Despite all that we co-sleep. We solely co-slept until we moved here and then we moved Erin in to her own room. We’re co sleeping again now because it’s cold and at the moment we only have one heater (hello poverty *sigh* ).

He is now 9 months old and wakes every 1-2 hours to latch onto the breast.

So I am currently teaching him to sleep in his own cot all night and wean him off the boob dependency as he is just suckling.

Tonight will be the third night and has only been crying 5 mins at a time, except for an hour this morning at 4.00am. So I am hoping a big slab of sleep without waking up.

Last night I was missing him from my bed, but had to hold firm.

honestly though, while i firmly believe everyone should have the right to do whatever is best for them and their family i have never understood the arguments for co-sleeping… i cannot stand to share my space and my son was always more disturbed in his sleeping having me near him… he learnt to sleep far better and settle himself far more quickly when he was put in his own room (we went to sleep school and all to learn all of this :D…)

I laughed so hard I spat the tea I had just taken a swallow of… I so hear you with the whole snoring… breathing thing…

but since my DH puts up with me putting my often cold bottom where cold bottoms shouldn’t go… well I kinda have to live with it… I do like having my very own human electric blanket… so much safer… no risk of fire… well you know what I mean

Even though I don’t have kids (yet) I can imagine how hard it’d be to get up in the middle of the night to tend to/resettle a child (I have done this with my niece, and found it difficult even though I was only staying a few nights to help out my sister), so can really understand the “lazy parent” thing.

Sometimes you really do need to get things off your chest… breath… and then feel a bit better about everything (and sometimes to know you’re not the only one who feels that way!)

Of course co-sleeping is especially frought when you have a sickie in bed, coughing, spluttering, or worse yet PUKING on you, in your bed, in the dark. (this happened last night).

But it still beats getting up in the middle of the night!!