Does your child sleep in the bed with you?

United States
May 22, 2007 2:01pm CST
I am soo curious on how many children do sleep with their parents. I am a guilty parent of that. I am having such a hard time getting my daughter to sleep in her own bed. I dont know why children have such hard times with this. If you have been in my situation and finally broke your child from it, how did you do it, I need some tips!!!
6 responses
• United States
22 May 07
yes i'm guiltyof letting my daughter sleep with me and my husband but its only because when we put her in daycare she got sick and had 4 ear infections from going there and so now she has tubes in her ears and that's how her sleeping with us started. i also notice that she sleep walks so i like to keep her close to me where i can keep an eye on her and know where she's at all times and i also think it's because she's my first child. ( she's almost 2)
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• United States
23 May 07
i totally feel what you mean that's the same thing me and my husband is going through but we use the futon in the loft but it makes too much noise. lol!
• United States
23 May 07
How funny, my daughter sleep walks too...lol! In my eyes, two is still young, my daughter is 5 and so now I think its getting out of control. I also feel that it takes personal time away from me and my husband because when the kids are asleep its our time and well, if shes in our bed, we still dont have our time..and the couch and living room isnt the same..hehe!:)
@Gorgeous24 (1091)
• United States
22 May 07
I am going through this same problem right now, my daughter is almost 4 and she still sleeps in our bed right between me and her father. Its very uncomfortable for us because she thinks she is the queen of the whole bed, shes all over the place, sometimes she even hits me in the face when shes moving around in her sleep. We bought her a pretty bed that she picked out and she has only slept in it once since we bought it. I have tried putting her in her bed to sleep but she always ends up sneaking in our bed somehow, and there are days when im too tired to even say anything about it. So I congragulate anyone who can get there kids in THEIR OWN bed because I cant. My advice to you is get it under control before it gets outta control.
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• United States
23 May 07
Its already out of control and you sound just like me. My daughter thinks she is the queen of the bed too! She sleeps side ways, kicks us and smacks us in the face too, its soo annoying. I also have a ten month old son and Ill be danged if im going to have my whole family in my bed, lol! We did the same thing, bought her a nice bed she has three different bed sets, blues clues, care bears, and power puff girls and that still doesnt make a difference. She also has a tv in her room and it still dont matter, geesh, these kids are spoiled!!! And like yours, my daughter always sneaks into my bed too if she ends up falling asleep in her room, I dont remember any of my friends at age five sleeping with their parents, back then, I dont think parents tolerated it. I smiled and laughed at your post b/c you sound just like me!
• United States
22 May 07
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. My son is a year old and when I put him in his crib he will grab his little frog that he sleeps with and lay down and go to sleep all by himself. I never have a problem getting him to sleep. He doesn't sleep with us but we have put him in the bed with us a few times because he woke up crying and wouldn't go back to sleep or either he was sick. But we always end up putting him back in his crib. I'm so scared that he will fall off our bed or we will roll on top of him. I know he's a year old now and can move around if we roll over but I just have a fear about that so I won't let him stay in our bed for long. I hope you get some tips that will help you out with your daughter. Sorry I don't have any for you.
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• United States
22 May 07
Thank you for your response! Lucky lucky you!:) My daughter actually slept in her own crib until she was 1 then after she hit 1 she wanted to sleep with us all the time. I hope I find some tips as well:)
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
19 Jun 07
with both my kids, i kept them in their bassinet in our room for the first 2 or 3 months then they went into their own room. so that kept from the habit of them sleeping in our bed, which i knew i didn't want. our problem now is, my youngest will only go to sleep if we lay with her on the couch. we've got another coming in july, so we want to break her of that. her sister by that age we could just take up, read a story and say goodnight.
@mememama (3076)
• United States
22 May 07
My son chose when he wanted his own bed, he was around 1 1/2 years old. We set it up, put him in that for his naps. Then one night he crawled in there and went to sleep. Before that, we coslept. Most of the kids in my family do the same thing. If you don't pressure the kid, they won't resist so much!
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• United States
22 May 07
I do believe that. Sometimes shell just go in her room and go to sleep and shes okay with it. Not often though. I just dont understand, shes going to be in kindergarten, she cant be sleeping with her mommy and daddy!:)
• United States
22 May 07
My son is 14 months old and we co-sleep. I was COMPLETELY against co-sleeping until I had my son and realized that it was the only way that I was going to get a decent amount of sleep at night. It has turned into a habit and he won't sleep in his crib but I don't mind. I'm a single mom with a queen size bed so there is plenty of room and I love cuddling with him. I have not put much effort into breaking this habit because it doesn't really bother me. I might be singing a different song when I have a 5 year old sleeping in my bed or when I have a new man but for now it's not a problem. I'm sorry I don't have any tips to offer but I just wanted to pop in and let you know that you're NOT the only person that co-sleeps! As long as they are out of our bed by college then we should be okay. LOL. Good luck with breaking the habit and getting your daughter into her own bed.
• United States
23 May 07
Melissa, you are silly! I totally understand what you mean because I think if I was single and had only one child I would probably want her to sleep in my bed as well because I would miss her. Yes you are right, being five is a different story! I hope soon it will stop but I dont want to force her because I feel it will only scare her more. She is good at saying shes scared to get her way though..hehe:)