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Or is my husband - doesn't want sex unless stop cosleeping with DC

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dhnosex · 06/11/2024 22:53

DC is just under 3. Cosleeps with us for about half a year now.
I love the cosleeping - it leads to more sleep for me and in all honesty I love waking up to the tiny sleepy face or the little hugs I get in the middle of the night, DH not so much - he occasionally gets woken up by DC turning over in the night and DH believes a bed should just be for parents.
We have a large and comfortable sofa (for sex or to sleep in) and a spare bedroom (which, in fairness is full of clutter and used as a storage room but has a bed).
DH has declared that he is uncomfortable having sex when a toddler is in our bed. Understandable. To my suggestion that there are other places to have sex he's said he just likes it in a bed, after a cuddle rather than a scheduled walk to the second bedroom or on the sofa.
DC sleeps through the night when we cosleep but wakes up every couple of hours if we sleep apart. Inevitably I'm the one that has to resettle DC if they wake up because DH absolutely can't (DC will not go back to sleep, just gets more agitated). If we were to end cosleeping I'd just end up marching back and forth between our room and DC's all night, or camping in DC's room.
So... who is being unreasonable? Him for wanting DC out of our bed and threatening no sex until I do or me for not wanting to kick DC out? What solutions do I have? I do want sex, in theory could easily live without it but it's not great for a marriage to be sexless.

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Thewildthingsarewithme · 06/11/2024 23:01

I think (hope) the OP means they don’t have sex when the LO is in the bed not that they have been doing. Could you make the second bedroom nicer, clear it out and make it cosy and appealing so you can spend time there in the evening? I wouldn’t stop co sleeping if you want to and you are the one having to settle your child otherwise

slippersandfleece · 06/11/2024 23:01

Having sex in the same room as any child over 6 months raises red flags with social services. In the same bed as a 3 year old? You're being very unreasonable. I say this as someone who co slept with my kids until they in double figures.

Onthesideofthespiders · 06/11/2024 23:00

Wow. You’re totally wrong. In every way.

And you really need to teach your child to sleep in his own bed. It’ll be a difficult first few weeks because you’ve allowed this to go on, but he will get through that and start sleeping properly.

Thank god your husband objected to sex with your sleeping child in the bed. That’s… that’s abuse.

nutbrownhare15 · 06/11/2024 23:00

So what I did was settle my kids in their own beds from about the age of 2. Then at the first wake up they'd come in with us, by 3 they would typically toddle in to us (might take a few weeks for this to be established) meaning very little disturbance in the night for me. DH could go and get them if they were calling. Then we'd cosleep for the rest of the night. This meant couples time in bed at the start of the night was a possibility. However I do think your DH is being quite inflexible. Editing to say that it has reduced over time so this approach means cosleeping won't last forever. My 9 year old hasn't come in with us for years unless she's sick in the night. My 5 year old often sleeps through but will have phases of coming in with us at some point in the night, averaging every other night. I love it when she does as I know it won't last forever. DH a bit less keen but will get up and sleep in her bed on occasion if she's disturbing him.

EmmyLemmyHemmy1 · 06/11/2024 22:59

YABU

JollyPinkFox · 06/11/2024 22:59

You are obviously being unreasonable. He doesn't want sex on a schedule on your sofa, he wants it in your and his marital bed? Your kid has their own bed. Sort yourself out.

Chickychoccyegg · 06/11/2024 22:59

Op didn't say they have sex with the toddler there, she said there's other places they could have sex (sofa or spare room)
However I still think sh is right

WickedlyCharmed · 06/11/2024 22:59

Your husband is being entirely reasonable to want to have sex in his own bed.

It goes without saying (or not, apparently?) that this should never happen with your child in the same bed.

coffeesaveslives · 06/11/2024 22:58

Please don't tell me you're having sex in the same room as your three year old 😫

NeverFastAlwaysFurious · 06/11/2024 22:58

I know it feels a long way off but if you don't start moving DC out now, they'll still be there at 10. I didn't let it go til 10 but I really created a rod for my own back.

forgotmypassagain · 06/11/2024 22:58

Have you had sex next to your sleeping child?

MissHalloween · 06/11/2024 22:58

YABU.

U3ern4me · 06/11/2024 22:57

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Unexpectedlysinglemum · 06/11/2024 22:56

MidnightPatrol · 06/11/2024 22:55

IMO your child needs to be taught to sleep in their own bed.

That you have sex while your child is in your bed is really inappropriate IMO.

WTF and YABU.

Edited

Yes ! That is a major safeguarding concern

MidnightPatrol · 06/11/2024 22:55

IMO your child needs to be taught to sleep in their own bed.

That you have sex while your child is in your bed is really inappropriate IMO.

WTF and YABU.

Crinkle77 · 06/11/2024 22:55

You have sex next to your sleeping 3 year old?

Viviennemary · 06/11/2024 22:55

You are the unreasonable one here.