Wednesday, 25 June 2008
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No Longer Cosleepers
We are no longer cosleepers. I'm torn about that. On one hand, I do enjoy having Fox3 curled up next to me at night. That whole warm fuzzy feeling. Babies are so adorable when they sleep. On the other, he moves in his sleep so I end up in awkward positions, usually on the edge of the bed. My back hurts. I also miss being alone in bed with Papa Fox. For 8 months, Fox3 has been there 98% of the time. On rare occasions I was able to move him into his playpen so I can cuddle up with Papa Fox for about 45 minutes before Fox3 would realize I wasn't there and wake up.
by Mama Fox
It has become exceedingly frustrating when wanting some "alone time" with Papa Fox, we are usually interrupted by Fox3. Fox1 and Fox2 were not this dependent on me. I'm not sure if it's the breastfeeding or the cosleeping or a combination of both. Either way, Papa Fox and I decided it's time for Fox3 to sleep in his own bed now that the crib is set up. The rocking chair has been moved into his room as well.
That first night, it wasn't that bad for a first night. I got him to sleep momentarily around 8pm then he promptly awoke to being set down. He spent 2 hours being a happy laughing baby. 10 pm comes and I grab my book and rock and nurse him back to sleep, able to read with the light from the street lamp coming through the window. After 10 minutes he was snoring soundly, I moved him to his crib and left.
OH MY GOSH. I got good sleep when I did sleep. At first I didn't want to go to sleep because I expected Fox3 to wake up soon after setting him down. So I read for an hour before turning the light out. I got up with him 3 times, maybe 4 - it's a bit fuzzy. I just nursed him in the rocking chair and put him back down after 5 minutes. It went well. Now I just wish he would sleep through the night. One step at a time though.Did/do you cosleep with your baby, and when did/will you transition him to his own bed?
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Comments (11)
We did the cosleeping thing until our baby was about 3 months old and started sleeping through the night. Then I started nursing her to sleep and putting her in her crib. It was never really a problem for us since she was such a good sleeper so early.
i co slept with my son untill he was a year and a half. the first few nights of him "sleeping" in his room were hell. but after that its been fine. you just have to let them get themselves to sleep on their own. we still have the occasional problem of him wanting to sleep with me, ad of course he comes into my room at 6 am after his daddy goes to work, but other than that. its all good.
Some people let their kids sleep with them indefinitely. Bad idea. When I was little, my parents let all of us sleep in their room on hot summer nights cuz they had the only air conditioner. We didn't sleep in their bed though. :)
My oldest slept with us till he was about a year. then we moved him to his own crib. He is now 5 and we still have a big problem with him coming in all night and keeping us awake. My 2nd and 3rd child slept with us for about 5 months, and they do great on their own. My baby is still sleeping with us, but I am about to move her to her own bed. I just love the cuddling when they are so little and hear their little snores.
I never did co-sleeping. The few times I've brought my daughter to our bed when she was sick, I got NO sleep. I'm not a touchy sleeping person - I want my own space. So with a wiggly baby in bed with us, it's not good.
I slept with all of my babies, and usually had them in their own space by the time the next baby would arrive., so that would be right before two years old. Even so, we'd often waking up in the morning to find a bed full of children, lol. Right now has been different though, my youngest has stayed "the baby" for the longest amount of time, and she insists on sleeping with me on the couch. I'm wanting to get her her own bed that I'll put in my room (I'll be back in my bed after baby arrives) before the baby arrives so she'll be used to it. That's the plan at least.
We had Jonathan in our room until he was about 9 weeks old. He was in the bassinet at the end of the bed, but would end up sleeping on either my husband or myself quite frequently. It was about that point when he had his hernia surgery, and we moved him into his crib. The first week was a little awkward, but then we figured out that he's a tummy sleeper...needless to say, he started sleeping a little bit better. Just about 2 1/2 months we started doing a regular bedtime routine, and it's been great ever since. He sleeps until about 5:30-6 am each morning, to which my husband feeds him, changes him and puts him back to bed while I pump...then back to bed with me. It's a great arrangement.
Best of luck with the adjustment...just remember it only takes about 3 nights or so to establish a new routine.
We co-slept till around 5-6 months when ds was too squirmy and I wasn't getting any sleep! SO I moved his crib right up beside my bed and he slept there till he was almost 1.
I would definitely co-sleep again, I LOVED it and felt that I got a lot more sleep that way, and much easier to nurse at night!
You know, I've taken some naps with D from time to time, and it's sweet to cuddle with him and all, but I also notice that I don't get good sleep that way-- I wake up anytime he moves or sighs or does anything. Also, neither hubby nor I feel comfortable having D sleep in bed with us overnight, what with all the blankets we use and our bed just isn't big enough for all of us to have enough space.
Our daughter is going on 10 months, we're still co-sleeping. We love it, have no problems sleeping well with her; it just works the best for us. Nursing is so easy, she barely has to wake up (and sometimes doesn't) do let me know she's hungry and I barely have to wake up to feed her. Hubby doesn't even notice us wake up most the time so he gets a good sleep. She just never took well to her crib and I was so tired having to get out of bed every hour or so to get her out of her crib and nurse her, wait for her to fall asleep, put her back in, go back to bed--I was exhausted! Everyone does give us a hard time about it though, saying she'll never learn to sleep on her own, what about sex, etc, etc... we just ignore them... every parent knows what works for their child.
As for what age to stop... we have no set plan in mind for her sleeping in her own bed or room. We're not planning any more kids, so as our only child, I don't really think it's too important. When we were kids, my mom let each of us three take turns sleeping with her when dad was deployed and we were around 8 or so. Sometimes it's just comforting for everyone.
We co-sleeped in the same room, but not in the same bed. We had her boppy seat in our room for a little while, probably a month or so, but neither of us were getting any sleep and daddy had to work, so I just moved to the living room (this was before we had a 2 bdr) and slept on the couch with her in her boppy right next to me on the floor for about 2 months. At 3 months we moved and she has her own room, we put her in the room with us for a little while, mainly because I missed sleeping in a bed, and me and hubby not sleeping together for about 3 months was wearin on our relationship. So by around 3 1/1 4 months she was sleeping in her room alone and it turned out fine. She would sleep in the bed with me when she was sick, and on Saturdays and Sundays when I'm home all day, I'll sometimes carry her from her crib to the bed to sleep with me after daddy leaves for work. She sleeps in with me on the weekends, so it's nice. But I don't think I'd ever make it a habit for when they're older, for any of the kids. Our bed will be limited to thunderstorms, sick kiddies, and weekends.