http://day2dayjoys.com/2014/03/top-7-benefits-to-co-sleeping-with-your-baby.html Joyful Inspiration for the Natural Homemaker Wed, 02 Jul 2014 03:23:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 http://day2dayjoys.com/2014/03/top-7-benefits-to-co-sleeping-with-your-baby.html#comment-13660 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:27:38 +0000 http://day2dayjoys.com/?p=3005#comment-13660 I would have said I didn’t co-sleep with my infants, but that would not have been true based on your definition. I had all my babies in the room with me when they were little. In the earliest days when we nursed frequently during the night, I had a cradle that was so close to the bed I could reach over and pick them up without getting out of bed. For me, it was just easier that way. I didn’t sleep with them in my bed, other than the times I fell asleep nursing to wake up later and find they were finished. Once they started sleeping through the night they went to their own room. Although my second son was an asthma child and he spent many nights sleeping on my chest as a toddler.

]]> http://day2dayjoys.com/2014/03/top-7-benefits-to-co-sleeping-with-your-baby.html#comment-13603 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 03:48:04 +0000 http://day2dayjoys.com/?p=3005#comment-13603 All 7 of your points are how I felt when my son was a baby. Matter of fact, he’s 5 now and though he starts out in his bed, he never makes it through the night in there. I don’t mind at all. He’s not going to be little forever.

]]> http://day2dayjoys.com/2014/03/top-7-benefits-to-co-sleeping-with-your-baby.html#comment-13587 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:33:59 +0000 http://day2dayjoys.com/?p=3005#comment-13587 I could not agree more! We co-slept with both of our boys (who are now preteens) and they are the best, happiest sleepers – never an issue with bedtime, because bedtime has always been a positive loving experience. Believe me, they will sleep on their own – they grow up so fast. But the wonderful bonds you form last a lifetime. And when Dad’s out of town, they fight over who gets to sleep in my room … still! I love it!!

]]> http://day2dayjoys.com/2014/03/top-7-benefits-to-co-sleeping-with-your-baby.html#comment-13526 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:31:05 +0000 http://day2dayjoys.com/?p=3005#comment-13526 Yes, I do co-sleep with my son and have been since he was born for the most part…I absolutely love it. He is now three years old, so I am getting lots of pressure to from others to get him into his own bed, but I am honestly still not in a rush. He has his own room and his own bed, and he knows he has an option…when he is ready I will support it, but I am not ready to force him to sleep on his own.

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