[blparent] co-sleeping with toddler

[Jennith Lucas]

Erin,

My son is about Dawson's age and we do the mattress on the floor thing and
it works very well. We also have a crib sized mattress next to our queen.
He, of course, prefers mom and dad's bed, but we are working on
transitioning to him on his for the first part of the night. I take him in
around 7:45-8, nurse him down and slip away. it works well for us, but like
any new thing, there was a period of getting used to it and making it work
for us.

Jennith
On Oct 25, 2011 1:22 PM, "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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