Co-sleeping at 8 months ????

[julie_ann_jules]

DS is 8 months old. I've got two older children (7 and 5) who were, c/s, bottle fed, controlled cried strict routine babies...... And I regret it everyday!!!!
Anyway DS3 (the 8 month old) is a VBA2C, breastfed baby. He has ABSOLUTLY NO routine and feeds whenever he feels like it He is such a happy, contented baby. Anyway he sleeps in his cot in his room. He slept in a bassinet as a newborn by my side then moved into his room at 3 months. Only he still wakes for night feeds. Sometimes he'll wake once for a feed then the next day he'll wake 3-4 times. When he wakes in the morning DH gets him out of bed and I feed him in bed where he falls alseep and we'll sleep together for about 1-2hrs before getting up.

ANyway over the past few weeks I've been thinking about co-sleeping with him. I really sic of getting up during the night to feed him. If we were in bed together he'd just crawl over and help himself and I think I'd get more sleep. Anyway my question is...... would it be silly of be to begin co-sleeping at such a late stage? He settles well in his cot. He is happy in his cot. But I hate getting up and walking to the other end of the house. How hard is it to get your child into their own bed after they have co-slept with their parents???

Any thoughts would be appreciated

[skeetaboat]

An option could be to continue to put him to sleep in his cot then bring him in the first time he wakes, that way, when you're ready to get him back out of your bed, he'll still be accustomed to sleeping in his cot, and you'll only have to get up out of bed once.

We're co-sleepers. Putting our toddler onto his own mattress in our room @ 14 months was fairly painless and easy.

[kelebek]

I have co-slept on and off with DS. He has his day sleeps in the cot, starts the night off in the cot and then he wakes up about 12 am and we sleep together for the rest of the night. We all get more sleep this way.

[smiles4u]

... probably not the answer your looking for but i just wanted to say we co-slept with our DD until she was 2.5years old (day sleeps she would sleep in her own room from about 18mths old) and we had no probs in settling her into her own room for night sleeps ... just took about 8weeks of her waking once during the night then after that ALL was fantastic

[MantaRay]

I don't see any reason why you couldn't try it. Many mums find they get more sleep that way. There's no reason that you have to start co-sleeping from the beginning.

[Megan]

We have just started co-sleeping a lot more in the last couple of months. DS was waking 3-4 times per night, I would feed him but then he would be difficult to settle back in his cot. Once I brought him into our room, he slept longer straight away. The best thing is not having to wake up properly or get out of bed when he wants a feed!
He is still quite happy to be put in his cot for his day sleeps, and his first stretch of sleep for the night when I put him down around 7pm. I figure if I still put him in there a couple of times a day, it will be easier when he goes back to his own bed full time (I hope!). I'm happy we started co-sleeping. We all get more sleep and DS can help himself to some food without either of us waking up fully!

[Arcadia]

I have co-slept on and off with DS. He has his day sleeps in the cot, starts the night off in the cot and then he wakes up about 12 am and we sleep together for the rest of the night. We all get more sleep this way.

Exactly the same here...although some nights I am in bed by 9pm with her

Seems like it might work a treat for you too!