Do you co-sleep with your baby?

Sorry, had to comment on "onandon's" response.

Although I only co-slept with my baby for about 2-3 months to get us through the rough patch of the first few months, I actually feel quite the opposite about this answer. Humans, and Western society in particular, are the only species who expect their newborns to sleep alone in a room down the hall from birth. I feel that this is laziness. Some parents expect newborns to sleep through the night from birth and will do whatever it takes to get them to sleep - give them cereal at a ridiculously young age, "top them up" with formula, leave them to cry it out, etc. etc. Isn't that laziness? In my opinion, co-sleeping is a great thing and helps parents and babies bond and become in tune with each other. It gives young infants a sense of security. For us, it really helped me figure out her feeding schedule and got us into a smooth routine. How that is lazy is beyond me.

Now to answer your question - I moved my daughter to her own bassinett in her room at about 3 months. She moved to a crib at about 5 or 6 months. We had no problems transitioning her at all.

A good book is "The No-Cry Sleep Solution".

Edit- Also, the misconception that co-sleeping is not safe is just that - a misconception. It's only unsafe if you take drugs or drink lots of alcohol and fall into a very deep sleep, putting your baby at risk. Studies have repeatedly proven that co-sleeping reduces the risk of SIDS. You would think a nursing graduate would know that.

Yes, I co-sleep with my daughter. She is currently 27mo. This past December when my husband came home for a two week R&R we moved her into her toddler bed, which is located in our room. She did well for the first few nights, but then decided she wanted back in Mom's bed..which was fine with me.

My husband comes home later this month, and I'm sure we will try again with her own bed, but if she's not ready, then no pressure. She want out when she's good and ready. As for books, I never read any about co-sleeping. It's just what came naturally for my family.

My daughter is currently 10 months old. We live in the upstairs of my parents which is just a really big loft. For the first couple months I rolled her crib close to my bed...but kept her in her seperate crib throuh the night to learn independence. Then after 4 months I moved her crib to the oppisite side of the room where she couldnt see me 24-7. Since she was already used to her crib it worked just fine. Sometimes i still roll her crib over to the bed nowdays so i can watch her breathing, and because sometimes she rolls around all over in her sleep. I cant reccomend a specific site or book but i know that the internet has answered all of my baby questions for me...even yahoo answers, books have just as much info as the internet

We co-sleep with my 22 month old. We will be moving in a few months, and I am going to set up a big-girl room for her then. So we will start the transition into her own bed around 26 months.

For good information abotu safe co-sleeping, check out any of Dr. Sears' books or www.askdrsears.com.

ETA: Re: Jodie's comments about "breaking" them of things. I don't think that is ever necessary. My daughter is starting to ask to sleep in her own bed *all on her own*. She is potty trained at 22 months because she decided *all on her own* that she was ready and willing. She will wean from the breast *all on her own*. This notion that parenting is an "us against baby" kind of battle is silly. If you meet baby's needs, and follow his cues, he will gladly give up all of those things without any tears or trauma.

I've co slept with both my kids until they could sleep through the night. My son was about 4 yrs and my daughter was amazingly only 8 weeks old when she started sleeping 10hrs straight. With both of them I started a bedtime routine and putting them in their own bed at about 4-6 weeks, then when they woke up I would take them to bed with me. I think it worked great because it gave me some alone time in the evening and gave them the opportunity to learn to sleep on their own without forcing them to be in the crib away from my all night. Once my son was older he would just come and crawl into bed with us in the middle of the night, I just put a baby gate up in the hall so he could only go from his room to ours.

to make the bed sharing situation safer I recommend buying a toddler bed rail (you will need it when baby is older anyway) and push the bed up against the wall or use two bed rails unless you and your partner always get out of bed at the same time. Use rolled up towels blankets or a body pillow folded in half to fill in any gaps around the wall, headboard and rail and use only the minimum required blankets and tuck them into the bottom of the bed tight enough that they can only be pulled up to chest level and not over baby's head and leave a small lamp on at night so you can always see where baby is when you wake up.

He is 8 weeks and still in the bed with us. We decided to start moving him out of the bed into a bassinet next to the bed at 12 weeks and then into his crib in his nursery around 6 months.

I read a book called Your Babys First Year: Week by Week. Its pretty informative and is only about 5 pages each week so it doesn't take up too much of my time.

My son is 5 months old and has only co-selpt with me and my bf a few times...Being that i work in vital records and see too many death certificates for infants that were co-sleeping and were suffocated and I know my son is there but i dont want to even chance it. Plus i have heard when you co-sleep its very hard to transition to there own bed..not a good idea in my eyes..but thats a parents choice! I agree with noahs mom the first year is really good book also Dr.Spocks baby and child care.

I would like to but due to my epilepsy, I can't. Instead, I'm having the bassinet placed very close to my bed.

A great book on attachment parenting is "The Baby Book" by Robert Sears. Talks about different co-sleeping methods as well as any other thing you'll ever need to know about your baby.

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My son is 3mos old. He will sleep in his own bed and usually that's where I start him out but after the first time he wakes up I just leave him in the bed with me because I breastfeed and it's just easier. Once he starts sleeping through the night his bed is where he'll stay.