Do you co-sleep with your children?
By kymomof3
@kymomof3 (155)
United States
February 14, 2010 4:34pm CST
My 1 year old sleeps with my husband and I. I put him in his crib but he still wakes up during the night and I put him in the bed with us until morning. I have to get up very early in the morning and go to work, he goes right back to sleep beside me. My older 2 children have also slept with us when they were younger,just not everynight like he does.Am I just being lazy to put him back in his bed? Is it that he's my last child I'm going to have and I'm spoiling him? Probably a little of both.Is this a very hard habit to break him from? Both my older children have gotten to big to fit in our bed with us,they still occasionally do crawl in bed with us when scared,or if its storming. Let me tell you 5 people in a queen size bed leaves very little room especially for mommy.
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5 responses
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
15 Feb 10
My sons are grown now but they both slept w/me when they were little. My grandson sleeps w/my son & dil alot from what they say. Experts say it's not a good thing to do but i always did what i could to make my kids happy & let them know they were loved. I still try to do that.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
15 Feb 10
U are very blessed to have that kind of relationship w/your mom.Mine passed away 2 years ago but unfortunately we were not close like that.
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
15 Feb 10
all of them slept with me and my wife. until now, we still have two kids sleeping with us, one is 2 years old and the other is 6. we have a bigger room and bed that can accommodate us all. those kids who are already teens now, sleep together in the other room.
@raynejasper (2322)
• Philippines
15 Feb 10
..hi.. well, I don't think that's bad.. in our case, when we were still young, we really sleep with our parents until 6 year old maybe and it didn't have any effect in us.. when we were growing up, we just realize we can't fit in in the bed so have to move out.. hehe.. but when we miss sleeping withour parents, we crawl to their bed and sleep with them.. this is a normal kind of attitude I think most especially when children miss their parents presence and cuddle.. and parents still enjoy those times I believe.. it's not a way of spoiling them.. it's just a way of showing care..
@cbjones (1147)
• United States
14 Feb 10
I don't do sleep overs. Was never really a fan of it, even when I was a kid myself.I could never seem to get in sync with anyone elses clock for some reason. I would always wake up later than everyone else. They never wanted to let me sleep the proper amount of time i needed to. Kids can be so cruel
@sunyskies (126)
• United States
15 Feb 10
I don't think there's anything wrong with it if it works well for your family. I remember several occasions when I was a child that I slept with my mom and dad because I was sick, and I hated it. My parents both snore and their bed was uncomfortable to me. That left a lasting impression with me, so when my kids were born, I wanted them to sleep in their own rooms. Both of my kids were (and still are) good sleepers. My daughter always went right to sleep when she was put to bed, she never cried herself to sleep. With my son, he only cried himself to sleep on a few occasions. I don't believe there is any lasting effect whether children sleep with their parents or not.
