Any positive co-sleeping stories? - Page 3

[Qbear'smama]

Originally Posted by ~pi

DH and I were just talking recently about how, years from now, we will probably look back very fondly on the hours we spent cuddling our child at night and wish we could go back and experience that again for a little bit.

We have had this discussion, too. It's so short, isn't it? We coslept exclusively til DD was 3, now she starts out in her bed but generally ends up with us and DH and I look at each other and smile when we wake up and realize she's there. She always tries to burrow under DH and she rubs my neck (says it's "so warm") and when we all wake up together on weekends, it's bliss.

[peaceful_mama]

We loved it and are still lovin' it!

DS1 I started putting him down in his own bed at 11 months, I would go join him the rest of the night. Gradually he just stopped waking up. I would say he was about 18 months ish when that happened, I know it was not long after I found out I was preggers with DD. I napped with him after that.

DD coslept with us until just a few weeks before ds2 was born. (in retrospect I probably would've started her in her own bed like I did ds in our old house, for some reason I thought it would be easier to do one big change than two smaller ones.) She transitioned to a mattress on the floor, then moved to sleeping with my mom after I made the mistake of buying 2 "big beds" after the baby came. After I moved her mattress back on the floor she started sleeping alone just fine. (she will be 3 in a few days and sleeps 98% of the time on her own.)

DS2 is 14 months and I am about to try a pallet on our floor to use occasionally when we want some privacy in our bed. we'll see how that goes.

I don't figure I'll transition ds2 out of our room till someday MAYBE we have a bigger house or something where the boys can have a room and dd and any future sister she might have (SOMEDAY NOT SOON ) could share, or we could set up one room that is basically beds and clothing storage for all and one that is a playroom, I don't know. Or DD might express an interest in having a "big girl bed" that might be the day I'd consider bunkbeds or something.

I've not had a big issue transitioning anyone other than not keeping dd on a mattress on the floor longer.

[meemee]

oh by the way i found a great use for our bassinet that my nervous self wanted to use that my friend passed down for me.

it makes a great cat bed. and that's how it stayed. until at 3 months the cats decided dd needed protecting and started sleeping with her.

interestingly enough the first month the only place dd would sleep on is me. she slept on my chest the whole night thru. i have no clue what i did but i managed to get some rest too.