Kids sleeping alone

my 2 year old son don't want to sleep with us when he was 1 and half year, he want a big space where he is comfortable to sleep, he just lay down on the sala, having his bed. but if i am asking i want to sleep with my son every night.

Yeah I agree with you. My parents are very protective though so until now I sleep with them. I don't even know how they manage to have time for themselves. Oh well. Maybe that's why we don't have any new siblings any more. :) But I would be comfortable letting my kids sleep alone when they start going to school. I might try keeping them in pairs first and then separating them at an older age.

This is one of the things that I like about myLot. We have so many different cultures on here to learn from. As I read the other responders I se that most of them are from the far East India and so forth. I find it interesting that weare so different in the way we raise our children Here in the United States it is the custom for most babies to sleep in a bassinet (extra small baby bed) or a crib. The only time I had any of my children in my bed was when I was nursing the oldest. After he was finished he went back to his own bed. Then when I was taking care of my grandchildren and there was a thunder storm I allowed them into my bed because they were terrified. Sometimes a parent will roll over and suffocate the infant so we don't always sleep with them.

You are right that is a right age it should not be too early because kids are more attached to parents and we should allow them to sleep with us atleast for 5 years and after 5 years you can teach them to sleep alone and also you can sleep with them for some time and then can come to our bed.

In my home with my children i allowed co-sleeping into the second year. My youngest is 2 now and i'm trying to get her to spend the night in her own room. She still falls asleep in my bed, then i move her. Admittedly this method isn't working too well. She wakes late in the night and cries until i bring her back to my bed. It is more difficult for children to transfer to their own bed as they get older... so i try to be patient. Hopefully, within the next few months i'll be able to get her to stay in her own bed. With my older two children, the transition went easier, but that was because i would lay down in their bed then i would move to my own after they fell asleep. Unfortunately my youngest's bed is too small for me to do the same. i wish you luck. i know that it is very trying when both mommy and baby are tired and grumpy...and mommy wants her bed back.

My sons felt to old to sleep with mom when they were about 8 and my daughter, she still crawls in with me and she's 11. It's up to the family when they think is right but my sons made the choice on thier own.

Kids can be left to sleep on their own from age 2. This is what I read in many parenting books. My son is 2+ now. We are planing to buy a seperate bed for him now. As for me I have another one on the way in another 5-6 months time. We have no space for 2 kids. So we are planing to move hime seperately in the same room until he grows up bit more. I would allow him to sleep with us and later shift him at night after sleeping. This is what we are planing to do.

I think if you are comfortable having your kids sleep with you then that is what is right for your family. I was never comfortable having the kids sleep in bed with us. I was terrified that their dad would roll over on them or they would fall out of the bed. Our kids slept in a bassinet in our room the first few months. Once they were sleeping through the night and didn't need me as much I moved them to a crib in their own rooms. They've done well like that.

I think so too. But I will definitely miss my baby sleeping with us. My aunt has a preschooler. He started sleeping with his brothers when he was about 4-5 years old. At times, he will run to his mom to sleep with her. She allows this transition period. Now, at the age of 6, he is sleeping with his brothers and no longer wants to sleep with my aunt anymore. I think it's important to allow them to decide for themselves.

I think about 6 or 7. The child could be mentally prepared to be alone.

Different countries and different families have different customs, of course, but here in the US it is most common for children to either sleep in a separate bed in the parents' room, or in a crib in their own room - from birth. My daughter slept in a crib in our room when we brought her home from the hospital, and in a crib in her own room three months later. My son slept with us for the first several months, which was easier since I was able to nurse him (I could not nurse my daughter). But eventually he had to move to his own bed in his own room - around 8 months old. The parenting books here say it's important for infants to learn to self-sooth so that they are able to calm themselves without help - it actually makes them more comfortable and confident later in life, and lessens separation anxiety. Both my kids (5 and 3) sleep just fine on their own and are very well adjusted, independent children. But that's what worked for me and my children - every family is different. That said, I could not imagine a child over the age of 18 months spending every night in my bed - once in a while is fine, it's a nice treat, but every night? I need my space, my "mommy time"...and sometimes "mommy and daddy time" - not easy to do with a child in your bed with you!

Ooops! I'm a mom of a 2 years and 6 months boy. Well....I'm a working mom so from birth I have let my son sleep on the crib. My husband and I trained him to sleep alone on his bed ever since so it would make things easy for us. We can do lots of things when he's asleep. During the day, after putting him to sleep, my husband and I could do the laundry or cook. We were afraid that if our son get used to sleeping with someone especially with me, we can't leave him alone when he's asleep. Practically I usually leave home when he's still sleeping and when I arrive he's already sleeping. For adults, what can you do when your baby is fast asleep for a couple of hours and your there to look at him the whole time? It's so impractical. Time is gold.