Cosleeping with child and then new baby

[HonoreS]

My third child is due in August but I'm still cosleeping with my three year old who is very happy with this and not at all happy at the prospect of moving out of my bed.

Logic suggests moving my 3 year old out before the baby is born will save a world of pain later. But I'm also very happy cosleeping and it feels tough to make this change.

I was wondering if anyone had successfully navigated this - did you continue to cosleep even after baby arrives - ie having one in crib in your room and one in your bed? Presumably then ending up with two cosleepers 🤦‍♀️?

Or did you bite the bullet and move them out ahead of the new arrival?

I am very happy cosleeping and having two in my room, so long as everyone gets some sleep!
Thanks for sharing your experiences!

I was very happy cosleeping with my eldest until I was pregnant with ds2. Then I needed not to. So we made the change when he was 3, and I was 6 months pregnant. He already had his own single bed, so we bought new bedding, which he chose, and talked about him being a big boy. We didn't go cold turkey. He knew he could come in for a cuddle if he wanted one, but he got a sticker for sleeping in his bed each night and a promise of a trip out to choose a present when he had 7 stickers in a row. It worked for us. He had a relapse when he had an ear infection a little later so we repeated the process and he won another present.

I also sold him the line that it was good that he had his own special bed so tha he would be nice and cosy when the baby was 'being noisy' at night . . . That seemed to make sense for him too. I was surprised how easily he accepted it all, but guess he was ready for it.

Best of luck

We moved to the 3 year old sleeping with Dad instead of Mum, and baby with Mum. Then when baby gets a bit bigger, it gets safer to have both with you. With baby on one side and bigger sibling the other.

DS1 was 3.5 when DS2 arrived and I was also worried about the same thing.

It was actually no problems at all and worked well. We had two cots, one on either side of the bed. Baby stayed in cot on one side of the bed and DS1 mostly stayed in his cot on the other side of the bed.

Very happily coslept with a newborn and at the time a 2yr old. O was very anxious about it while I was pregnant and it caused me alot of stress but in the end it all worked out. Said children are now 1 and 3. 3yr old goes to sleep in his own bed while 1yr old still co sleeps and 3yr old comes into out bed through the night.

DS1 was 2.5 when we had DS2. He has his own room and bed but slept (and still sleeps) much better with me. He slept in the bed with me whilst DS2 was in a crib and then cot on the other side of me. When DS2 has a bad night, all 3 of us are in bed together now with me squashed in the middle…