Comments on: Transitioning From Co-sleeping

By: tanyetta

tanyetta — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:38:11 +0000

To be honest, if I had a REDO, I would NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER have allowed any of our babies to sleep in the bed with us.

Needless to say, DJ still rolls up in our room around 3am with his comforter and pillow tolmbout he just wants to make a pallet on the floor. Knowing good and well we are NOT going to allow him to sleep on the floor because we have hardwood floors. The kid is playing us like a tool.

Baby Gracen on the other hand LOVES her crib.

Good Luck with your transition. :)

By: Patricia Godfrey

Patricia Godfrey — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:21:10 +0000

Oh how I miss those days. My youngest just turned 3 and both her and her brother moved to their own beds around 2. I am one of those moms who just couldn’t come to grips with the idea that my babies were growing up and needed their own space. So every once in a while, when I get lonely, I’ll slip into my daughters room, scoop her up and put her in the bed with me. I’m sure Jayden will transition just fine though.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:59:44 +0000

With my daughter we had her crib in our bedroom for the first 5 months and she would wake up wanting to get in bed with us. Once we moved her in her own room she slept through the night perfectly. With my son, well that is another story. He has been co-sleeping with us inconsistently off and on. It started because he had breathing problems when he was a baby gasping for air in the middle of the night and he would also throw up entire bottles. He always started off in his crib but would wind up in our bed sometime in the morning.
He now has his own room in our new house and goes down in his toddler bed rather easily. He wakes up around 5 or 6 and comes into our bed demanding food. The most important thing is to be consistent. I know it’s not always easy, it’s definitely not easy for me. Good luck, it will work itself out.

By: FutureMama

FutureMama — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:28:05 +0000

See this is why I’m SO TORN on cosleeping. It seems SO much easier those first few months when you’re breastfeeding, but my friend told me her baby got down to waking up only once a night then they went to Ecuador and slept together for a month and now she’s totally “spoiled” and eats every couple of hours. She says it’ll be so hard to get back to her sleeping alone.

I REALLY like the idea of sleeping more but I feel like if we tough it out the first few months it’ll be worth it in the long run cause I like having out bed OUR bed, ya know? I’d love your thoughts on it sometime Sheena! I think it’s cute to share a bed but couple time already gets cut down so much after a baby… Maybe we’ll cosleep during naps, it’s a good compromise right?

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:40:29 +0000

We only co-slept for the first six months or so, but it wasn’t consistent. Maybe only three days a week my daughter would sleep with us. She slept in her crib the rest of the time without a peep. But when it was time to transition to the toddler bed, we just put her in the bed with a night light and a sippy cup with a little water in it and then we shut the door. She was too short to open the door so uh, there she stayed for the rest of the night. Man, does that make me a bad mom? I told my daughter not to touch the doorknob. LOL. Uh-uh, get your butt back in the bed!! LOL.

I do agree that being able to cuddle and stretch out in your adult bed without the little angel in your life kicking you in the head is glorious. But in order to properly transition, I think you need to keep that in mind. I don’t know if it’s harmful to let little man in your bed after he’s slept the whole night in his bed – seems cute to me. But you do have to be consistent. Hmm, is there any special morning routine that could help? Like, if you told him that if he stays in his room until it’s light out (or until you get him) then in the morning he can do XYZ? Is he too young for that? Otherwise, I’m out of ideas!

As far as the paci thing, girl, I’m not judging you, I’m jealous. Neither of my babies ever took one. Not ever.

By: KYouell

KYouell — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:36:27 +0000

Ugh. We’re still working on this w/my daughter. Not fun. She won’t give me up at night even though I’m no longer producing any milk. I know that in the big picture this is a short period of our lives, but I’m so tired of being a human pacifier. I’ll be paying close attention so please post if you find something or some way that works.

By: UPrinting

UPrinting — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:02:54 +0000

Definitely take it one thing at a time. That would make the transition easier for your little Jayden. Boy do they grow up fast! At least you get to have some time for yourselves.
I hope he will be able to transition smoothly from co-sleeping, and even with the bed time too. Operation Paci, oh good luck with that one! That’s bound to be a little harder i think ;)