BIOBaby: Co-Sleeping

i love it when my sister sleeps with me, but as she's getting really tall now (more like i'm just short. i'm 5'3 and exactly a foot taller than her) it's kinda hard. i love her to pieces but i HATE bony elbows and knees in my back. sigh, i need to either get married and have my own kids so i can stop bootlegging other peoples kids.

I use dto cleep in my parents bed all the time! and when I woudl get locked out certain *adult* times I would scream and cry at the door until I fell asleep at the door. in the morning I'd wake up to falling when the door would open and my dad laughing at me. I was like 10! now whenever I go to visit as an adult, I climb in their bed at any time and pass out... All of us do! not just the kids but family members too... my Parents still have a .... wait for it.... WATERBED!

i don't know what michael landon and melissa gilbert did on little house on the prairie, but in laura ingalls wilder's books she describes sleeping with her sisters. When the kids were small, in the first book of the series, Little House in the Big Woods, she and Mary sleep together in the attic. I don't know where the parents sleep. Further down the line, after LHOP, they live in a claim shanty with a division between the parents' and the kids rooms.

people have slept in the same rooms/beds since eternity, that's nothing abnormal... you want to talk nasty, lets talk about some deer-hunting canadian eskimo tribes where three-generation families eat, sleep, shit, and fuck in the same little-ass tent all winter, bllllllllllllllllllgh.

Never engaged in the co-sleeping. I enjoy and treasure my sleep very much...so much so that I don't even sleep in the same bed w/ my husband. Yes, that's right all separate bedrooms. We all have different sleep schedules & quirks so it works for us...but definitely not for everyone. I don't really think there's any harm in co-sleeping so long as it stops when they're around one & the parents are willing to deal with the issues that arise when the child decides they don't want their own bed. To each their own I suppose....but the family bed thing w/ children over one is creepy to me. I think parents need their own bed/space that is just for them & to some degree private from the children, but I was raised that way...you never went into the parent's bedroom w/out permission, not because there was hanky panky goin' on...just that it was their private space...the one area that I couldn't invade whenever I wanted.

I am not a parent, but I could never co-sleep with my child because I talk in my sleep. And sometimes, I talk like Nina in my sleep and threaten people. LOL.

I made a gravitar, now where is it?

Growing up I remember going to my parents room cause I was scared and they would only let me sleep on their floor, never in the bed.

I was the kid that coslept... I stopped on my own also. I would start sleeping in my own bed and eventually end up between my parents, under their covers. I did it until I was 4. However... I didnt like pacifiers... and I loved my bottle of chocolate milk which I kept till I was nearly 9.

my son slept with me until he was a year old. my husband slept on the couch. it was a little hard to get him to sleep in his own bed... my son not my husband when gabe started sleeping in his own bed my hubby came back

I still co sleep. The boys are 5 and 3. I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Now that they are older and can comfort each other, I'm planning on moving them to their own room. I don't get why co sleeping is frowned upon either. It makes no sense to me.

My husband refused to co-sleep with either child. Considering that he's lashed out at me on more than one occasion with a powerful startle reflex in his sleep, I tended to agree. With the first, no problem. He was sleeping through the night at 6 weeks, and was more than happy in his crib. Second one? Wicked reflux, and didn't sleep through the night until he was almost 4. The solution? A twin sized mattress on the floor with guard rails. Of course this meant I got to sleep on the floor for a good part of most nights, but it worked for us. Regardless what any of the experts say, or even what other parents think, I believe that whatever works best for a family IS best for that family.

"I’m not sure why some people frown on co-sleeping."

When people came to our house and saw Zoe's crib/side car in our room, they tsk-tsked us. Why?? They said we'd never get her out of our bed or that she'd be spoiled, and never learn how to sleep on her own. That's simply not true. But what I really want to know is - What's it to ya? Even if all those things were true.

In the case of infants, it's more of a safety issue. Co-sleeping is fine, if certain guidelines are followed: No co-sleeping after you've been drinking, no pillows and blankets near baby, don't place baby between parents, no sleeping on a water bed.

It's cool you want to sleep with your babies, but I'd be with Donny on it. I'm selfish when it comes to sleeping. I don't like sharing beds, blankets, or pillows. Not even with my husband!!

Hubby and I both really love having our son sleep with us though sometimes he just isn't having it. We really want to when we decide to have another kid have him/her sleep with us every night until it gets to be toddler bed time. We just love the closeness and love waking up in the middle of the night to a sweet little angelic face lightly snoring.

Jaxon has slept in his pack n play next to my bed ever since he was born. He'll be 6 months old this week and I'm weening MYSELF from having him sleep next to me. He's slept in his crib the last two nights, soundly, while I am up 5 times a night and sleep with the baby monitor next to my ear. He seems more comfortable in his crib and it's not like he's that far away from me. I just liked being able to roll over in the middle of the night and stroke his face, just to make him stir, and give me peace of mind. Men are different, my husband sleeps just fine while our son is a whole room away. He thinks I'm nuts as I lie there wondering if the cat is going to jump in the crib and smother my infant or a robber is going to break in and steal him. Ok...maybe I am nuts.

I wanted to add that if it were up to my husband we'd all sleep together. On weekends if he wakes up early he likes to bring the girls (still sleeping) to bed with us. Maybe it's not so much sleeping together as it is waking up together.

My 4 year old sleeps in between my husband and I. If I could get her to sleep in her own bed, it would happen in a second. If she is in her bed, we wake up to her in between us again. If I ever have another one, he/she won't be joining the crowd.

