So some questions for example:
- how old was baby when you started co-sleeping?
DD1 was about 3ish months, DD2 straight from hospital!

- did your DH/DP sleep in the bed as well, and if not was he okay about being bumped out or did it affect your relationship?
DD1- he was fine with it however it took us some time to get it right. we experimented with me in the spare room with bub, him in the spare room by himself, tried to make a side car type thing with the cot being next to the bed, eventually just found it was easiest to have her in bed with us.
DD2- we upgraded to a king sided bed and DD1 went onto the cot mattress on the floor next to our bed.

- do you sleep on a normal bed or mattress on the floor like the guidelines say?
Nope

- do I really have to sleep with baby on the outside (instead of between DH and I)? I'm scared she'll fall off the bed!
You dont have to but it depends on how wiggly or how much of a heavy sleeper your DH is. I found that i had to alternate as i was breastfeeding also so baby would be on the inside when i was feeding with left boobie and otherway round. you can get a bed rail that attaches to your bed from kmart etc which is what we use.


- what do you have in terms of pillows/sheets/blankets? The guidelines say to only sleep with a light blanket but it's winter, I'll freeze without my sheet and doona!
they just had the same blanket as us. our body warmth seems to keep them at a comfortable temperature. and i could easily check to see if she needed a blanket off or on as she was laying right there.

- do I still wrap baby up? And if you monitor room temperature (we have a little gro egg to tell us the temp) what should it be ideally?
I wouldnt wrap them up as i would think they would need an element of movement to be in with adults. not 100% sure but it never felt right to me. and they didnt like being wrapped anyways.


- how and when did you transition baby back to their own bed?
DD1- she was with us in our bed until toddler -ish age when we then got her to start in her own room and she could wake up and come in if she wanted to during the night. when DD2 came along she had to then go onto the mattress on the floor.

DD2- same about toddler ish age she had to start the night off in her room but she still comes in to us most nights between 12 and 4 and she is 3 now. i dont mind but DH is getting a bit over it. every now and then she'll have a whole night in her room. DD1 is 6 now and she sleeps in her room most nights but still does come in our room sometimes.

- for daytime sleeps do you put baby in the bed or their own basinette/cot?
DD1- she slept in our bed for all sleeps or a mattress on the floor as she hated her cot. used to go hysterical in it.
DD2- she slept in her cot for day sleeps.

Hope that helps! :-)