I never understood about co-sleeping until last night

[Pruni]

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That does sound lovely, Pruni.

My youngest DS (now4) always got into bed with us and I moaned endlessly about it. Now he's stopped of his own accord and I really, really miss those spontaneous kisses and cuddles. I've even thought about carrying him into our bed some nights!

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Aw, that's lovely, Pruni!

DS1 v similar - would never settle co-sleeping (remember one night when I was desperate for sleep, so DH went and slept in the nursery (on a bed!) and DS1 lay next to me, feeding, grinning and saying "boom-boom-boom-boom" - he was about 7mo!).

Last night he woke up at 5.40am and I got into bed with him - he fell asleep with his head on my bosom for an hour and we drowsed together. Was marvellous

LOL at your wet lap - sorry!

pruni we co-slept for a bit with both dds but they were crap at it

we were not closer as a result. In fact I was so knackered I just wanted to throw them in the canal a lot of the time

I co-slept with mine when they were v little.

I spent a little time co-sleeping with ds when he was about 18 months. Dh was away for a few months and this unsettled ds quite a bit. He would wake in the night and would vlimb into bed with me. He would sleep without fidgiting, but if he stirred in the night, he would reach over, tap me on the back, just to re-assure himself that I was there, and then go back to sleep.

So sweet.

As soon as dh came home, he stopped, unprompted.

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lol at cappuccino! Co-sleeping for us has meant invariably that 4 yr old dd blunders into our room at 3.00 in the morning - cue dh sloping off into spare room since we are both used to a lot of space in bed and dd takes up disproportionate room given her small size.

Have recently been using a star chart to encourage her to remain in her own bed

I co-slept with DS in KAzakhstan (through lack of cot) and always thought it would drive me mad. I loved it, am a little sad that our sleeping arrangements here are not condusive to co-sleeping and he does sleep so well in his cot. Still at least I got to do it for a few months.

I have to say that our co-sleeping experience is similar to yours Cappuccino.

First 5 months DD would sleep soundly and I would be terrified of waking or rolling on top of her DH would sleep through! Later on dd would spread herself out on my side of the bed sleeping like an angel and I would be clinging to the side of the bed praying that I made it through the night without falling out! And yep DH would sleep through!!

Pruni your experience sounds lovely maybe I'll try again in a couple of years!

we have co-slept with both of ours, still do with dd who's 20 months. i love it. much better once we got the biggest bed we could fit in our bedroom. ds stopped coming in when dd was born (he was 3.5). it's so lovely & snuggly. dd now starts off in her own bed (generally......) & staggers through to us at some point in the night.