Toddlers are Quackers

[BullChick]

Duckling doesn't climb. She tried it once. I would put a crib canopy on if she tried it again before she was ready for a bed.

 

[kajira]

Duckling doesn't climb. She tried it once. I would put a crib canopy on if she tried it again before she was ready for a bed.

I've never had a kid sleep in a crib - the exception was my toddler in the nicu - he slept in a crib until he came home, then he slept next to me, amongst all the wires, oxygen and monitors so I could get a nights sleep and feel him breathing and be able to slap his alarm off when he was fine and it was just being picky. ^.^

He sleeps better when he's next to me. even now, as a toddler, when he sleeps by his dad, he wakes up like 30x a night. When he's snuggled up to my back, he sleeps through the night. ^.^

I've been pretty lucky that all of my kids have been semi-okay sleepers though. I couldn't imagine never sleeping. haha

 

[BullChick]

I understand a family bed. Especially in your case. But when it interferes with the mental and emotional well being of anyone, it needs to stop. Seven is the average age to stop it. After that, psychologists become common in the life of the child.
They become incapable of dealing with real life.

 

[Bantambird]

I cosleep with mine until about 6 months, where I start transition to the crib. By the time they are 15 months, they are successfully sleeping in their bed.

 

[Bantambird]

Princess will still climb into bed occasionally when sick, but she is a major bed hog.

 

[kajira]

I understand a family bed. Especially in your case. But when it interferes with the mental and emotional well being of anyone, it needs to stop. Seven is the average age to stop it. After that, psychologists become common in the life of the child.
They become incapable of dealing with real life.

What's funny, is I forced my oldest out of my bed early, thinking it was best to make him independent, and it really didn't work well. He's the only kid who's not well adjusted compared to my others I weaned him before he was ready, because the doctor told me "2" was too old to be nursing. (didn't know the research showed that nursing is fine past age 2....)

Everything that "pushed" him to grow up faster than he should have, didn't help him in the long run

I baby wore, and coslept with him and nursed him, but I put a "time limit" on it based on an age, and not personality or individual needs.

Lesson learned. My daughter still wants to sleep in my bed occasionally. (I let her last night since her dad was out of town.) but she spent the first part of the night in her own bed, I just let her join me once she got up to put her dog out and bring him back in. She's responsible for her puppy, so I cut her some slack since he went out at 4am.

FWIW - I used to sleep in my grandma's bed, WITH my oldest sometimes before I got married and moved out. ^.^

She had the TV. We'd hang out and watch sci-fi shows together, like the X files, and I'd fall asleep in her room.

 

[Bantambird]

I agree. I would take them into bed with me when they needed me, I also have a mattress on the floor of the kid room in case they need me. The crib stayed in our bedroom the first year for all of them, though. I used baby lead weaning, but I'm guessing that because I am a working mom that probably had something to do with weaning around 2.

 

[Bantambird]

My son was so obsessed with his thumb that he refused to nurse and weaned a little after 1. He didn't much care for milk, still doesn't.

 

[duluthralphie]

Princess will still climb into bed occasionally when sick, but she is a major bed hog.

Our kids try to climb in our beds to lay with us still, but I get a little uncomfortable with 40 year old kids wanting to spend the whole night with us...and the grandkids never understand it..

 

[BullChick]

Our kids try to climb in our beds to lay with us still, but I get a little uncomfortable with 40 year old kids wanting to spend the whole night with us...and the grandkids never understand it..