Co-Sleeping Advice

Violet has been sleeping with us since birth. She sleeps in an attached co-sleeper to our bed. She sleeps almost 10 hours every single night...which is awesome.Tthe only thing im curious about is that if our sleep schedule sounds helathy and ok for her??

Basically she starts her 10 hour stretch at 8pm. DH and I CANNOT sleep until at least 10pm so we have her sleep downstairs in her pack n play next to us. When we go upstairs to sleep we always sleep with the TV on almost completely muted. She will usually continue sleeping and not even wake from the transition. If she does wake..I just nurse her back to sleep. she sleeps until almost 6am.

so my question is..if she is sleeping so great should I worry about the TV disturbing her or moving her during her long stretch?? I love co-sleeping and hate when my mother constantly tells me we are going to have a problem with her in the future because we arent putting her to sleep in her own bed at night.

Also..whats your co-sleeping routine???

what ever works!
our co-sleeping is bed at 11L30-12(midnight) due to DH not comming from work until after 11. and up at 8am-ish DH sleeps with DJ me with vic and if it works dont worry about it! thats all i can honstly say :)

I agree that if it works and she's sleeping so great then there's nothing to worry about!

Although, I would ditch the TV. I would be worried that eventually she would only want to sleep with the TV on and personally I wouldn't want that.

if you're happy, then it's all good :)

Hi :) whatever works is good for quick fix but I agree to ditch the tv. We co-slept with our two bubs & basically transitioned into the cot open beside our bed then eventually out of our room. DD also transitioned with a tea tree snuggle bed that we moved around the house with us. DS is too chunky for it tho :) don't believe everything you hear if you want the kids out your bed they'll be fine just be gentle. One day soon you'll miss her in bed with you. Good luck

DS goes to sleep on the lounge next to me somewhere between 7-8pm.. I wake him when I go to bed, change his nappy and give him a feed then he sleeps with me til he wakes around 6.30.. I think if it works for you keep doing it..

DS goes to sleep in our bed most nights while we lay with him, we move him to his bed around 10ish. He then sleeps in his bed for most of the night and often will wake and call out for cuddles about 4ish at which time he climbs back into bed and we all fall asleep again, we all get a great nights sleep

We get the jibes from family all the time. MIL has already commented about what will be do when DD arrives (we'll probably have four of us in the bed then :) ) and we get the jibes about 'making a rod for our backs' etc etc

As we currently all get enough good sleep this way it's all good here, it works for our family 99% of the time (some nights though are annoying if DS is restless)

If you and your baby are happy and getting enough sleep, then keep going with it, sounds like you are on a winner to me

What ever works and feels right to you. Mostly mine start in their own bed then somewhere along the way end up in the family bed :)

It sounds like a great routine!

Ds is fed to sleep on the big bed at 8pm and I jump in next to him at 10ish. Dd is often in my bed from the start of the night too (like tonight), so Dh has a single next to our queen.

I love snuggling my kids. I think that's my best comeback...who wants to sleep alone??? Even 100 years ago only the very wealthy slept alone, most families had multiple kids in a bed.

We used to use a cosleeper, but ds was too big for it by ten months do now sleeps in with me and there's a bed guard (tbh the cosleeper was a bit of a pain, but worked as a bed rail and a good newborn sleeping space).

DS & DD3 both crash between 8.30 & 9.30. They start out in their own beds. DS comes in most nights, DD comes in first wake up. Anywhere between 11pm & 3am.
They wake up when they wake up.

I started co sleeping with DD2 & have never looked back. My mum doesn't give a rats about the co sleeping. Its the breastfeeding she has a problem with :rolleyes:

DD2 is nearly 7 & hasn't slept in my bed in years. Her choice, not mine. They will not be in your bed forever & there's no reason you can't fit 2 in. (Though, it is just me, so its easier)