[blparent] co-sleeping with toddler

Wed Oct 26 16:03:39 UTC 2011

There's a co-sleeper thingy out there that sits flush right with the bed, 
and has three sides on it so the baby won't fall off.  I can't remember the 
brand, but just search for it online if you like, you'll find it.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 9:50 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] co-sleeping with toddler

> We tried the mattress on the floor deal and it totally failed. Daughter 
> did not seem to regard it as a bed, more like naptime which meant she woke 
> up every couple hours. That night was pure hell. Once weput the mattress 
> on the bed, she was fine.
> Dawson will probably fall off the bed. Ours did. And they do learn from 
> that experience. Just make sure there is nothing that they can hit their 
> head on as they fall.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:44 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] co-sleeping with toddler
>
> Unfortunately, that's what I used to be able to do but he recognizes the
> pattern and gets extra energetic when I enter his room even if he's been
> getting very drowsy.  He knows that if he falls asleep he will get put in
> his crib so that's what he's fighting.  Tonight I plan on putting our
> mattress on the floor so I can hopefully nurse him to sleep in our bed and
> get up quietly and get a few things done once he's out.  Our room is safe
> for him so if he gets up and roams I'm not worried about it and I'll just
> nurse him again.  Now let's hope that he doesn't wake enough nights in a 
> row
> after I've gotten up to where he's fighting falling asleep all together.
> It's amazing how different these little guys can be about things like 
> sleep
> and eating once they become toddlers compared to when they were infants. 
> I
> have to admit that it is cool to see how sharp Dawson is and perceptive
> about every little detail in his routine each day.
>
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Stephanie Mitchell
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:35 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] co-sleeping with toddler
>
> Can you feed your baby to sleep in his room? I do this at 7, they my 
> toddler
> who is 14 months joins us at about 11 when he wakes.
> Sometimes, I will feed him again and put him back down in his crib if we
> aren't going to bed yet.
> Steph
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com
> To: "NFB blind parent listserv" <blparent at nfbnet.org Date sent: Tue, 25 
> Oct
> 2011 10:11:53 -0700
> Subject: [blparent] co-sleeping with toddler
>
> Hello parents,
>
>
>
> I'd love to hear from those of you who chose to co-sleep with your babies.
> My son Dawson who will be one years old on Halloween has been co-sleeping
> with my husband and I since he was ten months old.  I absolutely love the
> co-sleeping arrangement and in many ways wish I had started it earlier. 
> The
> only snag that I'm finding is that Dawson used to be able and go down in 
> his
> crib for the first stretch of the night which was a couple of hours and 
> then
> by the time he woke-up I'd be ready to go to bed or my husband would just
> bring him into me to co-sleep.  Now Dawson doesn't want to do the first
> stretch on his own and refuses to go down without me.  I'm an early to bed
> person but now not having that few hours on my own is difficult.
> How do
> those of you with co-sleeping toddlers usually start out your night?  I'm
> finding that just letting Dawson play a little longer in my room with the 
> TV
> on low helps him start to calm for the night and then around 8:30 we can 
> lay
> down together with no stimulation noise or lights on and he'll fall asleep
> quickly.  This isn't giving me any time to unwind for the night though. 
> I'm
> still nursing Dawson so daddy putting him down to bed is out of the 
> question
> since he needs boob to fall asleep and that's not a battle I want to start
> right now especially since breast feeding is so special and something both
> Dawson and I love very much.  I'm against cry it out methods and want 
> sleep
> time to continue to be a positive and pleasant experience for everyone.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Erin
>
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