Question for co-sleepers

luvmykids wrote: Do have a certain age when you will make an effort to have your child sleep in their own bed, or figure they'll do it when they're ready?

I have never considered us co-sleepers but apparantly the kids do For a month or two now, they all go to bed in their own rooms but in the morning I find one or any combo of the three in bed with me. I don't know wether to just ride it out or hope they grow out of it on their own or start putting them back in their own beds at night even though it may be a midnight fight I'd rather avoid.

I don't mind it every now and then but have not had a really good nights sleep in quite a while, it's a little crowded!

JP&KJMOM replied: We are not co-sleepers and I have never claimed to be although we did do it alot a few months back. Mine start out in my bed and go to sleep and then I move them to their beds. Most nights they stay there but every now and then I wake up with one or both snuggled around us. If your kids are heavy sleeper then move them back to their rooms. Mine never wake up so this is what we do. We usually don't get any sleep with either one of tem. Jason says sleeping with them is like sleeping with an octopus.

amynicole21 replied: I'm hoping that Sophia will go to her bed within the next year (when she's 4). It is getting VERY crowded in our bed. I'll try to get Nora into her own bed once she is weaned at night.

luvbug00 replied: Mya has always slept with me. she got her own bed at 4 and does what your little ones do. she'll sneak in every once and a while ( see bruses on my legs from foot kneeding) Really I let her do what she wants and I know she'll grow out of it and stop doing it. I find she does it less often when i leave the radio on. music is comfort and if there is somthing that comforts there is no need to seek me in my bed.

MomToJade&Jordan replied: Well Jade slept with me until she was 7 weeks old and it was to the crib with her. That child just didn't sleep well with me. After that I made sure she slept in her own place and she has to this day. We did have some nights after she turned one when she wound up in bed with me. Usually because of teething. She has her own room and her own bed and is very proud of her bed. LOL! Jordan slept with me until recently actually. When we got back from Florida the crib was set up in my room and I just started to put her in there. She sleeps in there for the most part unless the usual infant stuff is bothering her. I really try to keep her in there at night so I might lose sleep here and there. I do bring her in bed with me in the AM. We just all get better sleep when we are in our seperate beds so I really try to enforce that.

mom21kid2dogs replied: Lucky for us, O is very easy to sleep with. So far, she shows no inclination for sleeping alone. We figure she'll do it when she's ready.

Kaitlin'smom replied: Well I co-slept with Kait for the first month, it was easier while BF, for me anyay. then she was in her own bed. She still is pretty much but if she wakes up in the middle of the night she usually wants to snuggle with me 'just for a little bit mama'. So we do and then about 15-30 minutes later she is back in her bed. For me I will let her have that time with me, cause someday she will be 'to big' for that.

Jamison'smama replied: We moved Jamison into her own room at 2 when I was pregnant with Jack. Not sure when Jack will move out--probably whenever he night weans as well. I'm in no rush.

Brias3 replied: Never co-slept but do experience similar to what you do, Monica. Mason's been a very light sleeper lately so he ends up with me quite a bit and in turn, I also fall asleep in his bed occasionally. In the really early morning, all three usually get in bed with me and we'll sleep another hour or two before having to wake up.

I'm beginning to think part of the issue with Ryan and Aliyah wanting to be my bed bugs is them not wanting to be alone in their rooms. They shared a room by choice up until we moved and when we set up the new house, we just set up separate rooms for them, as they were excited about having their own spaces. They sleep much better together so I've been trying to put up with the initial horsing around and then letting them sleep in the same room.

luvmykids replied:
That could be part of it here too, the twins shared a room until we moved here in November and Kylie seems fine with her own room but Colt always says "I'll be alone in my bed". We may give it a shot with them together, I love the snuggles but when all 3 end up with me it gets pretty crowded!!

lisar replied: With my first child I started making her sleep in her own bed when she turned 2. Now my second child I havent let her sleep in my bed yet. (I dont wanna have to go thru that again)

luvmykids replied:
Thats why we didn't cosleep to begin with! I'm kind of wondering how this is happening when we worked so hard to avoid it. I do admit I enjoy it here and there but on a nightly basis it's killing me!

C&K*s Mommie replied: My plan was to let them get out themselves or give them a boost out by the time they turned 9 or 10 or so. No real rush. Chris never wanted to co-sleep to begin with.

If Kellie never came along, Christian would still be sleeping in her own room. But Kellie never has through the night by herself, or without us.

Now, with our queen size bed seemingly getting smaller and smaller I want to get them OUT soon. I also want a king size bed, so before we get that, I want to have them out of our bed. Hopefully before the end of the summer, we will have them tucked in, in thier own beds. If not then by the end of the yr, I will be making that transistion.

gr33n3y3z replied: never co-slept nor did they want to come to our bed at a later date
even if they did it would back to their own bed any how.

coasterqueen replied: I was really in no rush with Kylie but when I got pg with Megan I was feeling a little crowded in our bed so I really encouraged her getting out of it. Megan likes sleeping in her crib and sleeps so much better in it than in our bed so we only co-sleep 1/2 the night, after she wakes up for the 1st time at night. I'm in no hurry though.

lisar replied:
Every now and then I will let the older one do it. I have slept on the couch with Raygen when she was sick though

Brias3 replied:
Same here....it gets very crowded! And then, it's also hard for me to tell them they aren't sleeping in my bed when my husband is home when they've just been in it for two weeks straight! Right now, we're basically using one of the kids rooms, two tops if Mason sleeps in his own bed. The only ones who sleep in Ryan's bed are me or Bruce when ours gets too crowded!