Co-sleeping with two kids?

[badg3r]

More of a hypothetical question, but if you co-sleep with two young children, how old was the youngest when you let them both in the bed together?

I have 2 DC, 3.5yrs and 7 months. I wouldn't let them both come in with me yet at the same time, but interested to know from others when you started to feel comfortable doing so?

For context I co-slept with first for two years and now do with the second. Although the first often asks to come in with us I only allow it in the mornings just now while I'm awake.

I co-sleep with my twins...have done since they were about 8 months old, now 20 months old

We often have all 3DC in the bed with us plus to dog, a golden. I recommend getting a king with two single duvets if you want some sleep.

I've been co-sleeping with two since the youngest was about 6 months I think, so the eldest would have been 2.5.

I sleep in between them and am comfortable I'd wake up if one climbed over me to the other side, so not worried about it.

Always. One on each side.

Currently got two in with me now. DS2 left the bed the first 3 months I think as baby noisy in the night but came back soon after as he gets lonely!! The baby sleeps on top of me mostly and DS2 hardly moves so never worried about baby being squashed. They are now big enough to not worry about where in the bed they sleep. (Baby is 21 months). But she sleeps with me as a pillow a lot but currently she is in middle.

we all slept together (2DCs - 1.5 years apart) until the kids were 4.5 and 3 years old.
We live in Japan where its the norm, and we slept on two double futons.

They went into their own room with bunkbeds when DS was 3.
first year or so, they were both snuggled in between me and DH, and then after that, they slept on one futon and we had the other, but all side-by-side.

It was nice - and a lovely memory (they are now 20 and 18)

Wow, I guess as long as there is space then we could be ok now. My dream is to have a 200x200 bed... heaven!!

If they are on either side of you how do you stop them rolling off? The two duvets is a genius idea, my DD has her own cot, but usually ends up in the middle and it's a pain keeping any of the duvet as she won't sleep with it over her and my DH will hog it given any sign of weakness :-D

We have coslept with 1, 2, 3 and on rarer occasion 4 children !

If we have two in the bed. One sleeps each side of me.

With three, one sleeps with their head at the foot of the bed.

With four, two kids have their heads at the foot of the bed.

Whatever you do, make sure baby is not next to other children or husband. They are more likely to roll onto baby in their sleep. Mothers have a much stronger desire to curl around baby in a protective way.

We prevented rolls problems. By removing cot side and attaching cot to one side of the bed. If baby rolled, then they rolled on the same level into their cot.

A small mattresses on the floor on the other side of the bed in case if older toddlers/young children rolling that way but never needed.

With DC1 we had a bed guard that worked well to stop tumbles so I guess we will do the same when we all end up in together. From other posts it seems the main enemy is our small (160cm) bed. Two double futons sounds amazing Tante! I always wondered about Japanese cosleeping arrangements, does anyone ever bother with a cot? I wish we had never bought one, all it is good for us putting stuff in as long as it's not a sleeping baby.