thread: Newborn, co-sleeping and...DTD?

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  1. #1
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    May 2008
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    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

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    Jul 2007
    melb
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    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.

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    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

  4. #4

    Oct 2008
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    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.

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    Feb 2009
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    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.

  6. #6
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    THIS is why I have been hanging out for a new house for the last year.

    Mr 1 wakes up and demands food if you breathe too loudly or roll over too loudly so can't do anything in the same room as him (he wakes every 1-2 hours at night regardless), and there point blank isn't anywhere else. Bathroom is too cold at night and during the day you can't even have a shower on your own without Miss 3 wanting to use the toilet. The lounge is out, Miss 10's room opens onto it and she tends to randomly pop out at night to go to the toilet. So our only child-free time would be the 30 minute nap Mr 1 has while Miss 3 is at daycare on Thursday afternoons and Miss 10 is at school.

    I really really really really really really want a house where Mr 1 has his own bedroom and we have a separate toilet. Really want. Would do anything for. But you tried building a house in less than 18 months? Not possible, apparently, and they wouldn't give us enough money to buy an existing house so building was our only option