Comments on: The accidental co-sleeper

By: HonestMum

HonestMum — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:54:10 +0000

Erm wow you are super lucky you started the routine so early as I ended up sleeping with O from a baby, falling asleep with him on the breast and it took YEARS literally to get him out of our bed! He’s never been the best of sleepers. Well done Mummy x

By: Lorraine/Squeakymom

Lorraine/Squeakymom — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:38:09 +0000

We’ve co-slept “wrongly”. Squeaky was in a moses basket, and then cot in our room til she was about 8 months, and then moved into her big girl room, still in the cot. But when she’s had a bad night for whatever reason, I’ve slept in a single bed in her bedroom, often with her for some or all of the night.

Now we’ve moved house & she’s got her big girl (toddler) bed, and there’s no spare single in her room. I’m dreading the next bout of illness or poor sleeping, because I’ll be on the floor. There’s no way I’ll manage to squeeze into her bed.

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:43:05 +0000

Ha – I can relate to that one!

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:42:49 +0000

He sounds very much like F – it’s only recently she’s wanted the cuddles at night. And even then, I’m pretty sure it’s just cos she’s been poorly!

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:41:50 +0000

Ha – that’s a good sell for it if ever I heard one!

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:41:31 +0000

Agreed! I often shy from all the labels. It can feel like different “clubs” of parents and I have no idea which one I belong to. I’m just a mum, doing what feels right at the time. Is there a label for that?!

By: Kate Takes 5

Kate Takes 5 — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:38:34 +0000

I’m still co-sleeping with the almost 4 year old! I still love it but know it’s time to go back to the marital bed. With the snoring. And the stealing of duvets. And the…oh maybe just one more year

By: Minty

Minty — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:38:34 +0000

We co-sleep sometimes, like if she’s ill or had a nightmare. Does that make me a “co-sleeper?” I also have her with me constantly some days, depending on circumstances. Not all days, but some days. Does that make me an advocate of “attachment parenting?” I breastfed in the day and bottle fed at night – so was I a breastfeeder? I have no idea myself. Like you, I do what feels right at the time and I LOOOOOOONG for a return to simpler times when we didn’t have a bloody label for everything. ***Rant over . . . pours wine*** Great post btw

By: Minty

Minty — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:37:53 +0000

We co-sleep sometimes, like if she’s ill or had a nightmare. Does that make me a “co-sleeper?” I also have her with me constantly some days, depending on circumstances. Not all days, but some days. Does that make me an advocate of “attatment parenting?” I breastfed in the day and bottle fed at nigh – so was I a breastfeeder? I have no idea myself. Like you, I do what feels right at the time and I LOOOOOOONG for a return to simpler times when we didn’t have a bloody lable for everything. ***Rant over . . . pours wine*** Great post btw

By: Bex @ The Mummy Adventure

Bex @ The Mummy Adventure — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:33:09 +0000

I do like the idea of co-sleeping too but it was never for us. All three of us are wrigglers and D also went into his own room early as he flung himself around the cot waking himself up throughout the night. Now he only wants to sleep in his cot and does it beautifully. I try and nap with him during the day but he does not want to be in my bed! Every now and again though he will fall asleep having a cuddle and I absolutely love it! We have done what is right for us though and I don’t regret a thing x