Co-Sleeping

I don't know! But as tired as I am, figured I should post this useless comment full of moral support before I fall asleep in my chair! Maybe going to sleep before midnight would help

I wouldnt be able to have a newborn in a different room, I loved Isla sleeping with me too Lilfatty!

I dont know how to help Steph. You said in another thread that Lucus doesnt eat much. Maybe this should be your focus, as he is probbaly being more restless etc cos hes always a bit hungry. If u make a big effort to get him eating 3 good regular meals, he should only be needing boob twice a day, and definatly not over night. It sounds to me like his constant snacking on the boob only fills hims up a bit, then hes hungry again soon after. We had the same thing with Isla, but once we decreased the number of bottles she was having she began to eat way more, and then slept better.




Edited by Kellz

We co sleep, have done pretty much from day dot. Charlotte did go through some times where she slept in her basinette and cot but overall, I would say 95% of the time she has slept with us. She is 2 weeks shy of turning 2 and still does, she sleeps so much better as do we.

I love the fact that she is a cuddly snuggly little girl and do put it down to being close to us at night.

Part of our co sleeping thing is for selfish reasons. I work fulltime and need a good nights sleep as I get up at 5 each morning. If she is in her own bed, she is likely to wake up and disturb us. If she sleeps with us, its generally right through the night.

Michaela co-slept with me too and often still does.

I wasn't keen on co-sleeping intially but started doing it during day sleeps when she was a couple of weeks old and found that our little baby who normally wouldn't sleep more than 1.5 hours day or night would sleep 4hrs + if with me. I soon started pulling her into bed with me after her first wake up and I wouldn't hesitate to do this from day one next time around.

At around 10 months old she stopped coming into my bed and started sleeping through the night. This coincided with me sorting out her nightime routine and teaching her to self settle at bedtime (prior to this she'd been fed/rocked to sleep and it was taking her hours to go down then she'd wake within 45 mins). Like you I couldn't use CIO or CC (I tried but neither method suited us) so instead after bath/story/nightime prayers I would turn the lights off, place her in her cot and sit on the ground beside it, with my back to her and my arm across her middle ignoring her. She cried initally (the first night was awful but it was better then CIO or CC as I felt I was still there offering comfort). Within a few days she was self settling and I could leave the room as soon as I put her down plus she started sleeping through and not needing her middle of the night feeds.

Now, a few days shy of 2yo, she still comes into my bed every now and then, if she's sick or sore, and she's always welcome (infact she has her own pillow in my bed) but otherwise she sleeps through in her own bed. This is her own choice but it is also one I encourage (we had some issues a couple of months ago, shortly after moving her to a single bed, with her constantly waking for no particular reason and then settling in my bed so she started getting stamps each morning when she slept in her own bed all night).

P.s. I don't think co-sleeping causes problems. Some children are clingier than others but they also go through stages of 'stranger danger' or fear that their primary caregiver is going to leave them - he may just be going through one of those stages at the mo.