Do you, personally, enjoy cosleeping? - Page 4

[*clementine*]

I love it too.
They are so warm and delicious.
I always have a tiny foot slung over me.....so precious.

[*mama moose*]

We love it, even DH loves it now
In fact, I asked him what his honest thoughts were when I saw this thread, and he said he really does like it, as he works 2 jobs and thats the only time he gets to snuggle his baby. awww I love my DH!
I thought about starting a "why do you love co-sleeping" thread last night, as I laid in bed between DD and DH who were fast asleep and "tandem snoring" It was like they were taking turns with the snoring noises! I love little things like that. I love when DH has the day off from his first job and I see DD wake up and see him there, she gets so excited because its like a treat for her. I just love being close to my family.....

[KrystalC]

I love sleeping next to my son, but I had to vote "I like it, but...." because I've always been a tummy sleeper and I can't do that right now. He's so little and he always wants to sleep on his side facing me, so I'm forced to remain on my side all night long. I hated sleeping that way while pregnant and I hate it right now. My hips are killing me by the end of the night! However, just looking over and seeing his sweet little face makes it all so worthwhile.

[KayasMama04]

We do it not for her just because its whats convient...her dad is deployed and well it got lonely so she moved into my bed. I miss her crib sleeping days

[Attila the Honey]

I love it!

She's 3 and she goes to bed in her own bed and comes to our bed every night between 11-1. I sometimes try to get her to go to sleep with me in our bed and she won't, she decided she wanted her own bed and she is serious about it. I have to laugh when I think of all the people that told me we'd never get her out of our bed, I couldn't get her to stay!

Anyway, I sleep much better after she joins us at night. She's so warm and snuggly.

[LeftField]

Originally Posted by NikiJeanne

I am in the vast minority in this poll - I really don't like it so much in practice, but I love it for my kids. My husband is the one who absolutely adores sleeping and snuggling with the kids. I am the one who often will sneak out at 4 a.m. to finish out the night in the guest bedroom.

No, I feel similarly. I don't really enjoy cosleeping. I don't like being touched when I sleep; I like a lot of sleep space. I have discovered sleeping upside-down, however. I can peel back the bottom edge of the covers and put my pillow down there after my son is asleep. The quality of my sleep dramatically improved after that. I no longer got interrupted in deep sleep, although sometimes I do when my son hugs my ankles.

But seriously, my 3 year old is a big time hugger. And for some reason, he hugs my head while I sleep. I continually remove his arm from the top of my head all night long and he throws his arm back on my head. At least he no longer aggressively hair-fluffs. He was a hair-fluffer since birth. There's nothing like a little guy aggressively fluffing your hair at 2 in the morning. I do have a hard time sleeping with him since he's so touchy and I'm just not. But there's no way he'd leave willingly. So I do weird stuff like sleep upside-down and fantasize about sleeping on the couch.

My husband, OTOH, loves cosleeping. He sleeps with our oldest (we don't all fit in a bed). When he's out of town on business, he misses having someone to snuggle. He really loves cosleeping. We switched beds one night so that he could sleep with ds2. But ds2's aggressive head-hugging even disturbed dh's sleep.

Anyway, I'm not a fan but my kids are so I suck it up. It sounds terrible, but I won't miss it when they move to their own beds (do they ever do that, seriously???). My husband will be sad, however.

[KayasMama04]

left field im that way...dd someones has to touch me and ugh I need my space...or she will decide she wants to hold my head im like this freaks me out please hold your teddy...I got used to her putting one of her feet on me it just wont stop lol

[paakbaak]

i like it...i put him in a side car crib because i wasn´t sleeping well with him in my bed, and now it´s cool. love having him near me

[Igraine]

I enjoy it eventhough I wake up in pain.

My dd is a cuddle bunny and MUST be touching my flesh!

[mamamilkers]

I was one who woud have said I LOVE it and don't want to stop, until I had a newborn and a toddler I was co-sleeping with and it was just too much. My DD moved to her own bed just two feet from mine and it's really, really nice. Now it's just me and the babe and I love it again, but when she's big and wiggly I'll probably glad to have my own bed again!

[lemurmommies]

My partner and I just set up our crib as a sidecar today so that we could co-sleep more comfortably. Three in a double just wasn't working out! We hadn't set out to co-sleep, but now that DS is here I just can't imagine him sleeping in his own room all alone. I can't wait to try out the sidecar set up tonight.

[Sharlla]

I voted I don't mind but I can't wait until he's out of our bed.

[Primigravida]

I love co-sleeping!

I love how soft and warm my baby's body feels. He's sooooooo snuggly. :

When we're cuddled up together I can feel the love radiating from his soul.
Well......maybe that's just body heat, but it feels so good.

[TabbyK]

Other vote here. I love it and I hate it both. I LOVE snuggling up to their little bodies, it makes everything feel "right" in the world. BUT I hate the practical side of it. There's not enough room in the bed and I end up sleeping hanging on the edge all night. This morning we ended up with both kids in our bed. There was room, but DD had to be pressed against me and DS snuggled against her. When I woke up I was literally sleeping with 1 arm holding onto the nightstand to keep from falling out of bed! I looked over and there was a good 6-12" of open real estate between DS and DH! I also do not particularly enjoy being kicked all night or flopping flying arms in the night that threaten to give momma a black eye!

K.

[ewe+lamb]

I Love it too, I just love having their little warm bodies next to mine, that they nurse all night, and the wee arms and legs 'just checking' to see if you are still there - it's a wonderful moment in our lives that is short lived, what's 2/3 years with each child, not that much in the grand scheme of things. DH loves it too, it's the time he feels that he really bonds with them, he works alot and misses out on alot he feels so sleeping with them makes up for lost time.

[zannster]

I voted for "I like it..." but sometimes I'm more of the "I don't mind it but..." category. For a long time, I slept in a position that was very uncomfortable to me, and I still have to sleep that way sometimes. I miss having my space. But overall, I like it.

[sweetfiend]

I loved, loved, loved cosleeping. We slept with both our kids until they were really, really old. I miss them. And my dd was a thrasher.

[camomof5]

I love it, I do wonder somtimes if she would be better off in her crib. There have been sometimes that she has slept in her crib and she seems to sleep longer and wake up more refreshed. But I missed her when she was not with me

[Kundalini-Mama]

Both me and my hubby love it. Our sons are 5 and 2. I cannot imagine them leaving the bed, but am confident that when they do, they will want to share a sibling bed :

[thismama]

I love it too. She is so snuggly and warm. I'll be sad when she "moves out."