Those of you that co-slept...

[roslily]

when did you stop? Ds is 9mo and spends all or part of the night with us. He isn't crawling yet so it is easy to contain him.

Some people have told me that I need to stop soon or he will always want to sleep in with us.

Just wondered how long others did it for

Co-slept until 18-24 months with my children. They moved into their own bedroom when they were ready. It was a natural process. Never had any problems. Don't worry- you won't have your DS in bed with you when he is a teen

Co-sleeping is lovely. Don't let anyone talk you out of it.

My experience was pretty much the same as Fairymum's. DS slept in our bed until he was about 18 months, DD until she was 2 and a bit. And yes. Co-sleeping is lovely. It does get less lovely as they get bigger and want the whole bed. Although, IME that tends to be close to when they're ready to move into their own beds.

ds3 moved into his bed because he thought we were a bit smelly

Until just after DS was 2. Transfer to own bed no problem although he does come in with us if he wakes up in the night.

Agree with the co- sleeping is lovely thing

thanks, i will continue then- it is lovely!

At about 13 months DH got too grumbly about the co-sleeping so we moved DS into his own room BUT he has a double bed in there and once he wakes in the night I then go in there and spend the rest of the night there - so we're sort of still co-sleeping IYKWAM...

I have every faith that he'll stop waking to the extent of asking me to go in with him one day - and will genuinely miss it when he does...

DS is 20 months, co-slept from birth, and since 17 months ish has slept some nights in my bed, some nights in his (mattress on the floor so he won't get hurt if he rolls out, and I can still fit in it with him comfortably). I spend some nights with him and some on my own. I think that slowly it will end up being mostly him on his own and only sharing when he is ill etc.

I would probably have started this transition earlier but I split from his dad when he was 13 months so I didn't want to unsettle him any more for a bit.

One thing that did help the transition (for us anyway) was doing the Pantley Pull Off (search the archives for description) at about 9 or 10 months - it didn't stop him feeding to sleep, but since then, he rolls away when he has finished feeding and falls asleep by himself, which means he doesn't tend to cuddle up to me as much any more and most of the time sleeps alone, the only reason I ever stay in the same bed with him is if I want a cuddle, or if I fall asleep feeding him. (Or if he's fallen asleep in my bed for whatever reason and I don't want to go and get in his )

Fairymum, your DS3!