Hey all,
I have chosen to co-sleep with my daughter, Aria, and am absolutely loving it. We all get a great nights sleep and I'm confident that I'm doing the best I can to aid her psychological development. I believe that this is how nature intended for babies to sleep.
I'm wondering what experiences others have had with co-sleeping, and would love some suggestions on what to do for day time sleeps. I don't want to put Aria in a cot, and she won't sleep with noise or movement around her (so no good in the wrap or near me unless I'm sleeping too). She is 7mths now and rolling, so I won't leave her in the family bed either. Any advice??
I did the same ... Our DD has slept in our bed up until 2.5years old ... well, we were hoping for her to go into her bed sooner but we honestly loved her near us so much ... she nows sleeps in her bed in her room ... and it hasn't been a hard transaction like we thought it would be ...
I still miss her little warm body next to me at night ... and the kisses that would wake me in the morning but you just know when the time is right for your baby/toddler and YOU
We would put her in the middle of the bed and put pillows along side of her so she wouldn't fall out of the bed during the daytime and at night if we hadn't gone to bed yet.
P.S - I love you DD's name " ARIA " ... My daughter's middle name is Ariane (and my DD has an Auntie Melissa) !!
Last edited by smiles4u; February 19th, 2009 at 09:51 PM.
I co sleep with Ashton and if he wont go to the cot, which doesn't happen often, I will lay with him or feed him to sleep then once he's alseep I put him in the cot so he wakes there. During the day he just goes into the cot and at night he goes to the cot for bed at 9-10pm then when he wakes for his first feed between 12 and 3 I pull him into bed where he stays for the night.
Day sleep at 9.30 - in the pushchair while I was out for a walk.
Lunch sleep at 12ish - in the pushchair as I walked home from activity.
Afternoon sleep - in the sling or in his little baby chair, strapped in and bounced to sleep for a couple of minutes. Sometimes in the pushchair if it was really nice weather and we wanted to go out for a walk.
Night sleep - went to sleep in my arms, transferred to cot, when he woke up straight into bed with me, next to the cot.
DS stopped co-sleeping full-time age 10m, but we still do it occasionally now. It's up to him - sometimes I try to co-sleep and he pushes me away or hits me. Other times he snuggles up and straight back to sleep, like 6.30 this morning! Oh, I loved that! I'm the co-sleeper, not DS LOL.
Now some suggestions for you if this doesn't work (and probably won't if Aria won't sleep with movement): Snuggle up together on the bed and let her sleep. When she's asleep, if you're not sleeping too then get up, put pillows around the floor next to the bed jic she rolls too much, and leave.
DS had trouble sleeping through strange noise, so we gave him expected noise. A CD full of relaxing classical songs (because classical helps his brain while he sleeps? No, because it relaxed both of us!) on all night. Now he doesn't have it and he sleeps through quite a bit of noise, though storms still upset him a little. Sometimes he likes being sung to sleep or have a story to sleep, but most of the time it's quiet.
DS has 2 sleeps. the morning one is usually while we are out (so in the pram or car). The afternoon sleep is in the cot, but I lie on the floor next to him (holding his hand/patting his back) until he falls asleep. I usually have to go in and resettle him in-between each sleep cycle (every 40 mins). If he won't resettle in the cot, I give up on getting stuff done & just lie on the bed with him & have a rest too.
Another option for you might be a mattress on the floor - that way you can leave her there & it won't be so dangerous if she rolls off.
co-sleeping and daytime naps
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