To make a long story short: We co-slept with our kids until about 3 months ago...the bed was just getting too crowded and so we set up their room together and made the transition. I still end up in bed with Zaviera every morning because she wakes up wanting cuddles.
We loved sleeping with our kids but we missed cuddling with one another. If we have a third, I am sure that for at least the first 6 months or more that baby will be sleeping on my chest - although who knows, for survival sake we will mostly like have to be a lot tougher with a third in terms of getting sleep.

I nursed Dei so she slept with me til she was 6 months, then she was in the crib in a separate room...no problems. Moved to Charlotte..she was still in the crib. The crib converted to a bed..she was good. Then when she was 4 I had to move someone in the house to help me when I traveled..i had to give her Dei's room so Dei moved in with me. A year later, I bought a bigger house and she went back to her own bed. Her daddy came to live with us for 9 months and she was in her own bed every night...the day he left(3 yrs ago), she moved into my King size bed and is just now starting to be in her own bed a few nights a week.
Seeing as Im single I dont mind the company, she is trained that if I say "get in your spot" she will move off of my side of the bed and back to the other side ;0)
I think co sleeping is fine as long as it doesnt interfere with other aspects of life ( in my case i have no other aspects ).

I have probablems with sleep walking and doing "active" things in my sleep I would be afraid of rolling over on my kid or throwing him off the bed. That's the only reason why I wouldn't do the co-sleeping thing.

And for the selfish fact that I don't like to share the blankets....hopefully that changes when I have a kid :)

A lot of people are scared of co-sleeping because they think that their kid will never sleep in their own bed, but I think that one way or another they will grow out of it. With or without being picked up and put into their beds.

When my grandparents got custody of me and I first moved in with them my grandmother set up a cot next to her bed (yea, grandma and grandpa had ricky and lucy beds) because i never wanted to sleep alone, I always had to be holding her hand also....in some way shape or form I needed her to be in contact with me while I slept. I went through a traumatic experience right before that with one of my mother's boyfriends and the only way I felt safe when I slept was if someone was holding me/my hand. I grew out of it on my own...but they put a day bed in my room so that if I did get scared my granmother would come in and sleep on that bed for a little while and I usually would sleep though the night without realizing she got up and went back to her room.

We did the co-sleeping with my first son up until he was about 7. He too would kick and punch my poor bf in the back and face all night. My youngest son sleeps totally in his crib. I do hold him until he falls asleep (I use to do it with my oldest son too) and then I lay him down in his crib. I am too old now for co-sleeping. I just want my own space when I am asleep and my bf knows not to even bother touching me or asking me questions.

Our 5yr old slept with us off and on (mostly on) until she was about 3. She'd rarely use her crib. She was a very fussy baby and the only thing that worked for me was to hold her, but man those years were tough. Hubby and I would wake up after having a little limb smack us right on the face. We'd fall off the bed, sleep sideways, sometimes one of us would end up sleeping on the floor. She eventually moved to a toddler bed and then just recently a twin sized bed. She'd probably still be sleeping with us if it weren't for the baby.
Now, the baby has mostly slept in her crib. We rarely have her in bed with us, because she's pretty much happy to roll around in her own space. Sometimes when it's really hard to get her to sleep late at night we lay her between us, but overall that's just too painful for us. Also, now that I go to night school I come home beat, and although we never have any incidents with our first I'm afraid I might roll over on her or something. In my heart I know that could never happen, but common sense tells me better safe than sorry.

Dave is the SAME way. Milo does sleep in his crib and I get up to nurse him back to sleep at night. Sometimes, he won't go back in the crib. That's when I bring him into our bed. We have a king size bed with plenty of room. Milo does squirm around a bit and makes some noises but it never seems to bother me. I'm the lighter sleeper, too. I actually sleep better because he's right next to me and I don't worry. It's so cozy and he sleeps so much better in our bed. I love it. There's nothing sweeter than waking up to your child's smile.

My hubby usually gets up and sleeps in the guest bed. I don't get it. He sleeps through all kinds of things but a little baby keeps him up?!

Guess what!

Milo FINALLY slept through the night last night!!! He just turned 16 months. Bout f'n time. He went to bed at 9:30, woke just before 6am for a boobie snack and went back to sleep until 7:30. It was wonderful. For a while, he was waking every couple of hours to nurse. I would have cut him off, but he hasn't been eating (food) and is underweight so I felt obligated to let him eat whenever he wants. He's eating and sleeping better now. Whew.

they didn't sleep together in LHOTP....Mary and Laura slept up in the loft.

I don't think I ever would want my baby sleeping with me. It is my humble opinion that children are a bit less clingy when they are made to sleep in their own beds!

Your dream, my reality!

We finally got Gavin out of our bed fulltime probably right before I had Logan. Logan has slept w/us since she came home. I was paranoid and just felt better when she was right there next to me. I say around 1, Gavin slowly started back in our bed. His reason....Logan's in there. We're getting a bigger bed so we can all sleep comfortably. G & L are both wild sleepers. I've gotten kicked, poked and smotherd so many times. It has been times, I had to get out of my own bed and go and sleep in Gavin's bed or carry Gavin to his bed.

They had 1 big ass bed and 1 quilt on LHOTP!

I used to sleep in my parents bed with them. For a looooooooooong time. But it wasn't because they wanted me there. If they woke up in the night I got sent back to my room. I wanted attention, and even just being curled up at the end of their bed at the risk of getting yelled at was better than sleeping alone.

My husband hates the co-sleeping and if he could figure out a way to fit me in the crib he would. I don't mind our son sleeping in the bed with us.

We recently found out we're expecting another one so the hubby says our son has to sleep in his bed and the newest addition to the family will always be in the crib from day one.

It's not that our son won't sleep in his crib because he will just fine through the night. I'm too lazy to put him in there, he looks so peaceful I don't want to move him, and there's something about feeling your baby's warm breath on your face that makes you melt (atleast it does for me).