Co-sleeping sleep schedule

Mamas who co-sleep…

What is your nighttime routine and sleep schedule for your baby? Do you set them in bed before you then come back later when you’re ready for bed? Do they fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

Do they nap in bed as well?

— We’ve been co-sleeping since she was born but need to switch up our schedule and routine a bit as she’s getting to an age where a more structured bedtime routine will be helpful. TIA —

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I have currently adapted my schedule to match his. I go to sleep at 8:30/9 with him (sometimes I mess around on my phone after he’s dozed off for a bit) and we wake up together for the day around 6:30/7!

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Baby sleeps between 8-9 pm and falls asleep feeding or sometimes rocking. I sleep a little late around 10.30/11. She can handle first few hrs on her own, then may need help getting back to sleep by comfort feeding 2-3 times. Wake up with her at 7 am.

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Naps in bed last about 30 mins to an hour sometimes 2 if I'm lucky. Co sleep all the way. Bed time is at 8.30pm but start winding down from 8pm feed change dimmed lights and she's konked out by 9pm latest I stay in bed and read a book, meditate or browse till 10pm ish and sleep by 10.30pm. We occasionally have 2 night wakings at 1 and 5am for feeds and changes otherwise she'll sleep through the night

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My little one naps in our bed too 45 mins - 1.5 hours just depends. Night time we put him to bed around 7:30/8 then I go chill out with my husband and then we go bed couple hours later or sometimes we all just fall asleep together lol

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I have a girl the same age and I’m thinking around. The same questions.. interesting that generally people have their babes napping in their beds.. so will you be with them in their beds during these naps guys?

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Been co sleeping and strictly contact naps so far up till 2 nights ago. …We got bed railings so I can know he’s safe if I get up to make coffee or use the bathroom in the middle of the night , and to try for day naps in the bed where I might get up after he’s fallen asleep to get a few things done. my son is 6 months old.
New change, last two nights he’s zonked out at 6:30 nursing in the living room. I transferred him to the bed with an ease that has never happened before! I actually got up and ate dinner and chilled out on the couch, watching him on monitor.

Otherwise, him and I go to bed at 7:30/8. I listen to a podcast or something but I’m usually so wiped by 8. I wake up around 5:30. He follows around 6:30!

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2 year old no longer naps so he’ll go to bed at 6:30/7pm with Dad, they’ll chill for a bit and he’s usually asleep by 9pm, sometimes he’ll fall asleep next to Dad, sometimes Dad will leave the room to sort stuff downstairs and when he goes back up he’ll be asleep

I stay down with our 6mo who falls asleep when 2yo goes to bed and will stay asleep until me and Dad switch at 9/10pm

I’ll then go to sleep with 2yo for the rest of the night and my partner co sleeps with 6mo in the other bedroom

They both sleep through and both will wake any time between 7:30/8:30am

We also switch so sometimes I stay with 6mo and my partner stays with 2yo

We’re gonna have to change it up in May though as our third is due so either 2yo will go in his own room as he’ll be almost 3 and then we’ll split co sleeping with our youngest 2 or one of us will co sleep with both of the older two and the other with new baby as they’ll be 3yo and 1yo by that time

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My daughter is 3 and she still gets rocked to sleep it's not a necessity it's a preference 😂 when my daughter was still an infant I slept when she slept so I could be well rested to tend to her without being grumpy , overwhelmed or stressed🥰 eventually once she adjusted to her sleep schedule which was 9:40 pm every night up till she was 3 that allowed me to have "me time or adult time". I found other methods to take longer for my daughter so rocking helped. and even tho we co-sleep I still give her, her own space/spot in the bed so she don't keep waking up everytime she thinks I'm not laying next to her

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Breastfeed to sleep on my bed in the side laying position (ontop of covers, baby in sleepsack) about 7pm. She stays asleep there with camera on her until I go up. Go up about 10pm and lift her into her cot. She sleeps there until about 1am - then she's in bed with me the second leg of the night only until about 6/7am.

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Thank you SO much everyone!!

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For naps - after she falls asleep from feeding, I put her in a baby lounger on top of my couch. I can still see her. This helps me do things around the house. Sometimes I wear her in a wrap / baby wearer.

For sleep - Around 8-9pm, I put her in our bed and nurse her to sleep. I nurse her 2-4x/night. We wake up around 6-7am to put on a fresh diaper to start the day! This works for me rn since I’m on maternity leave…but I know I’ll need more structure too when I go back to work 😭

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@Brenda, sorry you're feeling that way. My DM's are open if you'd like a chat, send a message hun.

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My girl only naps in her pram refuses to nap in her cot I've tried sooooo many times

She'll sometimes take a nap in bed with me but again this can take forever so I give up and take her a walk in the pram.

She goes down in her cot between 6.30/7pm wakes around 10 which is when I'm going to bed and she'll hear me and cry and I bring her in with us.
Sometimes (like last night) she'll sleep until 2-4am and then comes in with us on the last stretch. We are all awake by 7am as this is when my toddler wakes up for the day.

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