping Issue
Asked by M.B. from Eugene
on May 23, 2009
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I am the happy mother a a 3 year old and a brand new 3 week old baby girl. With my 3 year old, I did not co-sleep nor did I nurse in bed. She would sleep in a cradle ...
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- We did part time cosleeping with our son until he was one y/o then we committed to full-time cosleeping. He's now two and we are all very happy with the situation. L...
- Hello M., I'm a mother of twin girls and I can tell you it's natural for them to wake up every 2-3 hours for about the first month or so. Your first child sounds ...
- I used a bassinet that hooked to the bed, so he was literally in arms reach, but safely in his own bed. When he was older I used it as a pack and play I think its call...
Co-sleeping
Asked by N.C. from Boston
on February 26, 2008
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I am a new mom of a 3 1/2 week old boy who is still learning a ton. My question is in regards to co-sleeping and developing good sleeping habits. So far, I think my so...
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- Hi N., Congratulations on your little boy! I don't believe you need to worry too much about setting "bad habits" when your baby is so young. At 3.5 weeks, I'm s...
- I also found it easier to have the little babies in bed with me (I have 5, 3 and 1 1/2 yr-old)- During the day, they would nap in the bassinet so it wasn't like they w...
- My kids, now 13, 11 and 6 all slept with us for some part of their first year and all learned to sleep on their own. (-; The best advice I was never given is: Do wha...
Co-sleeping
Asked by D.P. from Chicago
on January 29, 2007
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To all of you wonderful co-sleeping mamas out there I am looking for some advice and support. First, the advice. We have a bedrail on one side of the bed with the be...
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- We dealt with my husbands snoring by having his tonsils removed and getting his deviated septum fixed 2 months prior to baby being born (he had/has sleep apnea). I als...
- D.: it is a LONG time ago but there was a pad that I had that I put under my sheet where the babies slept to protect the bed... I have no idea what it was but i...
- I can help with with the snoring. There is a dental device that you wear at night to help position your jaw and eliminates the snoring!! it is easy and comfortable t...
Co-Sleeping Advice?
Asked by A.C. from Washington DC
on August 31, 2009
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I LOVE having baby Miles sleep in our bed with us... but I'm getting concerned about, most importantly his Safety, and also his growing independence.
What have you...
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- both of mine slept with us from infantcy. if he decides he would rather play than sleep move him to his crib and say if he cant lay down and go to sleep he has to go ...
- Hey A. - its D. from Nova Moms with 2008 babies. : ) I co-sleep with my son William still (he is 18 months), sometimes he sleeps on a toddler mattress on the floor and...
- Hi A. - My son is 3 years old and has slept with us from the day he came home from the hospital. If you are fine with your little guy in your bed there is no reaso...
