Siblings co-sleeping?

[mamadelbosque]

Hi there, my DS1 is 3.5 and has been in his own 'big boy bed' since about 2 yrs. He does pretty good and mostly STTN, though he does occasionally wake up (mostly to go potty).

DS2 is 14 nearly 15 months old now and I'm starting to contemplate moving him out of our bed and/or night weaning. We're planning on eventually getting bunk beds for them, but seeing as ds2 just broke his leg jumping/falling off bunk beds at a friends' I think we're going to hold off for, oh, I don't know. A while, anyhow.

However, I have laid ds2 down with ds1 a dozen or so times now, fairly randomly (while camping, at friends' while hanging out late at night, etc). DS1 just fell asleep while reading and ds2 was asleep on my lap... so I just laid him down beside ds1 and came down stairs

So... what I'm wondering is... is this OK? Is it safe? If not, at what age would it become safe? Has anyone else done this (ie encouraged siblings to sleep together, at least at young ages)? Is it "OK"??

[krazymamatoo]

I'd say go for it. Honestly, you know your boys best. Have there been any problems when they've slept together in the past? If not, and they're both good with it, I see no problem.

My girls (now almost 11 and almost 6) have shared a bed for about 5 years now. As soon as my youngest decided she'd rather sleep with big sister than Mom and Dad (at right around a year old), that's what happened. My girls are very close, and choose to continue cosleeping. They both know that at any time they can choose to sleep independantly of one another (we've talked about bunkbeds or seperate beds before), but this is what they want.

So, yeah...if you think they're ready for it, and if they both want to...just go with it! Plus, as an added bonus: it's so sweet to check in on them and see them sleeping snuggled up together!

[jaylily]

I put my 1 and 2 year old together sometimes. It was when they were smaller that I never would have let them sleep together, since that would definitely have been unsafe. But now that my daughter is a lot bigger, and my son is adjusted to having a little sister, having them sleep together actually helps keep them asleep sometimes, because they reach out for each other and are reassured by each others' presence. It's very cute. I do keep them in the same room we are in though, or check on them frequently if they are just napping. We have two double beds pulled up together. I don't think it is unsafe how we do it.

[Shanesmom]

I think it sounds wonderful