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1. What age(s) are the kids that you co-sleep with?
My daughter is 3.5 yrs. When she was a newborn, she hated to sleep on her own. She had to be touching us. So, we let her sleep on our chests. It was awesome to feel her sweet baby breathe on my face!
2. How do you get them to sleep? Do they fall asleep somewhere else and you move them to your bed?
We would try every night to put her into her own bed. If she cried, we picked up and put her in our bed. Eventually, she would sleep one segment in her crib, then two, etc. Now, she is 3 and comes into our room a few times a week if she wakes during the night. We have put a blow-up matress on our floor and she will usually sleep there since the bed is not big enough for us anymore.
3. Do you put them into your bed awake and they fall asleep on their own?
As an infant, we would rock her to sleep then TRY to put her in her crib. Now she falls asleep in her own bed.
4. How do the kids who co-sleep at night handle daytime naps? Do you have to lie down with them? Where do they nap?
Naptimes were never a problem. We rocked her to sleep and put her in her crib. She would usually sleep about 3 hours. I don't know what it is about bedtime, but they know bedtime at a very early age.
5. Have do you handle having to leave your kids with someone for an overnight situation?
No, she has spent the night with grandparents and even a friend and did just fine.
6. Do you have problems with the child waking up when you get up to use the bathroom, or one parent has to go to work much earlier then the other?
Nope, no problems at all! She's a sound sleeper.
One thing I would like to add...We never planned to be co-sleepers. But when exhaustion sets in, you will do what is necessary to sleep. EVERYONE (from my pediatrician to my in-laws) gave me the lecture about how dangerous and terrible it was. We simply had no other choice. People kept telling us, "She will never sleep in her own bed if you start that." SHe is 3.5 and she prefers to be in her own bed, but she knows she is welcome in our bed anytime. I'm trying to say...If if feels right, do it. You know what is best for your child. There is nothing more wonderful than having my snuggly little girl there in the morning.
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