Should your child sleep in their own bed?

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  Posted by springtime Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:37am PDT

  Thje jury is out on that. In some countries, children sleep in the same bed as long as five and six years. Not so much in the USA. Many parents are afraid of rolling over on the child. Others cannot get a good night's rest with the baby in the same bed. Most parents have a bassinet right beside the bed for newbies, and now there is a " co bed" that slides right beside the parental bed. No right or wrong answer... but common sense should dictate the best thing to do.

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  Posted by just thinking Thu Jul 3, 2008 2:44am PDT

  I don't see anyhing wrong with it...as long as it works for everyone involved and the kids are safe.

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  Posted by Monitor Lizard Thu Jul 3, 2008 5:01am PDT

  I think its the kids who decide this one! They'd certainly like nothing better than cuddling up with ma & pa. I thinks its ok for a child to sleep with the parents, perhaps up to 5 or 6, but older kids may not have enough room and make everyone uncomfortable.

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  Posted by Brenda J Thu Jul 3, 2008 9:06am PDT

  In my personal opinion, i dont think that is ok for kids to sleep with parent. I was an only child until i was 6 years of age and that was when my brother was born, and my parents put me in my own bed. i think it affected me a lot. Then again jealousy could of been the reason.

  in either case i still remember it. Now, i have a 19 month old son who sleeps with me and my husband. funny. yeah i know. But my husband fights with me whenever i say that Ryan should sleep in his own bed, but he says that he is too young and that he is the first born so he should sleep with us. I can argue with him, but i still don't agree. He thinks differently because when he was little he really didn't have the chance to sleep with his parents because they had way to many kids, he missed out on the alone time with mom and dad. So it all just depends on what you feel confortable with, my son has been sleeping with us since he was a newborn.

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  Posted by brown8371@... Thu Jul 3, 2008 9:49am PDT

  I think that ,the child should sleep in there bed because you cant rest well tring to watch a child all night. My husband let him sleep in our bed ,becsuse he dont want him to cry.

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  Posted by Mellisa Thu Jul 3, 2008 9:54am PDT

  I think that children should sleep in their own bed all the time. I have a 3 year old daughter and she has always slept in her bed. For the first month she slept in a bassinet in my room and after that she was in her room. There are the occasional early mornings where she sneaks in my bed while I'm sleeping but other than that she knows that she needs to sleep in her room on her bed.

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  Posted by eaddy2645 Thu Jul 3, 2008 10:29am PDT

  Hello, My name is Shy and I have a 3 year old beautiful daughter and she sleep with me at all times. The Daddy and I don't live together so it don't really bother me that she sleep in her own bed or not. But I will said this when she get 4 and older she will be in her own bed. Because when I do meet the right guy for us. I will not have my child in bed while another man is lying in the bed with me. when your little get 6 and older they needs to be sleeping in their own bed especially if he or she has their own room.

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  Posted by eaddy2645 Thu Jul 3, 2008 10:32am PDT

  Hello, My name is Shy and I have a 3 year old beautiful daughter and she sleep with me at all times. The Daddy and I don't live together so it don't really bother me that she sleep in her own bed or not. But I will said this when she get 4 and older she will be in her own bed. Because when I do meet the right guy for us. I will not have my child in bed while another man is lying in the bed with me. when your little get 6 and older they needs to be sleeping in their own bed especially if he or she has their own room.

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  Posted by Chicka Bow Bow Thu Jul 3, 2008 10:41am PDT

  I think a huge mattress with two sleeping adults and a 7lb baby squeezed inbetween them is a horrible idea. Babies should have their own space and bed. I do think that it is ok for the bassinet to be in the parents room for the first few months. Mom and dad need their space and alone time.

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  Posted by DMLady Thu Jul 3, 2008 10:47am PDT

  i don't think that children should sleep with their parents. parents need some time to themselves. allow themselves some quiet time to talk and even be intimate. when you allow your child to be with you 24 hours a day, when do the parents have time to be husband and wife?

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