Cosleeping mommas?

My daughter will be 3 months on the 8th and we have been sleeping together since she was 2 weeks old. We tried the crib but she wouldn't sleep in it for more than an hour at a time. For the past 2 days I have been trying to get her used to her crib but she doesn't want to be in there. She gets so cranky because she's tired but won't fall asleep. I have rocked her to sleep than passed her to the crib and she wakes up. I tried the soothie, a blanket behind her but she still won't sleep in it. She's mostly breastfed and at night she likes using my boob as her personal teddy bear (she cuddles with it and everything). I give in when I see she won't fall asleep and have been thinking about just letting her sleep with me until she's older but although I love sleeping with her but I'm afraid I won't be able to break the habit once she's older.

When did you ladies stop cosleeping with baby and how did you do it? I will never let baby CIO so please don't suggest that.

Quoting Liss ♥:" My daughter will be 3 months on the 8th and we have been sleeping together since she was 2 weeks old. ... [snip!] ... When did you ladies stop cosleeping with baby and how did you do it? I will never let baby CIO so please don't suggest that."

I put Aiden in his bouncy chair, and put the bouncy chair in the crib....after a few days I slowly started putting him in the crib without the chair. Worked for me!

Start laying her in it for naps and things like that during the day. Is the crib in your room? And she's to young for CIO anyways but it wouldn't hurt to let her fuss a little while your rub her back. That's what I have to do with my daughter sometimes. I play with her hair and rub her back and she will fall back asleep. Keep with it momma cuz your right it will only get harder to break her of the habit.

My son is almost 4 and still sleeps with us sometimes. But at about 18 months we bought him a toddler bed and told him it was his big boy bed and he transisitioned great! I honestly think its a myth when people say that you won't be able to break them from sleeping with you. But I am all for co-sleeping, so is my husband.

Quoting JoAnna &hearts's Jett:" My son is almost 4 and still sleeps with us sometimes. But at about 18 months we bought him a toddler ... [snip!] ... when people say that you won't be able to break them from sleeping with you. But I am all for co-sleeping, so is my husband."

I really like the co sleeping idea , and would love to do it. I'm just too paranoid. I'm so afraid I'm going to roll on him or something. I hate that I'm so nervous about it, because I hear it's great for bonding.

As another mama said, I had to put LO in his bouncey chair to sleep. Then tuck blankets around him so it felt like he was being held. As he got a little older I took the chair out. Hes 7 mos now and will go to bed fine in his crib, but wakes up around midnight to nurse and I usually keep him in bed with me at that point because I fall asleep nursing him.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Shanon Hutchens:</b>" Start laying her in it for naps and things like that during the day. Is the crib in your room? And she's ... [snip!] ... her back and she will fall back asleep. Keep with it momma cuz your right it will only get harder to break her of the habit."</blockquote>



She sleeps in it great in it during the day but there's no way she'll fall asleep in it at night. I tried everything. I even tried giving her a bath right before bed but she won't sleep in it more than 5 mins. Lol
She knows the difference between the bed and her crib.

We just kept trying until she was independent enough and confident enough to sleep in her own crib. She just started sleeping on her own a couple weeks ago (she will be 11 months old in 3 days). Now she sleeps in her crib from 8:30 PM-7 AM and in bed with me from 7 AM-9 AM usually. She was just like your DD, she loved the comfort of my boobs and just feeling me next to her so learning to self-soothe was a rough adjustment for her. Now she cries for like 3-5 minutes usually and then passes the heck out. Sometimes I rock/nurse her to sleep and then lay her down. Just do what works for you!

<blockquote><b>Quoting *Cade*Mak*Col*:</b>" As another mama said, I had to put LO in his bouncey chair to sleep. Then tuck blankets around him so ... [snip!] ... but wakes up around midnight to nurse and I usually keep him in bed with me at that point because I fall asleep nursing him."</blockquote>


My daughter HATES the bouncer. She never liked getting put in there  

<blockquote><b>Quoting !!Katie!!:</b>" I really like the co sleeping idea , and would love to do it. I'm just too paranoid. I'm so afraid I'm ... [snip!] ... so afraid I'm going to roll on him or something. I hate that I'm so nervous about it, because I hear it's great for bonding. "</blockquote>




Are you a heavy sleeper? And it is great for bonding. I never understood why people don't co sleep. That's how most people in different parts of the world sleep. But I could never leave my baby in a room by himself and shut the door. That's just me though.

mine were 3 and 4 then i had current youngest so theyhad to sleep in their beds it wasnt that hard to transition them out at 3 and 4 they understand more just transitioned the youngest shes 18 months and its only been a week and she is doing good she sleeps about 7 or 8 hours then sleeps with me for another 2 or 3 its easier to transition them out after they are no longer breastfed though just my opinion they like being close to those boobs

I co-slept with my older DD from the very beginning till she was 2 1/2...we only stopped then because I had another baby and wanted to co-sleep with her as well but didn't feel safe with my toddler in the same bed as my newborn.
The transition was rough at first but I started by letting her pick out her sheets and cover and put her toddler bed in my room at first. After a few weeks of that I felt she was ready to try it at in her own room(w/ a nightlight), she did suprisingly well-there were a few nights were it to longer for her to settle down and stay in bed the whole night but overall I think SHE was ready more than I was.
We have a night time routine that I believe really helps her to realize it's bedtime and it's time to settle down now(she's 3 1/2 now btw so I'm sure your LO isn't ready for this quite yet). She get a bath, has a snack, brushes her teeth and then a bedtime story. We give kisses and it's lights out-nightlight on. And I don't hear a peep out of her till 7AM the next day.

<blockquote><b>Quoting !!Katie!!:</b>" I put Aiden in his bouncy chair, and put the bouncy chair in the crib....after a few days I slowly started putting him in the crib without the chair. Worked for me!"</blockquote>




This worked for me too! Mine was with a newborn...but his first two days he refused to sleep in his crib. Then I put him in his bouncer in the crib, he slept awesome, then took the bouncer out and he sleeps great in his bassinet now