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By Hugh,
From Strong
Your kids are only young once. We have 6 children who all bed-shared and left our bed. Now the 19 and 21 yr olds have both left the home. It all goes too quickly. When done safe, it's safe. Bed-sharing has it's risks, but separate sleep has more uncontrolable risks like positional suffocations, general unattended mishaps, abductions, and house fire risks. Check out what over 8000 familes said about it on a website called
co-sleepingsurvey
By Jon,
From Pittsburgh
We have co-slept with all of our kids, and I don't understand why everyone doesn't. Way easier to deal with night-time things - we don't have to get out of bed - once I am out of bed, I am likely to not get back to sleep.
As they got older and started taking up more room (and having four of us in one bed (king size)) we moved the oldest to a bed right next to ours, effectively making a really large bed. Now the 5 and 2 year olds sleep in the same bed - heads on opposite sides of the bed, and the 4 month old is in bed with us.
The oldest has slept upstairs sometimes, and he likes that, and the special talking/cuddling time before sleeping that comes with that, but the attic room is quite cold in the winter, so we've mostly stopped that for now, until we figure out how have that room be warmer.
Our kids will sleep anywhere when we are out places, lots of noise, etc. so I don't buy the argument that says kids will have a harder time falling asleep without us.
By James,
From Lancaster
Please be aware, that cot death in increased sleeping with a baby
By Jason,
From Charlotte
We started co-sleeping with our first son, soon to be 3. He still comes to our bed every night after we put him in his toddler bed. He naps in the toddler bed, but won't sleep all night there. He does wake me up most nights kicking me or from snoring (yes, my two year old snores, but softly)
His 18 mo. old brother sleeps great, in his crib, all night, always has.
The boys are just different.
By roxanne,
From tampa
WE co-slept til my son was 5 months and started kicking me too much... transition was nightly from my bed to playpen, throughout the night and then eventally from my bed to crib in other bedroom... worked well for us as we were breastfeeding and i got to get plenty of sleep with co-sleeping
By Jessica,
From Wilsonville
Parents need that intimate time when the baby is asleep in their crib. Your child also doesn't have the anxiety of being left alone.
By Niki,
From Florida
We've co-slept with our two babies. We'd co-sleep at night but the baby would be in a crib for day time naps. Transition to a crib later was easy because they were already used to it. It makes breastfeeding much easier and the bonding is great. If you're concerned about hurting your baby while you sleep, the arms reach co-sleeper is great. We used one the second time around. It just hooks up to your bed, the baby is right there, but she'll have her own sleeping space. Another advantage, at least for us, was that we had to get a little creative with our sex life. Some nights we'd put the baby in her crib until we were actually ready to sleep but usually she'd already be in bed and we'd have to think of other places.
By Alenochka,
From Charlotte
me & my husband slept with each of our 3 kids. I breastfed them all and it is just happens. We are happy with our choice because i could start breastfeeding right in the bed. when i sleep with the baby through the whole night i listen to baby's breath, and i feel the baby how she is doing,(it's like an additional feeling - you always feel your baby), i.e. you don't sleep that hard as if you would sleep with no baby in bed. i would recommend it to careful parents.
By Mike,
From Queen Creek
We've co-slept with our three children up to age two or so. The bonding is great, but I'm always paranoid, the infant is going to get squished by mom or fall out of bed one too many times. So, I recommend snuggle time for the bonding and crib/bed time for the child. ;-)
By Dad,
From Vancouver
We sleep with our 11 month old in our bed and I believe we all sleep better. She never has a chance to cry for long because all of her needs are right beside her (Mom). I wouldn't do it any other way.
By Dad in Des Moines,
From
I would never sleep with a baby in the bed. It's just too weird.
By Dad in Des Moines,
From
I would never sleep with a baby in the bed. It's just too weird.
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