tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991307355647500334.post1364025509360837917..comments2023-04-30T07:41:38.146-05:00Comments on olive juice: Cosleeping and MarriagePaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185763924452256934noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991307355647500334.post-26659789984887851042008-02-10T23:30:00.000-06:002008-02-10T23:30:00.000-06:00{hugs} as you work through this. I know what you m...{hugs} as you work through this. I know what you mean - it such a short time in their lives.I don't have any advice we co sleep with our twins and it works still.<BR/>We have a smaller side bed - (else with two toddlers there would be no room)<BR/>I read somewhere else today ? about a mattress beside the bed on the floor for the co sleeping toddler.<BR/>Then Grant would have pretty quick access to nurse and then for morning snuggles. <BR/>My husband doesn't mind so much except me going to bed wakes him, and I go to bed late because I know at least one will wake to nurse anyway. So I figure i may as well 'play' on my blog and read my friends latest posts.♥.Trish.♥ Drumboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482654455512269065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991307355647500334.post-52887203267574413332008-01-28T10:19:00.000-06:002008-01-28T10:19:00.000-06:00Hey Stacy! Thanks for commenting.Co sleeping does ...Hey Stacy! Thanks for commenting.<BR/><BR/>Co sleeping does include sleeping in different beds as long as they are in the same room. So "officially" you are cosleeping. I think its wonderful that you are close by sweet Alexis during the night hours. Its even been proven that having another human close by is great for regulating heart rate and respiration. <BR/><BR/>Your arrangement sounds too good to be true! Alexis is definitely an anamoly. Count yourself blessed to be getting such long stints of uninterrupted sleep...what a blessing. I actually feel rested most morning. My wakings are very very short and I am used to it by now. <BR/><BR/>The most important aspect of parent/child sleeping arrangements is that is works for the individuals involved. Grant has never been a sound sleeper...due to reflux pain or whatever...he wakes a minimum of 3 times a night..which is normal. And yes I have conditioned him to expect me to help him go back to sleep. I am fine with this because he is a baby and I dont expect him to be an adult. Also...I know plenty of folks who parented at night this way...and have preschoolers who sleep soundly in their own beds. To each their own...as long as nobody gets hurt :)<BR/><BR/>Love the newest pics. She is such a little doll baby!Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02185763924452256934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991307355647500334.post-91124344503139811292008-01-28T09:31:00.000-06:002008-01-28T09:31:00.000-06:00We never officially co-slept with Alexis. She sle...We never officially co-slept with Alexis. She slept in a crib at the end of the bed. Since I couldn't breastfeed, I'd have to get up to get a bottle anyway. After her 4:30 am feeding, I usually brought her into the big bed with me and Scott. I was super paranoid, since my muscles were cut and sore and I couldn't move very quickly...<BR/><BR/>Around Thanksgiving, when she was knocked out in her pumpkin seat, I moved her from the seat to her crib. She slept all night through. We've only had two nights since where she's gotten up in the middle of the night. But she sleeps through the night from around 9:30 pm to 8:00 am IN HER CRIB! It's crazy!<BR/><BR/>Last night, I was teasing Scott saying I was bringing Alexis to bed with us....he said no. Which is a good idea...none of us would have slept well being paranoid about squishing the baby or covering her up too much with a blanket-- not an ideal co-sleep arrangement set up at all! ha ha<BR/><BR/>I wish I could cuddle with my little one more. She's independent now and likes to go to bed on her own.... =(Stacy Light Mygatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00046392190397132393noreply@blogger.com