Does anyone else's kids climb into bed with them?

@fatragu (677)
United States
July 1, 2008 10:07am CST
I am not talking about after they have a bad dream. Or even if they are sick. I am talking about they go to bed in their beds. I go to bed in my bed. When I wake up, everyone except the baby is in my bed. I am wondering if anyone else has this "problem" as my husband describes it. I don't mind but he does lol.
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@momalisa65 (1971)
• United States
2 Jul 08
Lol! I'm really laughing at you saying "When I wake up, everyone except the baby is in my bed" My youngest son would do that...Go to bed in his bed but sometime in the middle of the night get into my bed....until he was 12 years old! I didn't mind because it was just me. Now he's 14 and he rarely ever comes out of his room at all! Lol. But now the dog and cat sleep with me.
@fatragu (677)
• United States
2 Jul 08
Well I am sure that the baby would be in my bed too, except she sleeps in a pack and play and can't really get out. My older 2 are getting their new beds tomorrow so I am hoping that that will cut down on the number of people that I wake up with in my bed.
@16031981 (449)
• Jamaica
2 Jul 08
i dont mind having my son sleeping in my bed he is jus three years old when he is moodie he would say i am sleeping here tonight and its fun i read him stories play with him until he falls asleep and he cuddles right next to me and i throw my arms around im then fall asleep too
• India
2 Jul 08
Our son who’s almost 9yrs, sleeps with us. We are typically traditionally Indian and we don’t believe in separate cots and rooms for the kids until they are in puberty. He cuddles up to us both and we love hugging him. Its such a nice warm and comforting feeling for both of us to have our son’s arms around us at night. And since he cant hold on to both of us (he sleeps in the middle) one night its me and the other its his Dad
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
2 Jul 08
well yeah i had one daughter who always do that..shes my second child and very grown up now to be a young ladyand for us its not a problem really...
@momz2gd (295)
• Yucaipa, California
2 Jul 08
MY daughter is 6 and she still does. I don't mind because we are close. My other kids(girls also) 10 and 12 still do also, but they don't live with me. I let them all climb into the bed with me.
2 Jul 08
You do not say the ages or numbers of children or size of bed and all of these things are factors. I would be totally permissive and tell your husband to grow up or sleep elsewhere if it bugs him that much. Then again you need to alot enough time for you both to get your conjugals, but that can be done creatively with imagination (EG leave them all in your bed and have some sofa make out time!). For myslf; my daughter is seven soon and still sleeps exclusively in same bed as me, but I am a single father and we only have one good bed and a one bed flat, so the couch is not an option for me. I worry the opposite way, when she will no longer accet sleeping in the same bed! This is actually one of the consolations of having to split with the mom!
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
our daughters are older (11 and 15) and they still come into our bed when they have bad dreams or what not, but our younger daughter was coming into our bed for about a week straight and we told her if she kept doing this, she would start to loose privilages (better than bribing them).
• United States
1 Jul 08
Me and my husband fall asleep in our bed of course. The kids both fall asleep in their beds. When we wake in the morning we have the kids and the cats and the dog in the bed with us. This is like a 3 out of 7 morning thing. If I wake int he middle of the night and one of them has already jumped in with us and fell asleep, then I put them back into their bed, hoping maybe that they will stay there. lol.
@kblakley (247)
• Loveland, Ohio
2 Jul 08
My 2 yr old does the same thing...goes to sleep in his bed, sleeps until at least midnight, but then he's in someone else's bed whether it be mine or his big sisters. We usually end up having to take him back to bed because he's almost impossible to sleep with, the kid moves all over the bed. Sometimes he gets up again and usually goes to the other persons bed...that he didn't go to the first time..lol..and climb in bed. He doesn't do it every night and I wish I could figure out why he does it. However, on the nights he doesn't get out of bed, then my 8 month old is up half the night not sleeping well and I have to lay with her. I don't think its a bad thing really though, I think it creates a bond with your kids. I personally enjoy sleeping with my kids when I can comfortably...while their younger :)
@jashley1 (746)
• United States
2 Jul 08
I can feel for your husband as my husband feels the same way regarding our 7 month old son sleeping in our bed sometimes! He just doesn't like to sleep in his crib. I do make an effort to keep him in there, but he still wakes every 2 -3 hours, sometimes less and does not go back to sleep. He cries very loud and is very stubborn. However, when we put him in our bed he sleeps peacefully and up to 4 hours at a time. My husband says "he's taking over!".. smile. My other two girls don't ever climb into bed with us - they've been in their cribs since 3 weeks of age, and now in their own beds. I think I spoiled my son, knowing he was my last "baby".
@wrynmac (27)
1 Jul 08
I don't see anything wrong with it. Only one of my four kids didn't get in bed with me. My oldest is twenty-three and sometimes he comes in when I'm napping and he'll lay down with me and we talk. It's nice. But I have to add if your husband doesn't like it, it could develop into a very real problem so go carefully there is my advice.
• United States
1 Jul 08
I do not have any kids but when i was younger, my parents use to let me cuddle between them if i got scared or was sick.
• United States
1 Jul 08
My son is 8 and my daughter is 3. Everyone starts off the night in their own beds, but there are some nights that they end up in bed with us. Heck, there are some nights I have found myself going to soothe them from a bad dream and and I end up falling asleep in their beds! ha! By not making it a huge deal, they both feel comfortable enough to know that they can come in by us when they need to but they don't abuse it. The way that I have always looked at it is that there is going to come a day when they are teenagers and want nothing to do with their boring parents and I have to soak up every minute of snuggle time I can get now!