Does anyone else here LIKE co-sleeping? - Page 2

[underthebluerug]

Love it, adore it, live for it!!

[cyrusmama]

I it. Nothing is better than waking up with my snuggly little heater and his smiley face.

[Ms. Frizzle]

We love it!
My older DS sleeps in his own room most nights, but it's a nice treat to wake up and find him bunked in with us every now and then.

[HerthElde]

We love it too Especially on the weekends when we all wake up together for a little cuddle time/play time. We are going to be putting a single bed beside our queen soon - but really it'll be more like having one really big bed than two - simply because dd is starting to sprawl out a lot while she sleeps, and between dh, dd, and the cats, I'm starting to feel very squished (it's amazing how much room a cat can take up in a bed!)

[sistermama]

We LOVE it!!! I actually feel kind of sad for parents who have never had the yumminess of sleeping with their kids. The other morning, I woke up with my son's arm around me, his little face close to mine and he said to me, "I love you my sweety boy mommy." How could I give that up????

Also, dh has always loved that we sleep with our little ones, because it is a great way for him to get more time with them outside of his very hectic school/work schedule.

[edamommy]

Some of my most negative posts have been regarding co-sleeping (should be called co-lack of- sleeping! LOL. BUT many of our most precious moments have happend during co-sleeping. And, regardless of how rough the night was, there's a true joy in waking every morning with my most loved ones right there to snuggle and kiss and bring in a new day and a new chance. SO- co-sleeping is both heavan and hell for us. I would do it again in a moment!

[meco]

I love it. I love having my bebe snuggled up with me all the time. I have enjoyed it since day one.

I love being able to be there for immediate comfort. We both sleep more soundly when we sleep together. I love the contact and I enjoy my baby all day AND night

He is 2 and we are still loving cosleeping.

[MoMommy]

Love it! I can't imagine dd sleeping anywhere but in the crook of my arm!

[Ruthla]

Count me in!!!

[coleslaw]

I fought the idea of co-sleeping for so long and now I realize I wasted precious time (and sleep!). I know how difficult it can be to have a child in the other room and having to drag myself out of bed multiple times a night. Why oh why did I think that was better?! Now on the random nights that dd wants to sleep in her own bed, I find myself in tears and at a loss (she nevers sees that, of course).

[Calidris]

We love it. And we have almost never had problems (probably why I have never posted here). I guess posts here can be misleading, becuase very few people post just to say how well slept they feel and how well dc sleeps at night because she is next to them . I can't imagine it any other way and I feel sorta sad for all those people who have never done it, or who have, but felt they had to stop because dc was 3 months, or 6 months or whatever.

[azyre]

Yup, we love it to. We didn't coslpee 100% at first because I breastfed sitting up and then would lie her in the basinette next to us, and so I can understand that cosleeping can take a little getting used to - when she spent 1/2 the night in the bed, I noticed her presence more than when she came in fulltime. She's been in full time since she was about 9 months old, when she stopped being swaddled. That was because I felt she was safer with everything unwrapped, and once unwrapped she was impossible to move into a bed in our room without waking her

My DD has been kind of AP textbook in this regard - she still feeds in the night at almost 2, but apart from bad nights she has gradually taken a longer first sleep and often sleeps through now to an hour or so before we get out of bed. Her nighttime needs are very easy to meet now and she loves going to bed when she is tired. It is very gratifying to see this, and my heart goes out to families that have struggled with tougher sleep issues.

[Ravin]

DD is upstairs on the bed napping. I read like half a dozen posts in this thread and now feel the overwhelming urge to go join her. Good thing DH's computer is up there!

[crunchy_mama]

We love it as well, I don't know how people breastfeed and don't co-sleep. I cannot sleep without him now. He is the best alarm clock in the world- sometimes I try to feign sleep- but he's too smart for that. I love to snuggle in the morning, we both get to slowly wake up.

[Patchfire]

I love it. I can't wait until next month, when we get to have *two* in the bed with us! There are a few nights (very few) when dd chooses to sleep in her own bed... it's lonely, then!

[thyme]

Love it here, too! Even if the baby is on the other side of the bed it feels far away, LOL!

[annakiss]

I co-sleeping too! It's so nice to have baby cuddles. Even if you do occassionally get an elbow in the eye or a foot in the belly (and believe me, these days, I'm wary of feets in the belly - it's funny to have two kids kicking you at once, one on the inside and one on the outside). I can't see what would make us change our arrangement anytime soon.

[thismama]

I love it too! I co sleep with dd who is 15 mos. Once per week she sleeps with her papa, and I really miss her.

[bellee]

oh yes i love it too. it's just so natural for us. dh and i would never have it another way!

[cuqui]

I have been loving co-sleeping for 6.5 yrs now! Last yr at 5.5 yrs my dd decided to move into her own room, on Mother's Day, I cried. Last week my still nursing 4.5 yr old decided she wanted to co-sleep with big sister. DH was away on a business trip, I was all alone in a king, it was a sad night, I woke often looking for my heater. In the am my 4.5yr came into bed to hug & kiss me, and tell me she loved me more than anyone else in the world. This am they both came into bed with dh & I for a Sunday am sleep-in, how yummy that was.

My dds never slept in a crib and they have always known our bed as the family bed. They know they are welcomed there anytime. They have never had a nightmare, no bedding wetting, no night terrors, no sleep issues. There have never been bed-time struggles in this home, I thank the active family bed for all of the above. Highly recommend it!