When the boys were infants we had a bassinet in the room where they would sleep, but as they grew older, we put them in their own room. They had their own bed. Sometimes when they are sick, Dakota and Chris will make a pallet on the floor by our bed and sleep by us. I guess they feel better knowing I will be there if they need me in the night. Any other night, they need to be in their room in their bed. Mom and dad need their alone time too.

Do you let your children sleep in your room?

Yes now IDAH is gone myriah sleeps with me. Her therapist said if that is the only way for her to be comfortable with all that she has been through to let her do it. so i do.

We let them come in when they have nightmares, but they don't stay for long...not because I don't like snuggling with them, but because they are bed hogs just like their father! :laugh:

When there has been a tornado scare they sometimes like to sleep in my room, but not in our bed (No room) tornado scares only happen every couple of years or so. When they are sick, I let them nap in my bed... as far as sleeping with dh and I .... No I couldn't handle anymore snoring, kicking, blanket stealing lovies than the one I call Hubby .....

When they were small, they slept with me (no hubby to take up any room!). Now if something is happening (hurricane, storm warnings) they sleep in sleeping bags on the floor in our room (our BR is the frontroom so you can imagine how crowded it is!).

When they were younger we would let them sleep in our room when they had a nightmare or didn't feel well.

Nope. She sleeps in her crib. If she wakes up in the night, I rock her in her rocker until she's ready to go back to sleep. We've brought her into our bed when she's been sick, but she only wants to "talk" to us all night, so back to her room she goes!

Courtney is in our room still, but in her own crib. She fusses frequently during the night, so this way I just have to roll over to tend to her instead of traipsing through the house at 3 a.m. DD's never sleep with us and ever since we all got lice 2 yrs ago, they are not allowed to snuggle in our bed anymore in the morning. :(

My ds was a very independent baby. He slept in his crib from day one. So when my dd came along she threw us for a loop. So that we can all get some well deserved sleep she sleeps with us. She hated the Pack 'n' Play and I think she has the same aversion to her crib. I'm thinking of going straight to a twin bed for her in a few months. She loves her sense of freedom. I use to be one of those judgemental people who said "You should never let your children sleep in bed with you." Well my dd has changed our minds for the better. :)

We let them sleep in our room when they were small. We moved to England for a few months and the boys were terrified. It was all so new so we put all the beds in one room and we all slept together. Funny how mom didn't get chicken pox! In fact, my 14yo came in last night but left because someone was snoring. They used to sleep on the floor sometimes too, but they're in their own rooms now and have been for many years. I think that has to do a lot with how close we all are. They always come in and talk to us. We loved it! :grouphug:

No! They slept in our room in abassinet but once they outgrew that,they went in their own rooms.

I am a big advocate of the family bed. My Ds#1 slept there for four years. Every night. I loved it. Along came Ds #2 and he hated it. He sleeps much better in his crib. I don't think there is anything wrong with the "attachment" method and plan to use it with #3 if he/she sleeps well that way.

Nealy

I was always very against it, but I am finding that occasionally the girls need it. They never spend the night, just an hour or so to relax, they've been through so much, I think they need to feel that security.

We didn't have the family bed, but the family room. I would never be able to sleep if they were in our bed. Our kids always were allowed to drag their sleeping bag in our room and camp out on the floor if they needed to. All 3 of them did it, at different stages of their lives. They are all teenagers now, and wouldn't sleep in our room for all the tea in China...lol. Just needed that extra security when they were little. My philosophy was, if it made them feel secure, then what was the harm?

So we could sleep as they were babies, they each slept with us, until they were about two. It was a question of survival for me...After my first son was born and waking every night 2 or 3 times, after three months of this and waking up in a suprise with my son on my knees, one morning when my dh was up for work, and I was barely holding him!:eek: I said: That's it! He sleeps with us! No more sleeping in the rocking chair...:)