To think that co-sleeping should be renamed...

[MrsHelsBels74]

Watching your child sleep whilst you worry they'll fall out of bed, & you lose the feeling in at least one of your limbs?

Admittedly I don't do it often but son wouldn't settle last night & it seemed easier to let him sleep with me...well easier for him!

This is why we have a bedrail on the side of the bed my son used to sleeps on when we co-sleep.

Or you could put the bed against the wall, but firmly.

How old is your son?

I get very little sleep when DD is in our bed, I did buy a bed rail though because we are in the throes of teething and its nice to be able to bring her in and comfort her!

However I doubt I would've coslept with her as a teeny newborn, I definitely would not have got any sleep!

bad mummy alert

I can't even bear to have dd in my room let alone my bed! She will sometimes nap there or I'll bring her in in the morning but I am so tense I just can't relax!

Agreed my Lo suffers silent reflux so sleep is A rarity. Howevervshe doesn't like flat onher back so she is on me pretty much every night from 2-3. Although I do wake up in panic! She is surrounded by pillows. Been told off by hv numerous times but you do what you have to. She is 2 months old btw

I shared my bed with a 2 and 4 yo last night. When I say shared I probably mean sacrificed. They don't believe in sharing pillows and duvets. Or mattress space.

He's 27 months old. We rarely co-sleep because I didn't want to set a precedent whereby the only way he would sleep with us. Hence I'm not used to it & haven't really slept since 4:30 this morning.

This is why we put two mattresses side by side on the floor and all slept together like bears in a cave for about 4 years

I realise bears don't use mattresses, but still...

I had a fright when DD was less than a week old, I was feeding her and I fell asleep, woke up an hour later with her completely under the duvet. She was fine thankfully.

But I just can't sleep with the kids in bed with me, if I doze off I wake up startled within 10mins. Even now though they are more likely to suffocate me!

Some ideas herefor nice comfortable positions for the baby

amazing that is so true if this last weekend is anything to go by. We had a weekend away and ds 14 months wouldn't sleep in his travel cot. Had the worst two nights sleep of my life

When DS1 was little, I was in the full on night feeds and sometimes not knowing if I was asleep or awake etc and I woke up with something warm near my feet, thought I'd fed him and left him on top of the bed. Went straight into panic mode, thought I'd suffocated him, he could have fallen out etc so I put a hand out, straight onto the furry coat of the cat. Such a relief... but I still remember the shock.

I'm the opposite. I can't sleep if DS isn't in bed with us, every time he stops making his "night time noises" I have to go in and check on him. He had bad reflux from about 2 weeks old on, and the only way he would sleep was propped up on my arm in bed. Now he lies spread eagled between us. LOL. I think it might be time to move him into his own bed as he seems to want his own space.

We put our boys in the middle and we go at the sides. We have a king so it works ok

We co-sleep and we have a bed rail, so no worrying about babies or children falling out. I just LOVE co-sleeping. Cuddling a little warm body at night is the best. DD, 21 months comes into our bed around midnightish and I love picking her up from her cot and taking her to our bed. She loves it too ofcourse, she grins and goes "mummy hellooooo!!!" and puts her arms around by neck and snuggles into me. Tis lovely!

Loved that link amazing

We rarely have ours in bed with us precisely because of that!

We bought a superking just before DD was born; DS comes in with us every night or morning, depending on how he sleeps (awful sleeper from birth) and we figured that if DD was going to end up doing the same that would be fine but we needed more room. As it stands at the moment DD sleeps happily in her cot only waking for feeds and when DS comes in with us he sleeps across the bed so DH and I either get stinky feet or morning breath in our faces whilst being squashed to the edges of our lovely massive bed!

I've co slept with dd from birth. I stopped with ds after 3 months and suffered with poor sleep due to getting up and down etc etc.

I've tucked my 4 tog duvet miles away from her, no pillows and a bed rail. Once she started rolling I started putting her in the cot more. She's nearly 6 months and it's been much easier than with ds even though she is a worse sleeper.

Mine all slept in with me from birth. DS2 is choosing to sleep in his own bed sometimes now (he's 3.5) and I miss him! Will have to get a teddy

I decided early on that co-sleeping wasn't for me because I got much less sleep than if DS was in his cot/bed.

Even now at 7 it's not the same thing, particularly between seasons. He sleeps with a sheet and I still need a duvet.

Unless you are drunk, or stoned, or very fat they are very unlikely to come to any harm. YABVU.

To think that co-sleeping should be renamed...

yes - to Not Sleeping :)

I loved co-sleeping while it lasted... or did I? It is now tinged with a suspiciously rose tinted glow of cosy mornings waking up to DS's soft pink happy morning face.

But I do seem to remember quite a few nights of being completely uncomfortable and slowly inching my arm out from under his head, or similar. Overall it was great when he was a baby, and I'd do it again (will probably have to - preg with DC2) but it is quite nice to sleep separately now, in some ways.

I call ds2 my snuggly because he only sleeps in the crook of my arm, turned towards me and with his face resting against my breast/with a nipple in his mouth. It is a good job he is cute .