co-sleeping toddler..

[Debra1981]

I quite like co-sleeping with dd, 2 tomorrow, but she is due to start staying overnight with her dad in 2 weeks' time, and even if he doesn't mind (he probably will) i don't want him to because he smokes and drinks a lot, and is (well, was) quite a bedhog. so as reluctant as i and she are, i need to get dd sleeping in her cot pronto. is it possible?

[emkana]

I don't see why you have to change anything, IME and O children are quite able to accept different rules with different people, so she could carry on sleeping with you at your house but sleep seperately at her dad's.

[bluejelly]

I coslept with my dd till she was 2. For me it was the right time for her to get her own bed ( and for me to get my own space).
She adapted to it v quickly, a couple of nights of fussing but has been brilliant at sleeping ever since. I still lie down with her for 5 mins before she goes to sleep though, and she is now 7! Don't think I'll give that up for awhile

[Debra1981]

ok i'm still torn! i've been toying with the idea of taking the sides off her cotbed anyway to make it more like mummy's but i think she's quite likely to just jump out and bee-line for my bed each time if i do that. she will go to sleep in her cot after a minor battle with me staying in the room but won't sleep through.