One thing I won't have to worry about

[GinaRae]

I was thinking about this last night. Co-sleeping! We're all set, and I don't think there's anything I must buy!

We have a King sized bed
Our kids all sleep in their beds now (my youngest still comes in sometimes)
Hubby and I sleep with separate blanket/sheet

Okay, the last one is sort of a bone of contention. It started out that he says I steal the blankets/sheets, (You all know he's delusional! ) so he started sleeping with his own comforter.

I hated it because his comforter is old and ugly and I like being able to make the bed and have it look decent (even if un-made) which is hard to do with this huge, ugly comforter on his side.

However, the longer I sleep in my own blanket, the better I feel. No hairy, sweaty, stinky man to share with. He passes gas under HIS comforter. Sweats on HIS comforter. Sheds hair and skin on HIS comforter.

I find my hubby very attractive -- except when he sleeps. Yuck.

Okay then!

So now, babe is all set and we won't worry about smothering with a shared comforter. I think the only thing I want to get is an absorbant pad under baby and me.

Otherwise, we're set!!

[Valerieg]

Yay!

You're all set.

My sister says that men get a "man-smell" when they sleep and doesn't like allowing men to sleep in her bed for that reason. It's funny to see you mention it here (it just came up last weekend).

[wwisdomskr]

We've still got to go buy the new king-sized bed...sigh....

That's great that you're all set!

[greenmountainmomma]

It's funny that you mention this, because this is one thing i HAVE started worrying about, and I have no idea why.

I'm not even setting up a crib this time -- we really don't have the room and we have a beautiful cradle for napping for the first 4-6 months. My son NEVER slept in his crib. Not for naps even.

My son co-slept with us from day one and it was wonderful -- he tended to nurse ALL NIGHT so it was the only way I could get some sleep. Anyhow, it was great, no problems...

So why am I having so much anxiety about it this time? Last time I took all the down comforters off the bed and I don't think I even used a pillow because I was worried about squishy stuff. What kind of bedding do you use? Do you use a bed guard? I have NO idea where my old one is. What does your co-sleeping set up look like?

Ack! Sorry to hijack this thread with my weird co-sleeping anxiety. That's great that you're all set. Isn't it nice how when it all comes down to it, all our babes need is a few diapers and to be snuggled?

[AKmomof2+1inNov]

I'd love a king size bed! My DH just moved into another room because he works such weird hours and has to sleep different times. Like this week he works 11pm-11am and I have to keep a 3 and 2 year old quiet all day. But next week he works 11am-11pm, so the kids hardly see him. I miss sleeping with him, but right now I guess it's for the best as I really do get more sleep without man snoring and extra body heat-well except of course the kids more right back into my bed when DH isn't there.

[marisa]

I don't do any special bed precautions. We just use our regular comforters and put the baby in the middle in the space between our pillows. Our mattresses are on the floor, otherwise you have to be concerned about the space between the mattress and headboard...my first son fell through a couple times when he was a baby!! (we no longer use the headboard for this reason)

[*Lindsey*]

Yay!

I want, no, we NEED a king size bed. Now if only we had the room in our room for it...

[Dee-Groovy]

It's great that you're all set! It's funny that you mention separate comforters - I just mentioned that in another thread yesterday! We have a king size bed with two matching twin size comforters, so I think it looks pretty good. Of course I never actually make the bed, but if I did it would look pretty good. :

My bed can't be on the floor but it's very low, probably 12 inches off the floor. Do I still need a bedrail? I noticed the ones at Target said they were for up to queen size only... is that because of length or what? Does anyone know where to get bedrails that work with king size beds?

[*Lindsey*]

One step ahead has a bedrail that's quite big and works with pillow top mattresses. We have it and love it!

They have a website, I believe it's http://www.onestepahead.com

[GinaRae]

I have never worried about cosleeping until now. This time it's a bit different and I am worried. Of course maybe that's because when I coslept before, I didn't know it had a name, really. I didn't know I was AP. It was just a natural thing to do.

Also, everything feels so new, like I am going to be a first time mom. It's so weird. Hubby chalks it up to us having been so far out of baby mode and then thrust back in. It's a mix of that and then also having the AP label now and what comes with that - the whispers and warnings.

Anywhoo, babe will probably be between us instead of beside me and the outside of the bed simply because every time that child wakes me up, I will most likely have to hop out of bed to pee. Poor thing will have to wait for mama! Bummer.

I used to put the boys in those side sleepers that you can move the wedges or rolls so babe can sleep on its back and not be able to roll. I don't remember having a problem with baby moving up in bed, yet now that it's been mentioned, I am nervous because our bed is high off the floor and baby could get stuck too. Hmmm... I might have to get a rail for the top of my bed.