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« on: November 08, 2012, 05:29:50 am »
hi everyone, im new to his site & this is my 1st post.  i've read tracy's bw book and i think its fabulous.  currently, we're cosleeping w our 3mo @ nite & he naps in the crib during the day.  it seems to be working, but after rerading so many things fr the web, i'm worried that he may eventually only prefer to sleep w us only.  i knw tracy said we shd have them in cribs fr day 1.  but she never stated she was against cosleeping either.
does anyone share the same experience? (cosleeping & independent sleeping)?

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Re: cosleeping
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2012, 01:57:00 am »
Welcome!  If he's in the crib for naps and doing well with it, that's good.  You could start transitioning him to the crib for night sleep by putting him there at bedtime, your bed after a night feed, then weaning him to his crib after a time.
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Re: cosleeping
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2012, 02:46:09 am »
He will be fine.  :)  I coslept sometimes with my DS1 up until 6mos (this was before I knew better!), then coslept with DS2 for almost 3mos before he had his own room, and with my DD I coslept for about a month before moving her to her crib.  They all transitioned fine and love their beds.  That said, I do think some children can develop a preference for sleeping with mommy and/or daddy, so if you know now that it is not something you want to continue in the long run then I would start sooner rather than later.
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Re: cosleeping
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2012, 18:24:19 pm »
thx so much for the tip.
he is fine w his naps.
the toughest time is when we put hi down in his crib for his sleep. (we dont put him in our bed until after dream feed).
we usually have him in bed just before 8pm (before that, its story time) but he'll fuss and cry until about 8:30-8:40.
all his other sleeps/naps are good.  i think its that transition from day to night?

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Re: cosleeping
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2012, 21:03:34 pm »
I think it is definitely best to stop it early rather than too late though unless you intend to carry on for years. My 15mo gets in our bed about 5am and I am not looking forward to weaning it.

Tracy said if the family are happy and sleeping well sharing a bed then it isn't a problem it is only if the parent's sleep or the babies sleep is being disturbed or someone isn't happy then it should be addressed.

And just a reminder to all that co-sleeping isn't recommended because of the increased SIDS risk.
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