co-sleeping

[neyney3]

I can't find any info on weaning from co-sleeping. I know we'll have to do so eventually.

[whitnessforhim]

This is the best article I've found on the subject...I haven't tried it though. DD will be a year in two weeks...I can't see her sleeping on her own yet though.

http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/ap/sleep.asp

[Shaunsmom]

We weaned from co-sleeping with DS when he was 5.5 years old.

We had a 7 month time frame that our bed was just ours...then DD was born. We are co-sleeping until at least she is done nursing. I want to let DD self wean from nursing so who knows how long that will be.

Best of luck to you OP. Please let us know how it works out.

[kohlby]

We didn't stop co-sleeping completely for a while. However, we switched from full-time to part-time co-sleeping at around 2 years old. It really was easy. All I did was put the kids to sleep in their own bed at night. When they woke, they finished up the night in our bed. That way, DH and I did have our own bed for the start of the night. Also, my kids knew they could come to us if they needed to for extra comfort. Since we waited until around 2, they did the walking into our room too, which is much easier than getting up! (My kids start on full-sized mattresses on the floor for naps right from the start and move to a full-sized bed pushed up to the wall at around 2. So, there was no big transition because they still got to fall asleep breastfeeding or snuggled up against me).

We decided to let our kids decide when they were ready to stop co-sleeping part-time - though I might have thought differently if I had three kids in the bed with me! My son stopped a little bit after 4 years old on his own.