Does anyone else co sleep with the LO?

I’m going through the same thing as well. Everyone says the cry it out method but his dad won’t let me try it.

When my husband switch his son from a crib to a bed he said having him part of the transition process (being there when the bed was picked out) helped. Knowing that it was his bed made his son want to sleep in it when they brought it home.

@Heidi we have tried the cry it out method for 3 days straight. It did not work at all. My son cried himself to sleep however it kinda put fear or abandonment issue on him sad to say. Now if I put him in our bed but even walk to the bathroom he flips out crying. I really wish I didn’t even try it.

I do cosleep with my baby and I think it's pretty normal for babies and young kid to need their parents at night. Nothing seems not to be normal in this 🤗

We bedshare also, we bed shared newborn to 4 months and then transitioned to the crib until his first birthday when Dad made the call to bring him back. He was walking 3x a night and it really disturbed our sleep. He doesn't wake at all sleeping with us 🤷 We do have baby #2 coming in June, we're thinking we'll just get another mattress and hope it works out for everyone. If he can't sleep with the new born also in the room then Dad will go to his room with him for a slow transition to sleeping on his own. That's the plan at least, I'm sure it'll go nothing like that 😂 We love having him in bed with us but I completely understand needing your space, good luck!

@Danielle oh no I love that we co sleep it’s his comfort and to be honest it’s mines for sure. I just decided to go back to school and the only time I feel I can do homework will be at night time thats the time he snuggled up with me. I am a sahm so the day time is super busy running around the house picking up the same toys and things I already put away 😂😂. So night time is my relax time but I need more time to do them and with him being snuggled up with me every night it will be hard. I want to get it to maybe some days like 3 times on the weekday he sleep in his own bed.

Ooof what a task you're taking on! Good job going back to school! That's actually more like what we do. We always put him to sleep in his crib and then when he wakes 60-90 minutes later, we've had time to brush our teeth, put the kitchen back together, and just be ready for bed. When he wakes up, we bring him into bed with us & he sleeps the rest of the night through 💗 Maybe that could work for you if he can stay down for 2 hrs without you so you can do school work? and then bring him to bed with you when you're ready

@Danielle that advice just might work. He do allow 90mins at best so I am going to try and see how he does on his own and work around that.

@Danielle my bf and I were talking about bed sharing and having a second baby (just talk rn) and I said the same thing about getting a second mattress. I even joked about waving and whisper shouting "goodnight!" 🤣 I think we love sleeping with our LO just as much as she does. We had her toddler bed next to ours and she would start sleeping in it but then in the middle of the night she'd wake us up to sleep in our bed so we gave up on it lol now the toddler mattress is a glorified dog bed lol It's nice seeing someone reply with the same mind set 😁

We definitely love sleeping with our boy as much as he does too, we get in bed at night and if he hasn't woken up yet we lay here & talk about just going and getting him 😂🫠 we don't but we just love having him in here and he sleeps through the night 😅 I love sleeping with my husband, when we were transitioning to crib sleep initially bc we felt pressured to, he'd sleep in the babies room and I missed my husband so much, I hated sleeping alone, why should it be any different for our boy 🤷 It'll be a rough transition for all of us with a newborn but I'm hoping we can make it work for everyone

We co sleep with my 15 month old as well. We started once we caught him standing up in his Bedside bassinet. Our place is too small and we only have 1 bedroom, where a crib doesn't fit. He also does the same with waking up screaming if we aren't in the bed with him. I'm trying to figure out what to do because he won't even go down for a nap now without one of us with him.

My daughter is 16 months and has co sleeper with me and my husband since birth. I’m 2 months pregnant and we have now transitioned her to her crib but in our room. It has been pleasant, she still feels the safety net of us being there however, she has some independence. In about 6 months we will transition her to her room and gradually sleep in there moving ourselves closer to the door until we r out. I couldn’t do the “cry it out method “ because my daughter will battle you out till the next day lol. This process has been much more smoother.

Im in the same boat I slept with my daughter since birth as I breastfeed and she is dependent on nursing to sleep most times. Right now I have a mattress next to my bed where I sleep with her until she sleeps and then go on my bed once she is asleep. I usually wake up about 2/3 times throughout the night with variations of sleeping next to her or on my bed if I get her settled enough and I’m still up (at times I fall asleep on her bed with her) to transfer back to my bed. Hopefully in time I hope she sleeps through the night. I’m trying to give her that understanding mom is here when she needs me. Since yes it’s hard you don’t want to give them any issues with the feeling of abandonment. We are their safe space and sense of comfort. Best of luck

I’m doing the growing out method ! She will get out of my bed hopefully at 4 😭