Thoughts on Co-sleeping...

[MJCorr]

Very interesting thread. When my 10 year old was born I refused to co-sleep even though my wife wanted to. I believed a child should be in their own bed in their own room. That was the way I was raised.

But when he was 4 months he got very sick. I did not like him sleeping so far away (at the time he was in a crib in the opposite end of our room).

We brought him into bed where he stayed until he was 3 when he decided he wanted his own room.

Never thought about him getting hurt with us, wife is very light sleeper and I became one knowing there were 3 of us there.

We swaddled initially but he wouldn't have any of that, he was always way to active since the day he was born!!

 

[alter ego]

We are cosleepers all the way!
Nothing better than the family bed! And never had any trouble with moving to their own rooms/beds.
In my husbands culture cosleeping is the norm. And they have zero SIDS deaths.
At the moment we are using a sidecar cot, as well at the king size bed, as there are 4 of us (us and our 17 month and 3yo) in there. Our 5yo twins coslept and bedshared (so 5 in the bed) until Miss 17 months arrived, they currently share a room.
Neither of us smoke/drink/drugs/ are overweight. We follow the SIDS and kids guidelines with bedding and pillows.
I love the closeness, and my memories of cosleeping with my mums are some of the best memories of my childhood, sneaking in on a cold morning and snuggling between them, being covered in cuddles and kisses *bliss*

 

[CurtisGould]

Thanks for the couple more results! You have all been wonderful!

 

[asiangirlytoes]

We co-sleep with our daughter. She's 8 and she still likes to sleep with us sometimes.

 

[ememwoo]

This is great post, doing a research similar to the topic as well. Thanks!