Sleeping in mummy's bed?

[PerkyPants]

My DD (2.3) ends up in my bed nearly every night at the moment (started when she was poorly but seems to have continued). To be honest, I quite like it and as I'm single parent (and DD's dad is infrequent guest) it's not like she's crowding anyone else out.

Anyone else guilty of having their beloved DC next to them on these cold nights?

Guilty!
Am in same situation as you though - no dp/dh to complain. Mind you, ds sleeps starfish styleso I wake up all the time clinging to my square inch of mattress and stare longingly at the duvet which has migrated to cover ds and not me. A bit like having a husband, so I'm told

My dd is 2.6 and usually gets in with us. I love it, as does dh. It's not forever.

ds nearly 4. started after illness more than a year ago. in one way i like it but i am shattered because he wiggles. dh complains. its difficult coz they are little for so short a time....jury's out

i have two dds aged 3y8m and 18m and they regularly get in bed with me/us. i am on my own during the week and i love it. but dh doesn't mind either. dd1 stopped coming in in the middle of the night about 3/4 months ago but comes early in the mroning. dd2 depending, but sometimes as early as 11pm.

i will miss it when it's over (although on the rare occasions i have the bed to myself i love it!)

Guilty also, I'm a single mum, most nights (2-3am time) DD and DS get into my bed, they're 3.9yo and 2.7yo and I really don't mind I like the company/cuddles tbh!

If DS2 would actually lie still and sleep, and not wee on my mattress at 4am, I wouldn't mind so much

Sadly, he has been sneaking in with us since birth really and I'm getting a bit fed up of it (as is DH).

We've started doing the same with DD (2 yrs 2 mths) SHe wakes at 5.30 wanting milk and should go straight back to sleep, but often decides she wants to 'snuggle'. I try to get her back to sleep with a blankie and some patience but getting back into our bed for a family snuggle is more effective and easier!
I have been wondering if it is a 'rod for your own back' thing, so will watch this with interest!

I have snuggley 15 month old DS in bed every night (won't flipping sleep unless I am with him, we are off to bed now)

And our 3 year old DD often joins us at some point over night. So I can wake up with two children, one cuddled up to me per side...very sweet at times

Hmmm at least I'm not the only one!!

i have ds2 (3) in with me and for the past few weeks ds1 (11) !! has decided he wants to sleep in my bed to, as he sleeps better he says. do and i separated 6 months ago so wether its to do with that i dont know. but i might just go get in their beds soon as they take up all the room and they both cling to me all night!

DS is nearly 6 and while his Dad is in hospital (which is regular intervals) he likes to sleep in my bed.I think it is a comfort thing as he worries about his dad etc.When dad is home he happily decamps to his own room.

Babieseverywhere - how do you stop them falling out of bed? I have a 3.8yo and a 1.8yo and they are both in our bedroom, but we have 2 beds. Often DH sleeps with DS in the big bed and I sleep with DD in a single bed!! So me and DH are like bedguards

Phew... Just after I'd posted this, my DD woke in her bed and decided that only mummy's bed would do so I sneaked off for an early night (leaving the chores until this morning). Mine also usually wakes at 5:30 for a bottle (at 2.2!!) and then sometimes goes back to sleep but sometimes not. This morning, however, it was 7:30 before she even stirred. I kept thinking I should get up but just stayed there. Why can't she do that at weekends??

As for them falling out, I have a long pillow left over from when I was pregnant that I put down one side and I'm on the other. Somehow she ends up horizontal most nights.

It is sweet, but DH and I get fed up with it when they reach the wriggly stage . DD3 co-slept with us and that was fine but when she ends up in with us now (like last night, when she was poorly). neither of us gets much sleep as she starfishes and wriggles everywhere. And ends up with more bed than either of us. She's 16 months, BTW.

The older DDs get into our bed if they're poorly, but then DH gets up and goes into the empty bed - this is not allowed with DD3 as I need him as the other bedguard.

crokky,

We have the (never used by DS) cot attached to one side of the bed and 15 month old DS sleeps on that side,then me, then DD, then DH.

If DH is in the spare room or at work, I put a long pregnancy pillow on DD's side of the bed but touch wood, she hasn't fallen out yet.

thanks!