co-sleeping - by choice or by neccessity?

[bagsundereyes]

Having taken dd1 into bed last night, being to knackered to soothe her any other way, I was wondering about co-sleeping. I know lots of people are fully signed up to this idea from the start, and love the closeness. However, I am still a bit sceptical about whether it's what I want to do. Are there any converts out there who moved from reluctant to committed co-sleepers, and what tips make this work. Also, where does dc sleep if you don't want to turn in yourself?

with dd2 I coslept out of neccessity to get her to sleep somehow from the age of about 14 months

with Gecko though I have been cosleeping from the start. when she was tiny she slept downstairs in her carrycot pram bit till I went up. now she is a little older (4 months) she starts the night in her cot (in our room) and then when she wakes next, which is normally after the time I am in bed anyway then she joins me in bed and stays till morning.

Bags, as you can see on SIFTW thread, we often end up with DS in bed with us - if he wakes from 4 onwards it's often not worth the battle to get him back in his crib asleep for a couple of hours. He always sleeps really well in our bed.

However, we don't want to co-sleep all night because a) bed is too small and we don't have enough room for a kingsize; and b) DH likes a beer or five, and I have a glass of wine or two every couple of nights. But I'm thinking of compromising by getting a bedside cot, that way DS can have his own space but night feedings (of which there are currently many) are much easier.

we did by choice and gave up because of neccesaty.he slept better alone.so at about 13 months he went in a cot.

I've been co-sleeping by accident because I keep falling asleep while feeding ds in the night. It's not ideal because I am not 100% convinced about the safety in our case and I certainly don't sleep as well, but it is rather nice and snuggly. And beats getting out of bed 6 times a night.

I co-slept with all 3 and still do with ds2. He goes up before I do and just goes on the bed on top of duvet. I love it, so much easier for breastfeeding and also means a better night's sleep as you just roll over to feed and can doze. I love being that close to them as well.

coslept for both reasons but with all of mine they have then moved into a cot by 5mths[dd2 my youngest took the longest]

you do what you gotta do to get some sleep (and have a happy baby)

I've co slept with DS out of necessity (was one of those things I swore I'd never do before I actually had a baby! LOL). I'd co-sleep again through choice (I'd buy a bedside cot though, haven't got one for DS and it means that there is not enough room for the three of us)