Stopping Co-Sleeping
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Co-Sleeping
Asked by J.P. from Chicago
on November 5, 2008
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Hi Ladies,
I co-sleep with my 10 week old and am starting to wonder if I can continue to do so once HE begins to roll over. My older son only slept with me until he ...
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- I started co-sleeping with my son at 3 months through 15 months old. He is now 20 months and still comes into our bed on some nights. Co-sleeping was great until he hi...
- I co-sleep with my 6 month old, and I agree with an earlier post that he rolls towards me. They can smell you, and want to be where you are.
- My second son co-slept from the start and he adjusted well as he grew older. He always slept on his back or side and I was very aware of where he was during the night....
Co-Sleeping
Asked by K.N. from Dallas
on May 4, 2008
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Hello everyone,
I'm a new mom and wanted to see what everyone's experience was in regards to co-sleeping and sleeping in the same room. So far, it's convenient for ...
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- While breast feeding it is great, and as the child gets older it is good and bad. If my daughter awakens from a bad dream I am there to comfort her. If she wakes in th...
- I say go for it! it makes breastfeeding so much easier in the middle of the night, even more so when the feedings get longer. my 9 month old still sleeps with me and m...
- Co-sleeping, when does safely and correctly, can be a wonderful thing -- especially for the breastfeeding mom. I had supply issues so both my OB and LC recommended it...
Co-Sleeping
Asked by M.M. from Tampa
on August 16, 2006
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My husband and I recentley separated and my 8 week old baby that I'm breastfeeding started getting unconsolable, I'm guessing cause of the stress I'm under, but I foun...
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- Please for your own health and sanity do whatever makes your life easier. This is no time to do what the "sleep experts" say! You need to get as much rest as possible ...
- We co-sleep and have for going on 17 months now. A sober parent has never rolled over on a child. However you have to make sure that the bed is good, like no water bed...
- I say, just go with it. There is nothing wrong with letting your child feel secure, especially at a time like this. I co-slept with my daughter for the first 6 month...
Moving from Co-sleeping to Big Boy Bed
Asked by A.C. from Phoenix
on August 18, 2006
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My son is almost 2 1/2 and we have been co sleeping since birth since it was easier for me because he was breast fed. We have long past that stage and I continued to...
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- Set a day to do it - there is no perfect gradual way - - and he'll know what's going on regardless. The morning you're goign to do it - wake up with him & say, "Tonig...
- Hi A.! I have had 3 co-sleepers...Still have my 6 year old sleeping with me (that will be changing soon). What I have done with the other 2 older kids that worked ...
- I'm sorry to repeat advice, but I feel it may help you.Another mother had simular issues and this is what I recomended to her. Please sub she for he, you get the idea....
Will Co-sleeping with Just Daddy Make Our Son Gay?
Asked by E.C. from Los Angeles
on July 16, 2008
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Hi everyone,
I know this question/concern I have may come across strange, but I wanted to use the Mamasource network of moms to see if I am out of my mind with this...
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- Hi E., I know that as parents we get concerned with things that may seem silly to other people. Let me just tell you this, I have several gay friends. Several male a...
- Forgive me. I am going to use an analogy for this one... A climbing rose can spread out across the ground, but it was meant to climb. You can avoid the rose by wa...
- Wow this is sad. My goodness he's a child and that's his dad end of story there is nothing gay about it! So please get over it.
Co-sleeping
Asked by L.S. from Los Angeles
on January 20, 2011
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My daughter will be 2 this Saturday and has been sleeping in our bed since she pretty much got out of her co-sleeper (around 8 months). We tried to get her to sleep in...
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- My daughter was a co-sleeper since birth. I refused to do cio and knew when she got old enough to understand, I would start putting my foot down on her sleeping in her...
- Don't bother with a crib. My son was a co-sleeper by necessity. I transitioned him into his own room and bed by going right to a twin mattress on the floor of his own ...
- If you want your child to sleep in her own bed or crib you have to stop using the crib/bed as punishment. The child will always be reminded of being punished instead o...
From Co-sleeping to CIO???
Asked by S.R. from Lincoln
on July 24, 2011
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What works to gradually decrease co-sleeping? My son is one and does not sleep well on his own...when my sister calls and tells me her little guy is sleeping through ...
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- You are not a failure just because your sister's child is a better sleeper. She's lucky – if she tells you she 'trained' him to sleep, I doubt that that's true. Some...
- I'll be a second voice for the "No Cry Sleep solution" books, by Elizabeth Pantley. Great ideas there. Kids are different. They all have different sleep styles. ...
- Hi, First - don't feel like a failure. Second - tell your sis (politely, at least out loud) to shut it!!!!!!!!!! Comparing kids is what insecure moms do. Moms ...
Co-sleeping Issues
Asked by C.C. from Portland
on November 11, 2006
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hello - i've posted before about my partner's 5 1/2 yr old daughter coming to live with us permanently. well, it hasn't been discussed yet, but i have a more immediate...
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- HI C., I want to preface this with I really hope you don't become offended by what I have to say. It is not mean to be rude or mean. I understand that 5 is a littl...
- C., the sleeping issue IS a problem at 6. This child's mother seems to have been using her as a crutch for her own issues with sleeping alone. It's not healthy or ...
- You need to stop it now .Or she will sleep with you forever. She needs to understand she is to old to be sleeping with someone. Shes a big girl now .
Advice on Co-sleeping
Asked by K.L. from Great Falls
on October 13, 2009
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Hi all! Our new little girl is just about 6 weeks old. Up until now we have been sharing our bed with her....not entirely by choice, she has thus far refused to slee...
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- My son wanted to sleep in our bed with us too when he was a newborn... he would never sleep longer than half an hour outside of our bed, but I slept HORRIBLEY with him...
- You sound like a very sensitive and intuitive mom. I agree that "cry-it-out" techniques break trust and waste calories that could better be used for learning and growi...
- I didn't do the cry it out with my daughter either. I don't like it and nothing anyone said to me was going to make me comfortable with it. We later found out that we ...
Advice on Co-sleeping; to or Not To?
Asked by J.C. from Lynchburg
on September 11, 2008
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My 7 mo old still isn't sleeping through the night. No matter what she eats or whether she naps during the day or not, she wakes up at least twice at night. She's usua...
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- What is the big deal about cosleeping. In the country where I grew up we coslept well into our teen years due to lack of space. I am not "messed up" and neither are mi...
- Hello, I have some tips. First, do not start co-sleeping now.. It is great while they are newborns and are used to it, yet now is not the time to start. Sharing a ...
- NO WAY on the co-sleeping. I had a similar experience with my first daughter, who didn't sleep through the night until she was 22 MONTHS old. I too experienced wei...
