We have been a co-sleeping family since day 1. A broken tailbone made it start as a necessity, frequent travel made it a convenience, and just plain loving it made it a wonderful part of our daily life!
As I’ve previously written, we discovered that Poppet is afraid of the dark. Since then, our co-sleeping days seem to have come to an unexpected and bittersweet end. As much as I am loving the extra ZZZ’s I’m getting, I miss waking up to seeing Poppet’s big smile first thing in the morning, or being coaxed from slumber by a little hand stroking my hair, or little lips kissing my forehead, or little fingers prying my eyes open. Okay, that last one I could’ve done without!
I also don’t quite miss the lack of space for me in the bed, the around the clock night nursing, or the screaming Poppet to wake me up if I should try to roll over and get some sleep myself! Â But I do miss her presence, immensely!
For all you former co-sleepers out there, how did you handle the transition?
Warmest regards,
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Quite hard in the beginning and in the end. I had to readjust my sleeping and waking as well my emotions of panic and fear. It took us a few nights but everybody got used to it in the end.
Makes his night feedings more often. I put him down in his crib at night, and the first time he wakes up he is in bed with us. Mostly because I am to tired to be alert and feed him and put him back.
When my boys wake up around 5 am they get to come into my bed which gives us all about an extra hour of sleep. I love the cuddles so much. They are almost 18 months old.
Good luck with the transition and enjoy those extra zzzzs
I have coslept with both of my kids. The youngest still does. I had no problem moving my oldest into his own room, he was great about it. His younger brother has been less interested, but I’m not pushing it. Good luck!
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we co-slept and still co-sleep quite a bit. i love the closeness and the convenience of it, especially when we’re travelling! plus, the snuggles, augh, LOVE ‘EM!
Our half co-sleeping days are still in full effect with our youngest. I long to actually be done with it. ;) He’s 18 months and still breast fed just about only. He has a cracker or two. Makes his night feedings more often. I put him down in his crib at night, and the first time he wakes up he is in bed with us. Mostly because I am to tired to be alert and feed him and put him back.
I am guessing if he just would eat some solid foods, he would sleep longer. *sigh*
A full night’s sleep has been a dream of mine since the birth of my first born.. As his sleep was the worst ever, and he didn’t sleep through the night until a few months before my second was born.
*dreams of a full nights sleep….*
I do have to admit. Seeing my little ones sweet face first thing in the morning is a wonderful thing. :)
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I think the transition went so slowly, I didn’t realize it was happening. So there were no heartwrenching goodbyes. I did love cosleeping though.
We never did the co-sleeping outside of camping/vacations/hotel stays. Except for the occasional bad storms.
Curious though, how did you keep your child safe when they were small? In our area we have a lot of co-sleeping deaths in the news.
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We let the kids sleep with us for a “treat” on the weekends. I’ve questioned whether we should keep doing this or not…. but the sweet family time is so precious.