Co-sleeping support thread

[BertieBotts]

I thought I would start this thread - for all co-sleeping parents, by choice or necessity, a safe space to vent about things which annoy you about co-sleeping without being told "Put her in a cot/her own bed then!" - or to share nice things you like about co-sleeping like middle of the night cuddles. Or to come and vent about annoying comments people make. Or anything really

Safe co-sleeping guidelines

Anyway, off to cuddle up with DS now...

argos, mothercare etc.
I have a baby dan one which seems to work better on the double bed than the one i have on ds2 single which is from mothercare.
HTH

Great idea for a thread! It's good to talk about co-sleeping without the usual sort of comments. My mother is the queen of the "well, you know the answer to that, don't you? Make him sleep in his own bed, stop breast feeding,.....bla bla bla! "

We've been co-sleeping with DS (13 months) since he was born because it just seemed like the most natural and easiest thing to do. I live in Sweden and you're actually encouraged to sleep with your baby here as soon as they're born - even in the hospital (they also advise laying babies on their sides to sleep when they're tiny, then moving them onto their backs when they are a few months old. Interesting to see the different advice given depending on where you live.) Also, DH is from a country where it is the norm to co-sleep with your children.

Most annoying things about co-sleeping are IMO:

• the sore hip/ back when they're tiny and you're scared to move!
• Having to decide whether you REALLY have to pee or not and whether it's worth the risk of waking up your LO
• when LO goes through a sucky phase and is permanently attached to your boob until you've got teeth marks in the morning - ouch!
• LO waking up more frequently than he would if he was in another room in his own bed

Best things are:
-not having to get out of bed to settle LO

• having cuddles during the night, especially if you have to work full time and miss them during the day.
• the knowledge that they're happy next to you and feel secure

-getting woken up in the morning by DS slapping patting my face and grinning at me

• quietly laughing to yourself when you wake up to see them seeping in some crazy position with your very tall DH hanging off the side of the bed while DS is sleeping with his feet in DH's face!

DS usually sleeps in his cot until I go to bed, but for some reason I can't fall asleep until he's next to me in my bed. It seems like I'm too alert because he's away from me, even though he's just at the other side of the room. Does anyone else have this? No idea how I'll be able to sleep once DS moves out of our bed and into his own.....

Hi - my dd2 is 1 week old and we're cosleeping. I did with dd1 before but am more anxious about the risks now for some reason (probably just because I'm older). I know cosleeping works for us as a family and is the right choice. She sleeps between me and the side of the bed with a big gap and I lie on my side and have an arm around her. DH lies beside me and if dd1 come in she goes to dh's side (she's 9). It's a super king bed.