Re: Cosleeping

[Guest guest]

We sleep with our about to be one year old and most night our 2 1/2 year old

comes crawling in in the wee hours of the morning. It works well for us and

the only times I miss out on a full nights sleep are when one of the girls

are sick or teething. I love having the girls close and my husband likes it

too since he is away for much of the day.

Blithe

[Guest guest]

You can buy a foam mattress cut to fit your waterbed frame for really cheap! We bought a king sized foam mattress for $350!

Michele

I *ache* to cosleep with ! We have a water bed and were told bymany that its' not safe for her (being so mushy that she'd sink in). Ilooked into buying a new bed so that we could cosleep but that idea wasout of our price range right now. Perhaps with the next I can get areplacement bed!I can't imagine anything more wonderful than falling asleep next toyour baby and waking up the same way!

[Guest guest]

You can buy a foam mattress cut to fit your waterbed frame for really cheap! We bought a king sized foam mattress for $350!

Michele

I *ache* to cosleep with ! We have a water bed and were told bymany that its' not safe for her (being so mushy that she'd sink in). Ilooked into buying a new bed so that we could cosleep but that idea wasout of our price range right now. Perhaps with the next I can get areplacement bed!I can't imagine anything more wonderful than falling asleep next toyour baby and waking up the same way!

[Guest guest]

You can buy a foam mattress cut to fit your waterbed frame for really cheap! We bought a king sized foam mattress for $350!

Michele

I *ache* to cosleep with ! We have a water bed and were told bymany that its' not safe for her (being so mushy that she'd sink in). Ilooked into buying a new bed so that we could cosleep but that idea wasout of our price range right now. Perhaps with the next I can get areplacement bed!I can't imagine anything more wonderful than falling asleep next toyour baby and waking up the same way!

[Guest guest]

Oh goodness we do.....I could write an essay on it lol Actually as I update my webpages this summer I'm going to add a co-sleeping page with how we do it :-)

Right now we have a king sized foam mattress on our bedroom floor with the baby between me and the wall. Our toddler just this week has started going to sleep in her own twin bed in "the kids" room, formerly "Arran's room", she crawls in with us between 1 and 4 am :-)

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Oh goodness we do.....I could write an essay on it lol Actually as I update my webpages this summer I'm going to add a co-sleeping page with how we do it :-)

Right now we have a king sized foam mattress on our bedroom floor with the baby between me and the wall. Our toddler just this week has started going to sleep in her own twin bed in "the kids" room, formerly "Arran's room", she crawls in with us between 1 and 4 am :-)

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I do it also. We have a king-sized bed in our room with Austin (4) in

his toddler bed. The big bed holds myself, dh, 7-month-old Ryker and two

cats!

We actually started co-sleeping with Ryker after taking a four-day

vacation where he had to sleep with me. Now, he refuses to sleep

elsewhere!

Amy W.

[Guest guest]

,

Or how about a futon? I know folks who simply throw down a futon (or two).

The ther's not the expense of the frame.

Melody

[Guest guest]

,

Or how about a futon? I know folks who simply throw down a futon (or two).

The ther's not the expense of the frame.

Melody

[Guest guest]

,

Or how about a futon? I know folks who simply throw down a futon (or two).

The ther's not the expense of the frame.

Melody

[Guest guest]

I started co-sleeping with Spence when he was about a week or two old. He's

2 now and just recently moved to a sidecar crib (because of the new baby

sleeping with me). When it got too crowded in our queen bed, we kicked his

dad out into the guest room ;-) Now Spencer sleeps in there with him

sometimes.

We plan to get him his own bed soon, but are not planning to push him into

it - just offer it to him. I love sleeping with my babies!

S.

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[Guest guest]

I started co-sleeping with Spence when he was about a week or two old. He's

2 now and just recently moved to a sidecar crib (because of the new baby

sleeping with me). When it got too crowded in our queen bed, we kicked his

dad out into the guest room ;-) Now Spencer sleeps in there with him

sometimes.

We plan to get him his own bed soon, but are not planning to push him into

it - just offer it to him. I love sleeping with my babies!

S.

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Having power over yourself is an inoculation

against the power of others.

- J. Ehrlich

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe

in what they're doing.

- S. Mendelsohn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

I started co-sleeping with Spence when he was about a week or two old. He's

2 now and just recently moved to a sidecar crib (because of the new baby

sleeping with me). When it got too crowded in our queen bed, we kicked his

dad out into the guest room ;-) Now Spencer sleeps in there with him

sometimes.

We plan to get him his own bed soon, but are not planning to push him into

it - just offer it to him. I love sleeping with my babies!

S.

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Having power over yourself is an inoculation

against the power of others.

- J. Ehrlich

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe

in what they're doing.

