Co sleeping

[Mum2two2022]

I am 8 months pregnant and my almost 2 year old is in my bed with me still. I e co slept with my daughter and husband since she was 4 months. She has her own room and lush bed but tbh we have never REALLY pushed her to sleep in there. She sleeps through the night and it's fine however worried what she will be like when the baby is here.

Baby won't be in the bed with us just in the same room in the cot. Any tips etc? IdeLly looking to get her out the bed and in her own room when baby transitions to own room around 6 months.

We were in the same situation. First baby co-slept from birth (despite many attempts to shift her to a cot). When second came along, we put the toddler between the two adults and baby slept in a next-to-me style crib. It was... cosy. But it worked fine - they never seem to wake each other up even when one's having a proper little shouting match.

When the baby turned 6 months we moved both kids to their shared bedroom, husband slept in with them on the floor for a week or two and that was that. I can't say it's been perfect - eldest has always been a bad sleeper and we've had spells of her back in our bed for a few weeks at a time. Luckily the second baby hates co-sleeping and has always been happiest with his own space. I do think it helps having them sharing a room, they're in the box room together and seem to like having each other so close.

Word of warning, the toddler was absolutely furious the first night we brought the baby back and she realised he wasn't going to be sleeping on the sofa with the cats. She got used to it very quickly, but I definitely didn't expect her to be so angry at sharing "her" bed.

@elepants so glad I am not the only one!! If I am honest I cannot be bothered for the fight or the constant up and down to put her in her room espicallt when I am so pregnant now 😂

I don't mind her in here just don't want them both constantly waking eachother up! You have given me a positive so thank you!!

Definitely not the only one! And you'll be amazed at what they can sleep through when they want to. The only thing I worried about was breastfeeding the baby in bed in case I fell asleep with him, since there wasn't much room with the 3 of us already in there. I was really strict about getting out of bed and feeding on a chair, which I never did with my eldest. But you'll find what works really quickly when your baby arrives. It sounds like we have a similar age gap. It's a tough first year, but now they're playing together it's great.

I used to sleep with the 2 year old between me and dh and the baby on my other side with the side car cot acting as a fancy bedside table. They all end up in their own beds at some point, I promise you my 15 year old doesn't sleep in my bed any more! Though my 10 year old still rather likes it if he can get away with it!