co sleeping flaw?!

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Does anyone think that co-sleeping could actually be counter productive? Am wondering if my DS is waking every 50 minutes through the night because every time I turn over he is getting a big waft of my smell?!!

How old is he? If newborn it could be because at that age their sleep cycles are about 45 mins long. He could be waking when he comes back into light sleep and struggling to get back to sleep again.

I have heard that co-sleeping means BF babies feed more often...

Yes, this is why some people don't co-sleep -- it's not just neo-Victorians.

As far as I know, everyone's sleep cycles are 45 minutes. Children that know how to settle themselves can ease into the next cycle. Children who don't need to be fed back to sleep.

My DD reached a point where she would only sleep latched on. I had to sleep-train her.

yes when I tried co-sleeping it lasted one night as niether of us got any sleep!!!

I was aware of every snuffle she made and she was aware of having mummy so close!

We both slept a million times better when she was swaddled and in her own cot.

I don't think it's counter productive unless it becomes a problem for you. Co sleeping totally saved our sanity in the first few weeks, then she started trying to latch on all the time and refused to sleep anywhere but on me. As flattering as that was, it didn't work for us so now we wait till she's asleep and then stick het in her basket. I have to say that this process if transferring would never have worked a couple of weeks ago, she'd have screamed the house down and known instantly. She's changing and growing at two months now and as things do, they change theit minds and you can experiment with moving yours elsewhere!

Just to clarify -- my DD was 8-9 months when we stopped. If you have a tiny baby I would carry on cosleeping!

If I had it to do over again, I would try a more gradual transition starting when she was younger rather than doing sleep-training at 8-9 months.