- S. Mendelsohn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

I guess it's free-flowing, it sure bucks and rolls when hubby wiggles

around at night! I had looked into just getting regular mattresses

that would fit in the bed - box springs and mattress I guess. $600 was

what I was finding - too much right now. (The pillow suggestion was

also good but she's a pretty active snoozer) But I'll have to look

around for the type of mattress you mentions - no flow. Maybe that

would work. I would LOVE to be able to tuck her in next to me at night

- thanks for the info!

--- Howell wrote:

> At 08:57 AM 8/11/00 -0700, you wrote:

> >I *ache* to cosleep with ! We have a water bed and were told

> by

>

> Is your bed a free flow mattress? That's the biggest concern... that

> the

> baby could roll into the padding and suffocate, or roll against/under

>

> mom/dad and suffocate.

>

> If buying a new standard bed is too costly, have you looked into

> waterbed

> mattresses that have reduced flow or no-flow? They're much less than

> a

> whole new bed. You really only need to buy a mattress that is firm

> enough

> to allow your baby from rolling where she shouldn't be. I've slept

> with my

> babies in a waterbed... though it wasn't mine (visiting relatives),

> and it

> wasn't easy!!

>

>

>

>

=====

Soyster

Owner, Soyster's Baby Boutique

http://babyboutique.safeshopper.com

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[Guest guest]

I guess it's free-flowing, it sure bucks and rolls when hubby wiggles

around at night! I had looked into just getting regular mattresses

that would fit in the bed - box springs and mattress I guess. $600 was

what I was finding - too much right now. (The pillow suggestion was

also good but she's a pretty active snoozer) But I'll have to look

around for the type of mattress you mentions - no flow. Maybe that

would work. I would LOVE to be able to tuck her in next to me at night

- thanks for the info!

--- Howell wrote:

> At 08:57 AM 8/11/00 -0700, you wrote:

> >I *ache* to cosleep with ! We have a water bed and were told

> by

>

> Is your bed a free flow mattress? That's the biggest concern... that

> the

> baby could roll into the padding and suffocate, or roll against/under

>

> mom/dad and suffocate.

>

> If buying a new standard bed is too costly, have you looked into

> waterbed

> mattresses that have reduced flow or no-flow? They're much less than

> a

> whole new bed. You really only need to buy a mattress that is firm

> enough

> to allow your baby from rolling where she shouldn't be. I've slept

> with my

> babies in a waterbed... though it wasn't mine (visiting relatives),

> and it

> wasn't easy!!

>

>

>

>

=====

Soyster

Owner, Soyster's Baby Boutique

http://babyboutique.safeshopper.com

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

I'm thinking that it might even work if I would lay a foam pad down

over the waterbed mattress? I have tons of foam padding (bought a

bunch to make dog bed for our 3 furkids and never did make them) - I'll

try that this evening and just see how it feels as dh and i sleep on it

tonight. If it seems to work then maybe we can try it with . If

that solves the mattress problem then all I would need to buy would be

bedrails!

--- and Melody wrote:

> ,

> Or how about a futon? I know folks who simply throw down a futon (or

> two).

> The ther's not the expense of the frame.

> Melody

>

>

>

>

> Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

> http://www.lactivist.com

>

=====

Soyster

Owner, Soyster's Baby Boutique

http://babyboutique.safeshopper.com

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

I'm thinking that it might even work if I would lay a foam pad down

over the waterbed mattress? I have tons of foam padding (bought a

bunch to make dog bed for our 3 furkids and never did make them) - I'll

try that this evening and just see how it feels as dh and i sleep on it

tonight. If it seems to work then maybe we can try it with . If

that solves the mattress problem then all I would need to buy would be

bedrails!

--- and Melody wrote:

> ,

> Or how about a futon? I know folks who simply throw down a futon (or

> two).

> The ther's not the expense of the frame.

> Melody

>

>

>

>

> Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

> http://www.lactivist.com

>

=====

Soyster

Owner, Soyster's Baby Boutique

http://babyboutique.safeshopper.com

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

I'm thinking that it might even work if I would lay a foam pad down

over the waterbed mattress? I have tons of foam padding (bought a

bunch to make dog bed for our 3 furkids and never did make them) - I'll

try that this evening and just see how it feels as dh and i sleep on it

tonight. If it seems to work then maybe we can try it with . If

that solves the mattress problem then all I would need to buy would be

bedrails!

--- and Melody wrote:

> ,

> Or how about a futon? I know folks who simply throw down a futon (or

> two).

> The ther's not the expense of the frame.

> Melody

>

>

>

>

> Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

> http://www.lactivist.com

>

=====

Soyster

Owner, Soyster's Baby Boutique

http://babyboutique.safeshopper.com

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

A foam mattress cut to fit your bed would be about 1/2 the cost of regular mattresses. We have one and it's very comfortable :-) We got ours from www.thefoamking.com in Edmonton, we got the 10 year warranted king sized one. We also bought a double for our 6 y/o ds because he wanted our old double bed but the mattress was shot, so we kept the boxsping and got him a new top mattress. His bed is even comfier than ours because our mattress is on the floor for now (dh is building a base with his friend, so it's too firm for my liking right now.

