[Colorful~Mama]

ok... sleepless in phoenix here. lol

I cosleep happily with my dh, two dogs and our 10.5mo old son. Happily is relevant i guess cuz tho i love looking at him, being close to him, waking with him ... the kid thrashes. He belts me in the nose... kicks me in the stomache, rolls on top of me. he's a wild man. Then add in our almost 4yo who joins us around 2am for the rest of the night who does the same thing! lol. cept usually she knocks dh around pretty good.

So we were discussing putting the two of them in their bed - a full size mattress on the floor in their room across the hall. Zoey starts out there anyway and only joins us when she wakes and discovers she's alone. I'm guessing if she woke and saw her brother, she'd stay put with him.

I know i'd be in there at least 2-3 times a night nursing him back to sleep - but i dunno. might work? might partially night wean and he and i might both sleep bette?

might not.

i remember reading a babe should be at least 18 months before cosleeping alone with an older sibling. Am i dreaming that i read that? is it true? should we wait ?

your thoughts and experiences are appreciated

 

[seren]

Oh, I wanna know, too. I have been thinking about putting my almost 3 year old and my 14 month old together. But i don't have a big matress. I was trying to figure out some way to put both the crib sized matresses together. Should I wait? I probably should, huh?

 

[Colorful~Mama]

we did the full size mattress on the floor for dd and she has done well. i think they'd both fit. what kinda sleepers are your kids? i'm just worried bout mine beating the heck out of each other in their sleep!?!

 

[seren]

My 14 month old sleeps fairly well. He moves to get closer to you, but other than that, not a lot of movement. My dd is the same way. And they have napped together without incident. I was thinking about making a special sheet that would hold the two matresses together until we have the $$ for a new matress.

 

[pink star]

I read somewhere 18 months for sibling cosleeping..and if memory serves me correctly I think thats what the NCSS book recommended... but, you know your children best, so trust your judgement, you'll know when its right

nak

 

[seren]

I read that in the ncss, but it also had a pic of 10 month old twins sleeping with two older children

 

[Colorful~Mama]

ok. that is where i saw it. ..in ncss

i'm thinking we might give it a shot and see what happens. zoey is DYING to have him sleep in her bed so i guess we could see how the baby does with her and how many times i'd end up in "their" bed

 

[Rainbow]

Well, we started from the birth of our 2nd with dad, me, 2 yr old sis and new baby in a king. Before long nobody was sleeping and we adopted a mommy and baby in one room, daddy and 2 yr old in another. By about 4 months dd2 was sleepign most the night and then we rejoined them.

Around 6 months it got to crowded and we move the girls into their bedroom on a king size bed- but I stayed in there with them. DH sleeps alone for now. He's quite pleased actually- says he's never slept better. LOL. The girls sleep in there alone for nap and for the few hours after they go to bed until I go to bed. (I lay with them until they're asleep and get back up.

As far as when I start sleeping with DH again- I'm thinking it will be a slow transition. One night here or there with the monitor on. Knowing me I'll be in there with them until they kick me out. :LOL

I will say that having them together from the start was stressful at time, as they'd wake each other up and such.. but they both sleep through any noise the other makes now. They are also to the point that they are pretty much unaware of my presence in teh bed until they wake up. I think they'd be completely comfortable if I were in the other bedroom. But I'm not comfortable yet-

oh, they are 15 months and 3 now.

 

[momto l&a]

Our yougest started sleeping with her3 year old (at the time) sister when she was 17 months old.

The only problem we had was the youngest likes to cuddle and the oldest does not. So our oldest would yell for us at night to come and move her sister back to her own end of the bed

 

[Rainbow]

LOL, same with my kids! however my oldest has become a cuddle bug as of late

 

[QueenSheba'sMom]

My babes have been cuddling in the center of the bed since the baby arrived, so I think they might share a bed without me very early- definitely before 12 months, anyway.....

Unless that's dangerous crazy talk?