what do you mean by cosleeping?

[artgirl]

just wondering about this.

[Cujobunny]

Well, for me, it means sleeping in the same bed. I have only slept with dd since she was born. She has a bassinette beside my bed but she's only slept in it for about 10 minutes during one day last week. At night she's in my bed and during the day I'm usually wearing or holding her.

[SeekingJoy]

I didn't vote because we probably use three of these options each day/night. Sometimes dd is more comfortable on my chest when I am sleeping on my back. Most of the time, she sleeps next to me or DH. Before I hit the sack or sometimes during the day when I need to run after DS, she sleeps in a sidecar bassinet.

[mf_colon]

The situation has changed now that she has gotten older. Up until she was 5 1/2 months she was always sleeping in bed next to me. But she has started sleeping in the co-sleeper for the last two weeks.

[Alohamelly]

Sleeps right next to me, usually in the crook of my arm and attached to my nipple.

[mamamoo]

sleeps with me in the bed, but I would consider the first three options co-sleeping...

[josybear]

i voted for the 2nd one, but my older son cosleeps, too, but he has a twin bed next to our bed but a couple of inches lower. so i suppose it's a sidecar. but there is no bed in existence that would make sleeping next to that mad wiggler tolerable.
and the new one likes to sleep spread eagle. with ds1 the three of us shared a double bed until he was about a year old. but with eli the three of us are crowded in a queen sized bed...

[artgirl]

glad to see this.
with my first two we co-slept... meaning baby right next to me in the crook of my arm.
but then... my mom started quoting articles about over-rolling (she's been my main supporter) and my step-mom called me special to tell me about the dangers of co-sleeping and I started to worry.
With this babe I've tried to have him sleep in an attached crib, with half my body in the crib with him so he'd be able to smell me and know I was near him but it's not the same.
The other night, out of sheer exhaustion I laid on the couch with him next to me after BFing. The kid slept FOUR HOURS straight!! So relaxed and content.

[mamamoo]

i really never worry about over laying...it rarely, rarely happens, and i believe it happens mostly when the parent has been drinking or on meds...my husband is the deepest sleeper i've ever known, and he somehow knows where baby is while he's asleep...

[josybear]

i've never rolled onto dh while asleep (even when drunk) so why would i roll onto the baby? our bodies just know where other bodies are when we sleep. tiny limbs, though... i'm scared of breaking the baby's arm one day, but i sleep lightly, so i think it's ok.

[Emma's_Mommy]

DD2 either sleeps snuggled up to DH, or next to me attached to my boob! what can i say sometimes i just can not stay awake during those middle of the night feedings :

[mamamoo]

Originally Posted by josybear

i've never rolled onto dh while asleep (even when drunk) so why would i roll onto the baby? our bodies just know where other bodies are when we sleep. tiny limbs, though... i'm scared of breaking the baby's arm one day, but i sleep lightly, so i think it's ok.

I would have a hard time rolling onto my husband sober, fully awake and in broad daylight.

[~PurityLake~]

I mean, my babes sleep in the same bed with me, right next to me, each held close and snuggled by my arm (that's why i have two arms and two babes).

Sometimes, S will sleep on me, but it's so not comfortable (between asthma and large breasts, not comfy at all!), but A has never wanted to sleep on me. A does have to be touching me at all times, with a foot, leg, arm, but usually the only way she can fall asleep is by stroking my arm and fave with her hand while gazing into my eyes.
S needs to be lying on her left side facing me, so I hold her on my right.

[PiePie]

i wish i could vote for more than one -- sometimes cuddle up to me between dh and me, sometimes on me, sometimes cuddled up to dh between us, sometimes on dh.

[mommysusie]

Well, we have a crib and a bassinet, but our baby prefers sleeping snuggled right up next to me so I've decided not to try to get him to sleep on his own anymore. I think I sleep better that way too. After having him that close to me for so long, it's hard not to have him right there pressed up against me.

[atrain]

I too could have voted on more then one choice. Up next to me, on me and in a co sleeper next to the bed. What ever keeps us both happy and asleep.

Oh and does not wake up DD who sleeps between me and DH.

[Yuba_River]

Like others, I didn't vote. DS sleeps occasionally in the co-sleeper, often cuddled up to me or between me and DH, sometimes on me (especially if he's having tummy trouble--being belly to belly seems to help), and sometimes in a cuddle-nest between us.

[lyttlewon]

I crib side car ds who touches me the entire time. I just can't fit a king up my stairs. Half way through the night i swap him over between me and dh. dd's toddler bed is side car next to dh, he had his dad put it on stilts because she needs to touch in her sleep. she climbs in the big bed at least once a night.

[mamamoo]

ours stairs are very, very narrow, and enclosed. we tied the king bed in half to get it up the stairs(it was a used bed, so might not work with a newer one), and then the king box spring is actually 2 singles, so those fit fine...just in case it would work for you. lol

[mama2walden&luna]

We all sleep in the same bed. In this order: dd2, me, dd1, dh. We have an Arm's Reach crib attached to the bed (king sized) and dd2 starts out there so that I can get a couple of hours of good, hard sleep before she wakes up to nurse. After that, she is next to me for the remainder of the night. She does sleep in one of those padded, "no roll" things, just to keep her from rolling into the crib since she's on the edge of the bed. It probably wouldn't hurt her, but I want to be sure.
Speaking of overlaying on babies, I don't worry about myself, but when dd1 was an infant, I woke up out of a dead sleep on one occasion with my arm extended and had on dh's back, stopping him from rolling over on her, and once with his arm in my hand because he almost put his very large elbow down on her soft little newborn head. I'm sure some dads have "daddy sleep" like we have "mommy sleep," but not my dh. He sleeps like a corpse and has no clue what he is doing. So, a new babies sleep between me and the sidecar crib. Dd1 started sleeping in the middle of the bed at around 1 1/2 years when she was too big to roll over on. Now she sleep so close up against dh, she sometimes ends up pushing him off of the bed. Ha ha! I guess that's what he gets for almost smashing her twice!