quick question regarding co sleeping...

[veganmum2be]

just a quickie

i was wondering,
for those that co sleep, do you still have a cot and use it sometimes?

thing is, i want to co sleep, but not sure if people who co sleep still need cots for naps or something.

i was actualy planning on co sleeping until old enough for a toddler bed, so not even owning a cot

can this be done?

reason in asking is, my mum has just offered to buy the cot, but i dont really want one, if it is possible to co sleep all the time, is that good and healthy for baby if we did?

thanks.
xx

 

[anothersquish]

It can be done, my last one didnt use a cot at all ( I had one but never used it). Theo sometimes sleeps in his cot now hes too big for a basket/crib, though if I didnt have it set up then I wouldnt miss it, hed just sleep on our bed or whatever. My cot is a cot bed though so I bought it with the intention of him having it as a bed until he is big enough for a high sleeper. Perfectly possible if thats what you want though.

 

[veganmum2be]

thankyou

see i live in a tiny 1 bed flat, and was planning on staying here for at least the first 6 months, i would of bought a cot bed to just have 'just in case' and for use as a bed later, but there is just no room, so it would mean having a cot, and then buying a toddler bed when we move out...when i planned to co sleep most of the time anyway, so seemed like a waste.
and if people can manage totaly without one, then i feel happy about it.

thanks anyway xx

 

[mommyof3co]

Yep can be done. Hayden we didn't set up a crib until 7mo old, we tried it for naps a few times cause he was crawling then, didn't work and he never used it, we took it back down. He went into his toddler bed at 12mo old

 

[special_kala]

we co slept alot at the beginning but eventually River was happier in her cot.

I would say get a cot just incase as all babies have different personality's and your LO may be very happy and content in a cot

 

[madmumofmany]

Yes i'm pretty sure it can be done, i do put caden in a cot when i put his bother and sisters to bed and then he comes in with me during the night but i do it this way so i can get a bit done while he sleeps although haven't really been achieving much at the moment as for a few weeks he wouldn't go in the cot awake so i had to get him to sleep first which would take a couple of hours.

 

[veganmum2be]

thanks girls, appreciate the feedback! xx