Did you cosleep with your parents?

My mom was a single mom til I was 4 1/2 and I am pretty sure that we coslept occasionally, but also had a crib.( I have seen pics) when I got out of the crib, we shared a TWIN bed.

She got married when I was 4 1/2 and i got my own room. I dont even remember the transition.

We dont really cosleep unless coming in at 6 am and falling back to sleep counts. Or if sleeping in the recliner or on the couch together counts.

My mom has never said either way, but i have a cousin who lost 2 babies when they were cosleeping, no other cause was ever determined. they ruled it as death by suffocation. so it would be a slightly touchy subject I am sure if we brought it up or said we didnt get a crib or something like that.

I like your point though.


Amy

My mum and dad always let me and my sister know that we were welcome in their bed if we needed comfort. Sometimes it was a race to see who got there first! Their trick was to put us in the middle so we got hot and went back to our own rooms!

I didn't know until this week that my mum and dad used to have us in with them as babies when we were fussy and not sleeping. We were also in a crib next to their bed for the first couple of months to ease night time comforting. So while we didn't sleep with them all of the time it was seen as normal to go in with them when we needed to and I still lie on their bed and snuggle and chat when I am home visiting (I am 32!).

When we were little my mum used to have us sleep in with her when we were ill too. I remember even doing this when I was 18 and had a high fever. When my mum worked at an early cleaning job leaving at 5 each morning me and my sister would pile in to my dad's bed - lucky him!

Nope, pretty sure there was no co-sleeping. Believe it or not, I vaguely recall the bedroom my brother & I shared when we were very young. But I am a twin and I know that he & I shared a crib for a while. My parents divorced when I was about 6 but we always had our own beds and rooms. I actually never even thought about co-sleeping with my daughter but it just turned out to be natural for us. I knew nothing about Attachment Parenting until I realized one day while researching something, I came across Dr. Sears and found out that my choices were very much in line with AP. Until then, I was reading the "What to do while your expecting" type mainstream literature.

Anyway, my mom does support my parenting choices even if she thought I nursed a little too long (3 yrs). She also will bedshare with my daughter when I'm out of town on business. I think that's cool! And I mean you just can't argue when the grand dd is so wonderful! I must be doing something right!

cool topic!!

my decision to co-sleep was very much rooted in the very few, very memorable times I got to sleep with my parents. Sometimes in the middle of the night I'd crawl in with my parents--right between them--and would sleep there all night. I distinctly remember at age 3 or 4 going in a second night in a row and they sent me right back to my room. I can still remember how good it felt to be in there with them.

i'm sooooo glad my husband was cool with co-sleeping because I think it has been wonderful to be so close to my two boys. It's so fleeting.....they are growing up so quickly and now that we are finally past the constant night-waking of the first few years, I cherish every night I put the two of them to bed in the Big Bed.

Interestingly, just reading a pp about coming home from college and falling asleep in her mother's bed--I realized that this will not be a reality for us, since we have two boys and are not planning on any more! all the more reason to cherish every evening!!!