Comments on: I Cherish My Right To Bitch.

By: dee

dee — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:15:44 +0000

I’m in exactly the same boat. My Evie is co-sleeping. I do start her out in the pack ‘n’ play beside my bed, but once she wakes up the first time she’s in bed with us. She probably does wake more often being right next to me, but I think we both need the snuggle time right now. I get very little time with her in the evenings after work and those night time snuggles really make a difference.

By: amy

amy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:20 +0000

I would want cuddle time too! He is so cute.

By: kimblahg

kimblahg — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:12:49 +0000

if it is any consolation, all four of my kids were the same way until they were six months old!

By: Swistle

Swistle — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:41:23 +0000

Oh, me too! I thinking “Doing it the way I want to, for as long as possible” is key to my long-term satisfaction with this whole parenting thing. And I include the cuddling and the complaining in that.

By: cagey

cagey — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:51:37 +0000

There is a lot of research that shows that babies NEED to be light sleepers because their central nervous systems are still developing and not ready for deep sleep. The book “Our Babies, Ourselves” by Meredith Small really gave me piece of mind about many of my parenting decisions, particularly co-sleeping.

But still, I hear you. I have not had an entire night of sleep ALONE in over 3 years now. I am very grateful that the kids sleep better with us, though. They generally sleep like rocks, so I try not to complain.

By: stacey

stacey — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:46:22 +0000

don’t lose your sanity over being so tired!! that could happen ya know!

He is getting so big…snuggle him when you can…..

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:29:42 +0000

He is way to cute! Why would you not want to snuggle him all night!

When he starts kicking you, you might want to move him to his own bed?

Your allowed to be tired, and your allowed to bitch! that comes with the job of “mum”

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:09:10 +0000

He is so cute! Love those little toes!

This post was me last October. Sofia did not sleep through the night, and I totally cherished our nights together. Just sleeping next to her, cradling her little self, smelling her hair, and feeding her as necessary was wonderful. Later, I started putting her to sleep in her crib, but by the time I went to bed, she was always with us. We both knew when it was time. I finally felt ready, and she was just being bothered by our night-noises by then. We transitioned easily.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:03:10 +0000

I’m a SAHM and I’m still mostly cosleeping with my 19-month-old. At this point she’s in a twin bed up against ours. I just like having her close and getting the chance to snuggle with her. She does wake up once or twice a night still, but since she’s right there, it’s not too bad. An on the nights when she wakes up more often, I figure she’d be doing a fair amount of that even if she were in her own room. But our bedroom isn’t really big enough for a queen and a twin, and when it gets to the point where we need to turn on our heater this winter, we’ll have to have her bed in another room–it’s a fire hazard the way it is now. I get lonely and sad just thinking about it.

By: SSU

SSU — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:35:48 +0000

We co-sleep, but I try (and most often succeed) in getting her to start the night in her pack-n-play (which is right next to our bed). Some nights I move her back to her bed ofter she eats and falls back asleep. Other nights I am so tired I fall asleep while she eats (and hence she doesn’t get moved). The only problem is that now that is can crawl, I am afraid she will escape the bed and hurt herself. So, she sleeps between us. Unfortunately, one night she decided to lie perpendicular to us – so we didn’t sleep much. But, some day we will get her to sleep in her own bed and for more than a few hours at a time!