lisa1980
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Hi,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but I'm looking for some advice from those who have been in a similar situation.
We currently still bed share with my DS who is nearly 2.5yrs old. He was an awful sleeper so we started out of desperation but it has worked really well for us and I'm in no particular hurry to move him into his own bed until he's ready. He is still a bit hit and miss with sttn anyway.
The problem is that I'm pregnant with my second, due September, and I was thinking of bed sharing safely from the start with this one but four in a bed isn't going to work and I know that having a toddler in a bed with a newborn, even separated, isn't necessarily recommended. I looked at co sleeper cots but I'm worried as they're all quite expensive and DS literally wouldn't sleep in his cot AT ALL so I'm reluctant to shell out for something that may end up unused.
We've bought DS a toddler bed which has been set up in our room and I'm thinking of trying to transition him to that first and then maybe to his own room when he feels ready but I feel horribly guilty that he will feel pushed out when the new baby comes, and tbh so far he's not overly enamoured with his own bed....
Any advice would be appreciated. Is there an easier way that I've overlooked? Is it at all possible to bedshare safely with a toddler and newborn?
Thanks ladies
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but I'm looking for some advice from those who have been in a similar situation.
We currently still bed share with my DS who is nearly 2.5yrs old. He was an awful sleeper so we started out of desperation but it has worked really well for us and I'm in no particular hurry to move him into his own bed until he's ready. He is still a bit hit and miss with sttn anyway.
The problem is that I'm pregnant with my second, due September, and I was thinking of bed sharing safely from the start with this one but four in a bed isn't going to work and I know that having a toddler in a bed with a newborn, even separated, isn't necessarily recommended. I looked at co sleeper cots but I'm worried as they're all quite expensive and DS literally wouldn't sleep in his cot AT ALL so I'm reluctant to shell out for something that may end up unused.
We've bought DS a toddler bed which has been set up in our room and I'm thinking of trying to transition him to that first and then maybe to his own room when he feels ready but I feel horribly guilty that he will feel pushed out when the new baby comes, and tbh so far he's not overly enamoured with his own bed....
Any advice would be appreciated. Is there an easier way that I've overlooked? Is it at all possible to bedshare safely with a toddler and newborn?
Thanks ladies