Getting baby in cot

[melonribena]

I know that I can't co sleep forever and as everyone tells me, now that ds is 6 months old I should be getting him to self settle in his cot so I can get my evenings and nights back and dp can move out of the spare room!

I am trying, I really am!

But, AIBU to kinda hope the self settling in cot doesn't work too fast because I'm loving my gorgeous baby snuggling up during the night?!

Its entirely down to when you feel happy.have you got baby monitors to make the process easier? My four children were put in cots at 3months.however my fifth baby is 16 weeks old and still sleeps in basket beside us.just haven't been ready to put him in cot yet.he usually ends up in between me and dh around 5 am when he wakes for a feed.i read a leaflet today actually about co sleeping from Health visitor, said that basically it was ok if you breastfed baby to co sleep, but if you didn't then it wasn't safe.i will be honest I was a bit miffed about that because we can't all breastfeed , and it doesn't make us a bigger danger to our babies when we co sleep.

do what you want op - people stress about all kinds of things, if you dont want to co sleep stop but dont be pressured becayse he might not be able to sleep alone. I know of a few people who have co slept to a year ish adn one till 3 ish - neither had any probs at all going into cot.

Everytime, without exception, someone has said 'rod for your own back' to me, it has been because THEY want me to do something that is inevitably harder work for ME.

I co-sleep with DS aged nearly 3. It suits us down to the ground, and makes travel/staying away so much easier. No faffing about with travel cots. And we like it.

As long as you all sleep, why change it? We co-slept until about a month ago, but I think we all kept eachother awake and nobody got any sleep.
Even though I got no sleep, I still miss the cuddling!

Well I am not one for co-sleeping so never did (each to their own) but now DH has been working away for almost a year and DS sneeks into my bed almost every night hes away and now DD(younger) has started doing it too. I used to stress, now I just enjoy the cuddles as I'm quit sure that in a few years time they will want nothing to do with morning cuddles with mummy and then I will be really sad :(

I'm jealous, I really want to co sleep with my 16wo DD but I'm anxious by nature and I'd be so worried about her suffocating or me rolling on to her. She's in her cot next to me now. I have no intention of putting her in her room when she's 6 months, I love having her near.

Sod what anyone else thinks, do what's right for you.

Do what you think is right for you and ignore everyone else. I have a 6 year old in bed with me most nights!!!

As a long term c0-sleeper, there is an element of rod for own back, but I dont care, I love having my children in bed with me, they are only young for such a small length of time.

Thank you all for your advice and experiences. I think I will persevere in getting him in the cot at the beginning of the night so I can have my evenings back but will relax about co sleeping during the night.
(And maybe not tell the grandmothers!!)

I have another baby who refuses to cosleep! And I do miss the cuddles I used to have with him in bed when he was teeny tiny. HOWEVER, I do like being able to read in bed now he's in his own room... Having the lights on is such luxury!