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Originally posted by TexLex
Ours doesn't usually sleep with us anymore, though some nights he stays with us for the last leg of sleep (6am-8am) and I occasionally nap with him. He slept with us much more often the 1st 2 months. We have a King bed, smaller and it wouldn't work for us - I need room to stretch. Also, no way could the kid sleep between us, my husband would crush him - he's a heavy sleeper and he's even rolled on me without noticing. So, I scootch way over on hubby's side and the baby sleeps between me and the edge, but far enough from the edge that he couldn't roll off, even if he rolled over (he can't do B to F yet anyway, only F to B).
Caveat - no way would I have him in bed if I was a heavy sleeper, he was a preemie or had poor muscle control, or we smoked.
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Same here. Both light sleepers, king bed, good-sized strong baby, no smoking, and wouldn't do it if we had had something to drink that night. I have baby between me and the edge of the bed only because my husband sometimes jerks his arms in his sleep, and would be devastated if he hit baby involuntarily, even if baby weren't hurt. I've also got one of those bedside co-sleepers right next to the bed, so on the chance baby rolled off (nearly impossible, as I have my arm around baby and amazingly, I don't move when we're set up like that, despite having been a very restless sleeper before) it wouldn't be a fall.
I read the warnings against it and I had my concerns at first, but it went so well in the hospital -- and it made me, and I think baby, really, really happy (I don't know if I've ever been more content as I am when this child is nestled next to me).
