Comments on: Is Co-Sleeping Destroying Your Relationship? http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/is-co-sleeping-ruining-your-relationship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-co-sleeping-ruining-your-relationship Tips and advice on solving your child's sleep problems! Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cindy Snider http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/is-co-sleeping-ruining-your-relationship/#comment-7794 Cindy Snider Tue, 18 May 2010 03:37:33 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=66#comment-7794 Hello Dana, With good intentions, I had all the bad habits you discuss: walking my daughter to sleep in her stroller for naps; nursing her to sleep at night, then putting her in the crib; when she awoke at night I brought her into our bed, etc. (She never liked her crib we thought.) We were exhausted and I thought this would help us all get more sleep. I had some postpartum depression I think so it was often hard to focus on learning her cues. I then had a stroke when she was only 11 mo's old and after a month in hospital, when I came home we were all co-sleeping permanently. It helped me keep up the nursing because we needed that bond. Neither my husband nor I had the energy or strength to fix the sleep issues. My daughter is now 29 mo. old and 3 wks ago I finally got the courage to transition her to her own bed and I stopped walking her to sleep for naps. She always seemed to resist sleep as long as possible for naps and night-time and still does. Getting her down for a nap in her bed now takes an hour and sometimes doesn't happen until 2:30ish. Lately bed-time gets dragged out for an hour and a half with all kinds of shenanigans. First she wants books, then resists tooth brushing, then wants me to lie with her and nurse her, then she wants my husband, then me again, then tries to ask for him again. She often doesn't fall asleeo until after 10pm. I'm not sure what approach to take. I feel like we have been too spineless and want to fix it but don't know how to counter all her ploys. Please help! Cindy Hello Dana,
With good intentions, I had all the bad habits you discuss: walking my daughter to sleep in her stroller for naps; nursing her to sleep at night, then putting her in the crib; when she awoke at night I brought her into our bed, etc. (She never liked her crib we thought.) We were exhausted and I thought this would help us all get more sleep. I had some postpartum depression I think so it was often hard to focus on learning her cues. I then had a stroke when she was only 11 mo’s old and after a month in hospital, when I came home we were all co-sleeping permanently. It helped me keep up the nursing because we needed that bond. Neither my husband nor I had the energy or strength to fix the sleep issues.
My daughter is now 29 mo. old and 3 wks ago I finally got the courage to transition her to her own bed and I stopped walking her to sleep for naps.
She always seemed to resist sleep as long as possible for naps and night-time and still does.
Getting her down for a nap in her bed now takes an hour and sometimes doesn’t happen until 2:30ish.
Lately bed-time gets dragged out for an hour and a half with all kinds of shenanigans. First she wants books, then resists tooth brushing, then wants me to lie with her and nurse her, then she wants my husband, then me again, then tries to ask for him again. She often doesn’t fall asleeo until after 10pm.
I’m not sure what approach to take.
I feel like we have been too spineless and want to fix it but don’t know how to counter all her ploys.
Please help! Cindy

]]> By: Wafaa http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/is-co-sleeping-ruining-your-relationship/#comment-3162 Wafaa Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:56:27 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=66#comment-3162 Hello Dana, What happens when a 4yrs old kid has his parents divorced and living in separate houses? Any tips on how to deal with co-sleeping and the need to be attended all the time? Thank you. Hello Dana,
What happens when a 4yrs old kid has his parents divorced and living in separate houses? Any tips on how to deal with co-sleeping and the need to be attended all the time?

Thank you.

]]> By: veronica http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/is-co-sleeping-ruining-your-relationship/#comment-2950 veronica Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:20:18 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=66#comment-2950 Hello, My son is 5 months old and has sleep problems. I live in a one bedroom flat with my husband and our pet cat. We have a cot in the bedroom but our son sleeps with us as this was to only way we could get him to sleep in the begining. I don't mind him sleeping in the bed but i don't want to create a problem for the future. I usually breastfeed him to sleep in the evening which does the trick for about an hour then he wakes up and i have to comfort him and often breastfeed him back to sleep. Through the night he wakes and i nurse till he goes back to sleep. He doesn't nap unless we put him in the stroller which was also the only way to get him to rest in the begining. I spend my days walking for hours to keep him asleep. I know when he is tired and needs to sleep buit he will only sleep with the props i have showed him. How can I get him to sleep without props? How can i get him to get himself back to sleep? Hello,
My son is 5 months old and has sleep problems. I live in a one bedroom flat with my husband and our pet cat. We have a cot in the bedroom but our son sleeps with us as this was to only way we could get him to sleep in the begining. I don’t mind him sleeping in the bed but i don’t want to create a problem for the future. I usually breastfeed him to sleep in the evening which does the trick for about an hour then he wakes up and i have to comfort him and often breastfeed him back to sleep. Through the night he wakes and i nurse till he goes back to sleep. He doesn’t nap unless we put him in the stroller which was also the only way to get him to rest in the begining. I spend my days walking for hours to keep him asleep. I know when he is tired and needs to sleep buit he will only sleep with the props i have showed him. How can I get him to sleep without props? How can i get him to get himself back to sleep?

]]> By: Hayden http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/is-co-sleeping-ruining-your-relationship/#comment-2836 Hayden Sun, 31 May 2009 18:25:51 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=66#comment-2836 We're having issues with our week old daughter sleeping through the night. She's ok until around 2 or 3 and then she just won't go back to sleep even after we have burped her, changed and fed her. Any help would be appreciated. We’re having issues with our week old daughter sleeping through the night. She’s ok until around 2 or 3 and then she just won’t go back to sleep even after we have burped her, changed and fed her. Any help would be appreciated.

]]> By: claire http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/is-co-sleeping-ruining-your-relationship/#comment-2834 claire Sat, 30 May 2009 22:16:11 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=66#comment-2834 hey my girl is now 16months old she could always fal asleep without our help but with a dummy and would sleep all night but over the last 4 months she has been a nightmare she is up at least 5 times a night for her dummy and ends up in our bed i need help!! and sleep!! should i take her dummy from her ? please help thanks claire hey my girl is now 16months old she could always fal asleep without our help but with a dummy and would sleep all night but over the last 4 months she has been a nightmare she is up at least 5 times a night for her dummy and ends up in our bed i need help!! and sleep!! should i take her dummy from her ? please help
thanks
claire

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