Cosleeping with dog

My dog still sleeps on my bed with me. I have had to put the side of the next to me up as she is very inquisitive of the baby and I know she would go in there if she could. She is 18kg so I can’t risk her lying on him. Now the side is up we’ve had no issues, she sleeps facing the mesh so she can see in and look at him. When I get him out to feed she knows not to come over unless invited to come over. She will lick his hands and toes but she knows not to go near his face. I personally think you shouldn’t move the dog it’s not fair and it could cause resentment toward the baby. I know adapting things is necessary but complete changes I don’t agree with!

I agree, if your dog is well behaved and you dont think they'll be an issue let her stay, maybe when you have your baby bed set up train your dog in allowing her to sniff it but not stand in it or try get into it, i recon if you remove the dog they may get bad feelings to the baby that can cause more harm then good

We co-slept and still had the dog in bed with us 👌🏻 no issues, you do you 😁💕

I co sleep and both my dogs still get on at the bottom of the bed

I’ve got 6 cats and 2 dogs and never changed them having access to our bedroom with either baby. Currently have a 2 week old who is in a next to me but often gets into bed with us. If your dog is no cause for concern don’t fix what’s not broken I say x

My little girl is 12 weeks old and we got a puppy when she was 1 week (I know we're crazy). Puppy has slept on our bed since we first got him and my little girl sleeps in her bedside cot (from moses basket to next to me style). We live in a studio so if the dog gets bored of the bed he'll got to the sofa or the floor next to the bed. He's not interested in our little one and will just sleep through the night wherever he feels like sleeping without bothering us till morning for the loo

We cosleep. As long as they behave I don’t see the issue.

Our baby is in the next to me and our dog sleeps wherever she wants. She’s a good girl. She’ll peep in on the baby but she knows that the next to me is the baby’s bed so she doesn’t go near it. If you’re not worried just go with it! X

I’ve been worried about the same thing, can anyone tell me if their dog has been bothered by the change of routine or being up in the night with baby or by the noise of them crying on the night? My pup sleeps in her crate next to our bed at night but on our bed during the day and I’m worried she’ll feel trapped by the noise and been debating whether to move her into her own room for peace and quiet m, I don’t know what to do!

Our dog hasn’t really been bothered, she’ll sniff and see if baby is okay if she cried but other than that she’s more interested in comforting us x

It’s not recommended for safe sleeping. We moved ours out our room and have a baby gate across the door so they were able to see us but to be honest they are all actually much happier not in our room over night and the extra space is useful especially as baby has ended up cosleeping in the bed at times or I wouldn’t have any sleep. To me it wasn’t a risk worth taking and everyone is happier for it anyway, so it’s worked well

I love animals, but I do not trust them unsupervised around newborns (I also don’t trust young children). Dogs are like little kids, who have good intentions, but don’t have the knowledge to avoid risk. In the night, if your baby is in the bed with your dogs or cats, then they could lean up against the baby or on top of the baby at any time, trying to cuddle or wanting attention. In the next to me or in a crib, all is well (unless you have cats that can get inside). When the baby is older and more mobile, then I don’t think it is a big deal anymore. My dogs have always been super sweet and kind and caring towards children and babies, but I still wouldn’t have them sleeping with us.

I co-slept and my dogs slept in with me, I’ve put them in their own room now as the baby is crawling around the bed, they have a double bed between the 2 and I finally have a small part of my own bed. My youngest grey dog did sleep in the babies next to me as the baby wouldn’t sleep in it 😂

Hey, so we have a dog and he sleeps in bed with us! Yes you're not meant to but he's equally ouf baby and he is included. He sleeps at the bottom of the bed in-between my partners legs and understands the baby is there it seems as he never comes to my side until she's awake and can see her in my arms. It's working for us :)

I say let her stay. But one thing you could do is introduce a dog bed onto your bedroom floor incase she wants some space. She may become overwhelmed with the last night feeds and want some space and also may be ideal for if you need space. So having another place for her to go just in case may be a good idea. Not necessarily a crate but just an extra bed time bed

@Betty yes! That's exactly what we do. We have a dog bed on my partners side on the floor so my dog can disappear when she starts her grunting at 2am 😂

Sorry, but if you’re following the safe sleep 7- essential to bed share safely then there should be no pets in the bed x

My dog now sleeps in his own bed but still in our bedroom or he’ll sometimes curl up on the floor next to my partner, only took 2 nights to make it clear he couldn’t sleep on our bed anymore and he’s adjusted really well