Co sleeping Thoughts/ideas

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Co sleeping Thoughts/ideas

Hi imperfect mums I have a baby boy who is 3 months old soon and have been occasionally Co sleeping he starts off in his cot then ends up in our bed by midnight, my question is do you think I should try and get him to go to sleep more in the cot after midnight or do I keep doing what I have been doing I do have other children and have Co slept with them before but have had trouble getting them our of my bed haha any thoughts or ideas are welcomed

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Anonymous

Everyone has different opinions on this. As long as you are safe, do what works for you.

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Anonymous

There’s a $50 crib thing that you can buy from big w that’s designed for safe co sleeping. It fits in parents bed, I found it was easy ti transition baby into own bed, in this thing.

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Anonymous

I side-car the cot. I took the front off, pushed it against my bed, got a piece of foam cut from Clark rubber to fit in the gap at the back of the mattress and pushed the whole thing against the wall so it was firmly against my bed. Have done this with all my kids. The idea is that they have their own sleeping space but are still technically in your bed so they like it. So when you want to move them out to their own bed you just move the cot they already sleep in. I never got to that point with any of my kids tho to be honest. My eldest got kicked out to her own room when number two needed the cot and number two wanted her own bed around 18months and was an easy transition. Hoping my 4month old transitions well when the time comes.
Google cot side car to check out photos etc by other mums

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Anonymous

Do what works for you. I didn’t co-sleep, mainly cause it meant I got zero sleep and my son never seemed to settle.
If it works for you and your family, it works for you and you do what ever works.

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Anonymous

Co sleeping wasn't for us, I preferred to try and get my babies to self settle in their own beds but if Co sleeping means everyone in your house gets more sleep then that's a win in my book!

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Anonymous

It’s totally up to you.
My personal experience is pretty similar. And for some periods of time, I’d just bring them into my bed after they wake in the middle of the night. To break the habit, I’d just always try the cot again first. And occasionally if they’d fight it, I’d give in.

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Anonymous

For us, we just could not co-sleep. We liked having our own space where we were free to have sex and relax when we pleased. We allow my son in the bed in the mornings before hubby leaves for work and that's it. Parenting makes you feel very vulnerable and our bedroom was our little "place" still :)

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Anonymous

It's prob going to be harder in the long run if u let bub keep coming to ur bed....try get bub have a dream feed when u go to bed and keep putting him back in his cot. If u don't already use a dummy maybe try that too. Good luck!

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Anonymous

As long as everyone is sleeping, it's up to you.

Our youngest I don't think ever slept in her bed. Our boy as he got older he got worse to keep in his bed.

They are 7 and 8 now.

We tried everything, but sleep is important and gave in.

We even got bunks in each room but they still were in our bed.

Now we have a queen bed in our spare room and they sleep in that.

My boy likes to sleep with me. Hubby likes to goto bed early.

Most nights it's hubby and daughter, son and I.

Or 2 kids and hubby so I can watch some tv in bed.

Hubby will come in after they are asleep.

It's not ideal but we work 15hr days in a home office, bedtime is not going to be drama time.

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