Hi!
I almost never post in the forum, because well, i mostly just gave up on sleeping and figured that my kid just does not sleep, and if i choose to co-sleep i was sort of making my own bed. And i was ok with that.
Really, i love co-sleeping, i love having my baby next to me all warm and snuggley. I love his sweet face in the AM. I love how safe we all feel (like if there was an emergency i would know where he was and could help him).
but....
That being said, he is now 25 months old. I have started in the last 2 weeks to not let him nurse at night anymore (nightwean him, i also have cut him down to just AM and PM during the day). He had been waking once to nurse and going back to sleep.
Its been 2 weeks on no nursing at night, and he still is waking up to ask to nurse, only he is not going back to sleep. He is tossing and turning and waking and kicking and rolling ect ect ect. not really crying just not sleeping well and keeping mommy and daddy awake.
In addition, the crib is side carred to the bed, but he WON'T stay there!! We put him in it at bedtime but once i get into bed he wiggles his way over to me. His choice sleep position is arms and legs wrapped around me in a "body bear hug" type way. (i think if he could un-zip my skin and crawl in he would!)
Soooo, i sort of am ready to change things, but i don't know what to change them to or how.
I would take down the crib and put it across the room as a toddler bed, but one, i know he would sleep even less, and i am scared about that prospect, and two, then if/when he came to bed with us without the crib next to the bed the bed seems so small. I think i must sort of hang into the crib in the middle of the night to make more room. :)
I have toyed with the idea of getting one of those (ugh) plastic race car beds to really encourage him to want to sleep in it, and leaving the crib up still.
But, thats extra $$. Plus i would have to get another mattress too. (do those things hold twin mattresses does anyone know?)
We have a twin bed we could set up, just no mattress, i was just think that the car would be exciting.
Another issue with getting him a bed across the room is that the way our room is the stairs are between the 2 sides of the room, so if he got up in the middle of the night to come to our bed he would have to pass by the stairs, he is great on stairs, but in hte dark and sleepy? not so sure?
I cant put up a gate because we have many cats and that would be so much trouble, they would probably knock it down the stairs.
OK so sorry this is rambly, but if anyone has any ideas or thoughts of what my next more should be it would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, also, while i am not prego yet, we have started TTC so that plays into it a bit as well.
-L
