Newborn, co-sleeping and...DTD?

[Gigi]

wow, you must have recovered well from labour, congratulations. If you're thinking this way, your body must be back to normal - already, wow. I'm in awe.

[briggsy's girl]

DD is 2, and still sleeps in our room. we just make sure she's not actually in our bed at the time - she goes in her cot for those times (we part time co-sleep still). if we've all been in bed and snuggling starts to become more intimate, we hit the brakes for 30 seconds to move her. obviously we have to be aware of how much noise is being made so we don't wake her - as you said, nothing kills the mood like a bub waking up! - but it's never really been a drama for us. we do tend to spend time in other rooms if we don't want to play the quiet game - i guess that's the advantage of living in a bigger house - we can always find somewhere lol

[STARRYSKY]

we had the same set up you describe, we DTD with DS asleep. these days its other rooms :/

[MrsFabuloso]

We just put bub into the cot when they were that little. But I won't DTD with either of my bigger kids in the room anymore. They're too big now, and can tell people stuff lol!

[MummyOfTerrors]

while my older 2 didnt sleep in our bed they still shared our room
as newborns we just had them in the bassinette as they got older we used to move the bassinette outta the room and when our son was in the cot we did it in other rooms
our kids only stayed in our room til 6 months
PS- sounds like your recovering well xoxo (we dont touch each other till 3 months after a baby lol)

[beansbeans!]

We just put bub into the cot when they were that little. But I won't DTD with either of my bigger kids in the room anymore. They're too big now, and can tell people stuff lol!

I get paranoid about DD1 hearing us from her room.. And I have to admit its not a day Im looking forward to when she comments on noises or what not

With both girls we would be quiet when dtd when they were in their cots. With DD1 she share a room with us (at one stage we had a different bed to her, then for 6months our beds were pushed up against each other) after her cot days and we would just make sure she was in a deep sleep, in her bed (when the beds were pushed together) and we just tried to make sure we didnt wake her up...

GL with it though it can be fun finding ways to dtd without waking the children, enjoy

[feeb]

We don't DTD with DS2 in our bed.

On odd occasion I can put him down in cot asleep and stay asleep we will DTD in our bed.

[Smoke Jaguar]

DS is 5 and has never mentioned noises or anything like that! Because DP is less than demonstrative during the day, the kids tend to look a bit alarmed if they see us hugging (usually when I've accosted DP in a clinch and forced him from his comfort zone of distance!), so there would definitely have been indications of 'trauma' by now if DTD with them in bed were an issue for them LOL

[MummaSue]

I don't feel comfortable DTD in the same room as DD. Isn't that what people go to jail for?

Around the house works fine. We'll get our bed back sometime in the next 16 years I'm sure.

[entreat]

Yep - no way can I DTD with my son (or any child) in the bed. Actually, the thought of it makes me feel ill. Never something i could do.

we go around the house, but usually Jack's in his cot in his room for day naps, so we have our bed.