Stopping Co-Sleeping
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Sibling Co-sleeping: When & How?
Asked by J.C. from Kansas City
on December 31, 2007
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My daughters (17 mo & 5 yrs) both wake in the night & come into our bed most nights. They share a room, but I know they're not waking eachother-- they come in several ...
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- Hi, I think your youngest one is old enough that is would be safe. But I think a twin would be too small. A double or larger on the floor or with a bed rail should be ...
- I just wanted to say bravo. It's hard to follow your instinct sometimes when society tells us there is only one way to parent. My daughters are 3.5 and 1 and my 3.5 ...
- I know this is probably not the answer you were looking for, but I would strongly encourage you to ask yourself some questions before deciding to have your kids co-sle...
Breastfeeding and Co-Sleeping
Asked by C.S. from Albuquerque
on July 29, 2008
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Forgot to mention this in my last request. I sleep with my 6 week old daughter and breastfeed her during the night. It is very convenient. Some people have suggested o...
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- We just moved my third to her own bed. None of my three have had any problems adjusting to their own bed. Now, we never just threw them into their own rooms. We did t...
- I also coslept and breastfed. My 4 yr old still won't go to bed on her own. I think I should have stopped the co-sleeping with the weaning. But who knows. Good luck
- I just responded to your first post and then I saw this one. My "lazy nurser" also co-slept with me. I found that we both got a lot more sleep when we slept together...
Co-sleeping
Asked by K.S. from Phoenix
on December 29, 2006
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I live with my mother and she really wants me to 1. stop breastfeeding or else I'm going to be miserable. I ask her why and she tells me that I'll see why soon enough!...
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- Yup those 2 cents come flying in from everywhere it seems huh? Well about sleeping with your 1st born, I did it and it took me having another baby to get my 9 yr old o...
- Hello K., I cannot believe the things that your mom is telling you as well as your co-workers. How you want to raise your son should be up to you and not to be jud...
- I can tell you why. It gets old. Yet, I am for it. I have 3 kids, each of them slept with my husband and myself. We are going to have a fourth, and he/she will als...
Co-sleeping
Asked by C.S. from Chicago
on October 8, 2007
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Our 4 1/2 year old sleeps in our bed with us! It has been GREAT! A true blessing for a child who has ALWAYS been a terrible sleeper! He has been in our bed for 1 yesr ...
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- My husband and I were just discussing when and how to start putting our son in his own bed. He loves going to bed with us at night and seems so much more secure that ...
- It is so interesting that you just posted about this as it has been a hot topic in our family recently. Long story short, my two and a half year old daughter has co s...
- Hi C., Our 6 and 5 year old co-sleep with us. It started with my 6 year old son who has disabilities and seizures. I wasn't comfortable being away from him. And ...
Co-Sleeping
Asked by E.C. from Nashville
on July 11, 2008
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Hello All,
I have an 11 month old who has been in the bed with mommy and daddy since around 12 weeks old. I missed him so much when I went back to work that I just...
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- Chiming in late.... How sweet that you're husband likes cosleeping! I work out of the home fulltime and cosleep with my babies to reconnect. I'm apart from them qui...
- Well, I have a 15 yr.old and 5 yr old twin girls. We have a "family" bed. My son was with us in our bed until around 4-5. He got to be a big boy and wanted his own bed...
- My oldest was in bed with us until he was 2.5 I would say if neither you or your husband want him out then to continue for a little longer--if you're ready for him to ...
Co-sleeping
Asked by J.T. from Los Angeles
on November 10, 2009
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Hi Moms. Before I had my son, I was convinced that our sleeping arrangement would be the "regular/normal" one...my husband and me in our room, and my son down the hal...
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- I'm a fan of co-sleeping, but really I'm a big fan of what works for YOUR family! Having your children sleep with you does NOT lead to independence issues..otherwise ...
- I want to commend you for following your instincts - especially nowadays when us Mamas are taught to go against biology and conform to some arbitrary cultural standard...
- I follow the cues of my children. My older son co-slept with us until I realized that he didn't know how to self-soothe and was nursing 8 times per night at 10 months...
Co-sleeping?
Asked by M.. from St. Louis
on June 9, 2011
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Do people really sleep with their newborns? I would love to sleep with my baby, but I am way too scared it would hurt her. Do people really do this? Does your ped...
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- I started having my son sleep in our bed when he was a few weeks old. Breastfeeding was much easier this way, especially since laying down to breastfeed was the easie...
- Well, I don't usually chime in on this stuff, but I'm in a mood today, so here goes...Yes, people DO sleep with their newborns. And unfortunately many of them subsequ...
- I fell asleep with my babies in my bed nursing many times. I just slept so light with them that I didn't worry about it much. When I would wake up, I would put them ...
How to End Co-sleeping
Asked by T.F. from Chicago
on May 11, 2009
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I co-sleep with my 3 and 1 yr old son. I'd like to start getting my 3 yr old into his own bed. Neither one of them has ever slept in a crib. What suggestions or experi...
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- I coslept w/ both my kids, though they "moved out" earlier than this. Still, I think transitioning from a family bed to a big kid bed should be somewhat similar to a ...
- Please know that Gina and all other "well-meaning" mothers out there lecturing you not to cosleep are ignorant on the research and history of cosleeping along with its...
- Good for you for parenting the way you feel led to! You've gotten some great advice here so I have nothing to add except that I always get a good laugh when people say...
Co-sleeping? How Do I Do It?
Asked by L.M. from Sarasota
on February 28, 2007
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I was wondering how to co-sleep with my baby? I don't breastfeed and I am a single mother that would be the only person in the bed with her. I already have the bed pus...
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- hi! i won't worry so much about wanting to have your child in the same bed as you. my daughter is almost three and she sleepsin the same bed as i do. as long as you ha...
- I co-slept with my first 2 children and plan on doing it with my 3rd. I would say that first and foremost you can't be a heavy sleeper. You need to be aware of baby al...
- Hi L., My daughter hated the bassinett. We tried the 'snuggle-nest' products and she hated that even more. Eventually we just put her between us and she sleep like ...
Any Other "Co-sleeping" Children?
Asked by K.M. from Honolulu
on November 22, 2007
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My children have always been very close. They hardley fight and everyone always told me "just wait, they will". Well, at 5 and 9 they are still like PB&J. Anyhow, my...
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- I would not worry at all!!! I believe that they will do it on their own once they are a tad older!!! You will see... meanwhile enjoy this because it will be gone in a ...
- I have 2 girls, 6 and 3 and they share a room. Obviously, I don't have the gender issue that you have, but I wanted to say that sharing a room I think is totally coo...
- My name is B. and i'm a mother of a four year old boy named Jovanni.I don't agree that them sharing a bed is wrong.If they were a little older like 9 and 14 then maybe...