Michele

I guess it's free-flowing, it sure bucks and rolls when hubby wigglesaround at night! I had looked into just getting regular mattressesthat would fit in the bed - box springs and mattress I guess. $600 waswhat I was finding - too much right now. (The pillow suggestion wasalso good but she's a pretty active snoozer) But I'll have to lookaround for the type of mattress you mentions - no flow. Maybe thatwould work. I would LOVE to be able to tuck her in next to me at night- thanks for the info!

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/12/00 2:19:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

leah_florida@... writes:

<< Right now DH sleeps in the spare bedroom with our 2 yr old. and I

sleep in our bed with the baby... I have been wondering how good

this is for our intimacy and marriage. DH tells me I worry to much!

but yes we both enjoy share sleeping.

Leah, My husband and I haven't *slept* in the same bed for 8 years, for lots

of different reasons but not because we have babies in bed with us or because

we have a lousy marriage that's NOT IT lol we just like it that way, it

hasn't affected our intimacy (obviously we have five kids LOL) or marriage at

all !!! just wanted to let you know there was another couple out here that

doesn't sleep together.

Rhonda

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[Guest guest]

Right now DH sleeps in the spare bedroom with our 2 yr old. and I

sleep in our bed with the baby... I have been wondering how good

this is for our intimacy and marriage. DH tells me I worry to much!

but yes we both enjoy share sleeping.

Leah

Sarasota Florida

> 2 now and just recently moved to a sidecar crib (because of the new

baby

> sleeping with me). When it got too crowded in our queen bed, we

kicked his

> dad out into the guest room ;-) Now Spencer sleeps in there with him

> sometimes.

[Guest guest]

Right now DH sleeps in the spare bedroom with our 2 yr old. and I

sleep in our bed with the baby... I have been wondering how good

this is for our intimacy and marriage. DH tells me I worry to much!

but yes we both enjoy share sleeping.

Leah

Sarasota Florida

> 2 now and just recently moved to a sidecar crib (because of the new

baby

> sleeping with me). When it got too crowded in our queen bed, we

kicked his

> dad out into the guest room ;-) Now Spencer sleeps in there with him

> sometimes.

[Guest guest]

Right now DH sleeps in the spare bedroom with our 2 yr old. and I

sleep in our bed with the baby... I have been wondering how good

this is for our intimacy and marriage. DH tells me I worry to much!

but yes we both enjoy share sleeping.

Leah

Sarasota Florida

> 2 now and just recently moved to a sidecar crib (because of the new

baby

> sleeping with me). When it got too crowded in our queen bed, we

kicked his

> dad out into the guest room ;-) Now Spencer sleeps in there with him

> sometimes.

[Guest guest]

Ditto on the not sleeping together. It has probably been 2 years now. We are happily married and we both get plenty of sleep. When we slept together I was constantly waking him up because he was snoring. So I didn't sleep and neither did he. We manage to have time to ourselves when Ds is a sleep. Just not in our bed. LOL

Laurie

Re: Cosleeping

<< Right now DH sleeps in the spare bedroom with our 2 yr old. and I sleep in our bed with the baby... I have been wondering how good this is for our intimacy and marriage. DH tells me I worry to much! but yes we both enjoy share sleeping.Leah, My husband and I haven't *slept* in the same bed for 8 years, for lots of different reasons but not because we have babies in bed with us or because we have a lousy marriage that's NOT IT lol we just like it that way, it hasn't affected our intimacy (obviously we have five kids LOL) or marriage at all !!! just wanted to let you know there was another couple out here that doesn't sleep together.Rhonda<A HREF="http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=GVA469">Need some money? Click here to get some</A>Join alladvantage.com and get paid for surfing the web!Please use my ID (GVA469) when asked if someone referred you.http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=GVA469Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!http://www.lactivist.com

[Guest guest]

Ditto on the not sleeping together. It has probably been 2 years now. We are happily married and we both get plenty of sleep. When we slept together I was constantly waking him up because he was snoring. So I didn't sleep and neither did he. We manage to have time to ourselves when Ds is a sleep. Just not in our bed. LOL

Laurie

Re: Cosleeping

<< Right now DH sleeps in the spare bedroom with our 2 yr old. and I sleep in our bed with the baby... I have been wondering how good this is for our intimacy and marriage. DH tells me I worry to much! but yes we both enjoy share sleeping.Leah, My husband and I haven't *slept* in the same bed for 8 years, for lots of different reasons but not because we have babies in bed with us or because we have a lousy marriage that's NOT IT lol we just like it that way, it hasn't affected our intimacy (obviously we have five kids LOL) or marriage at all !!! just wanted to let you know there was another couple out here that doesn't sleep together.Rhonda<A HREF="http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=GVA469">Need some money? Click here to get some</A>Join alladvantage.com and get paid for surfing the web!Please use my ID (GVA469) when asked if someone referred you.http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=GVA469Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!http://www.lactivist.com