co sleeping/ nursing?

Mailes_mommy wrote: just wondering how many here are co sleeping and still nursing?

I co sleep with maile she has never been in a crib before and 17 mos going strong nursing still

Ann

MommyToAshley replied: I don't co-sleep but I did nurse my DD until she weaned around 17 months. I still kind of miss it, but she still lets me rock her.

Congrats to you for nursing so long...WTG!!!!

maestra replied: We co-sleep (it's the only way we get any sleep) and I just weaned Jaci this week. It has been hard on both of us, but my ob wants me to stop by 20 weeks, since they worry about pre-term labor.

paradisemommy replied: we co-sleep and am still bf and taven turned 2 at the end of last month..no end in sight..

Schnoogly replied: Us too. Almost 20 months! Not sure how much longer, but it's up to him!

Mailes_mommy replied: this is great to hear ya'll still nurse and others co sleep now i got major question this is going to be blunt. my husband who is gone for a year is coming home sep 2 and before he left maile was 5 mos so it was easier to be sexual now when he comes home HOW will we have time to be together since she sleeps right next to me?? and still nurses at night?

Ann

Josie83 replied: Cassie has never been breastfed because she had to be taken to intensive care when she was born and so wouldn't take breastmilk after she came out of an incubator so I've never nursed! She's always been put in a cot, Jason and I never wanted her to sleep in with us, I don't mean to offend anyone those are just our views. She sometimes comes into our bed on a morning and will occasonally sleep with us if she's ill, but usually she's really good about being in her bed. Ann, I don't have any advice for you really except that you'll have to be creative! Or maybe start putting Maile in her own bed? I don't really have any advice as I've never had this prolem, but I hope it goes well for you! xx

paradisemommy replied: well you can pretty much kiss romance and taking your time out the window but dh and i usually lay a blanket down on the ground at the foot of our bed and get busy down there.. we always have our radio on pretty loud until we all get into bed so that's a little distraction and there's always nap time too!!

Mailes_mommy replied: yes I have accepted that , getting freaky is going to be only when shes asleep or at grandmas... lol

jcc64 replied: We co sleep and bf and Corey is almost 2.
I have to admit, sometimes I resent her presence when I want to rock with my dh, but it just requires a little more planning and ingenuity.
We usually lay a blanket on the floor, and make sure we're done by the time she usually gets up.

Jamison'smama replied: It's been no problem here--we co-sleep---Jamison is right in the middle--she weaned last month at 21 months. "getting busy" is not a problem--just rarely happens in the bed---we have a spare room that works out great but most often we just get busy downstairs in the TV room--she is asleep before we are so it has really not been a problem.

DansMom replied: Still cosleeping and nursing here as well---Daniel is 20 months. He naps in his own bed, and sleeps in ours at night. A blanket on the floor in the living room is our creative alternative, unless the mood strikes during afternoon nap, in which case we get our own bed.

Is your DH supportive of the cosleeping too? I had to talk DH into it at first, but now he's used to it and is in no hurry to move Daniel out. It took a while for him to appreciate my point of view, but he eventually saw some of the benefits. For me, as long as I am nursing once or twice overnight I want him in the same room---I sleep better that way too.

Mailes_mommy replied: yes steven is all for it but then he hasnt been in the bed with us for over a year... we too have a guestroom its for our PLAY room.. I wouldnt want her not to sleep with me since im still nursing but sometimes though i would like to snuggle up to my DH

Jamison'smama replied: What about getting a bed rail for your side of the bed---we did that for a while and Jamison slept on the other side of me--it wasn't for snuggling--DH was nervous when we first started co-sleeping but it could be used for cuddling as well.

coasterqueen replied: We do "partial" cosleeping now. Kylie sleeps in her bed from 8 pm til midnight or so then dh or I go in and spend the rest of the night with her if she wakes up.

As far as getting busy when we were doing full-time co-sleeping....we usually put a blanket on the floor or went into other rooms of the house .

Heather replied: Alison slept with us until she was about 21 months old. We co-sleep and I nurse Holly. It is the only way I can get some sleep as well. She will not sleep anywhere else except on me or in the swing or while in the car.

kimberley replied: i coslept with the boys until they were 4 and 5yo but it worked for me. i was a single mom. i nursed them both until about 13 mos.

we still cosleep and nurse Jade at almost a year. i am hoping to have her sleep in her crib sometime soon (ya right ) and we are in it for the long haul with nursing.

getting busy is not too much of a problem. there are many other rooms in this house and there is a lock on my door for quickies LOL.

amynicole21 replied: Sophia's still nursing and co-sleeping We also use other rooms after she's gone to bed. We have bed rails also since we switch sides for nursing a few times a night... works out really well