Do you co-sleep with your baby?

Question

My baby is 9 months old. We co-slept a little when she was newborn, but at 3 months we moved her into her crib. People have told me to consider co-sleeping again (and I'm thinking about it), but... CAN I? Will it disrupt her routine of going to bed in the crib?

My major questions are these:

1. When you put your baby to bed and you don't want to go to sleep yet, do you just put them in the bed and leave them there? What if they wake up while you're not there and fall off the bed?

2. My baby is 9 months and crawling. What if baby wakes up in the middle of the night quietly and crawls away without parents waking up? With a crib, you know they're confined for a fact!

Please answer. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Get a co sleeper if your not gonna be in the bed with the baby at all times. OR just leave her in her bed lol. I mean hey don't fix whats not broken. Once they get comfortable in your bed (which I think is after nine or ten months) its hard to get them out.

Answer 2

It's all about what you want to do. If she sleeps good in her crib, why would you want her to start sleeping in your bed again? The only reason I would move her is if you really want to.

Answer 3

My daughter is 8 months old and we have been co-sleeping since day one. It was the only way I could survive breast feeding those first couple of weeks!

1. We pushed the bed against the wall and shoved her crib up against the bed. You can also just throw your mattress down on the floor. She goes to bed at 7:30pm, I turn the monitor on and go in the living room or kitchen to do chores etc. We have always slept with blankets and a comforter..so I listen for her or I listen for the rustle of blankets. I also check on her every 30mins or so by just walking into the room and glancing at her.

2. My daughter has been crawling since she was 6 months old. When you co-sleep you and baby's breathing and sleeping patterns will coinside. When you are in deep sleep, baby will be in deep sleep.. it's natures way. Does your daughter ever fall asleep in your arms.. if you pay attention you might be able to notice it (of course once you think about it you might throw it off for a bit : P).

We sleep so close together and I'm a light sleeper so I do not worry about her falling off the bed during the night when we are sleeping together. However, that time between 7:30 and 10ish I do worry.. but that is why I have the monitor on and I check on her every 30 mins or so.

Answer 4

It sounds like your baby is doing fine in the crib.  I would keep things as they are, dont feel pressured to parent like your friends there is nothing wrong with having them in their own bed.  And if you dont go to sleep at the same time as bubs then definatly dont leave bubs alone up on your bed.

Answer 5

Just curious, if she's doing fine sleeping in her crib, why would you go back to co-sleeping?  I definitely wouldn't put a 9 month old in an adult bed by herself, and the fact that she's crawling would make me nervous about falling asleep without her being contained.

I think you should continue with her in her crib.

Answer 6

if shes comfortable in her crib and shes not complaining or whine'ing

so .. i wouldnt disturb her

shes safe and fine in her crib