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Co-sleepers! How old was your child when they moved to their own bed?

Swahili View Member Profile	12/04/2012, 05:14 PM Post #1
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As the topic title says- how old was your child when thy finally left your bed to sleep in their own? I'll be honest, I have a 5 year old and 2 year old who sleep with me and they show no sign of wanting to leave anytime soon. I have visions of the two of them sleeping with me when they are 12 and 15!

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tick View Member Profile	12/04/2012, 07:58 PM Post #2
Posts: 3,191 Joined: 5-May 08 From: Melbourne
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DD got her own double bed at 15 months and I co-slept in there with her after her first night waking. Prior to that she'd been in the cot for the first part of the night and then in bed with us. Having her own bed was so much easier - I could transition myself out of her bed rather than transition her out of our bed. She didn't need to change anything. She's almost 3 now and does still wake a couple of nights a week, so I still sleep with her as necessary.

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Swahili Co-sleepers! How old was your child when they moved to their own bed? 12/04/2012, 05:14 PM

niknok Well my co-sleeper is only 4, but she has been in ... 12/04/2012, 05:17 PM

Halp .... 12/04/2012, 05:20 PM

libbylu My 5.5 year gets up and comes in to bed with us in... 12/04/2012, 05:20 PM

ChickenortheEgg? Ds is 2yrs2months as of next week we are starting ... 12/04/2012, 05:22 PM

kodi1982 DD moved into a toddler bed beside my bed when she... 12/04/2012, 05:23 PM

**Tiger*Filly** DS moved out when he was nearly 4, at my instigati... 12/04/2012, 05:26 PM

Majeix hmm I'm struggling to remember how old our eld... 12/04/2012, 05:28 PM

Chelara 32 months, we bought her a bed, special doona and ... 12/04/2012, 05:37 PM

NinjahAlpaca I'll have to get back to you on that one if an... 12/04/2012, 05:39 PM

**Xena** Between 6 and 12 months. Though my 3yo tend to get... 12/04/2012, 05:45 PM

chrisharry mine is 4 and i still sleep more with him in his b... 12/04/2012, 05:55 PM

Mummy Em Well, she was 20 months when she shifted out of my... 12/04/2012, 06:17 PM

butterflydreaming At 18 months we had to put him in a cot as he was ... 12/04/2012, 06:20 PM

~maryanne~ My daughter moved to a matress on our floor when s... 12/04/2012, 06:31 PM

papilio Willow was a bit over 2 when she moved into her ow... 12/04/2012, 06:43 PM

bizikids My 14 yo dd still comes into my bed every now and ... 12/04/2012, 06:44 PM

JupitersMoon Oh dear. 5? 7? 11? DD is only 22 months but I kee... 12/04/2012, 07:11 PM

Dorothea My youngest is the longest. He's heading to 4 ... 12/04/2012, 07:17 PM

SylviaPlath My sister was about ten when she finally moved int... 12/04/2012, 07:27 PM

keke At 23 months my son moved into his own bed in his ... 12/04/2012, 07:29 PM

mrsnorthman both the elder teo moved out *full time* when they... 12/04/2012, 07:31 PM

Swahili QUOTE (SylviaPlath @ 12/04/2012, 07:27 PM... 12/04/2012, 07:32 PM

Swahili QUOTE (mrsnorthman @ 12/04/2012, 07:31 PM... 12/04/2012, 07:33 PM

mrsnorthman QUOTE (Swahili @ 12/04/2012, 08:33 PM) Wo... 12/04/2012, 07:36 PM

Swahili QUOTE (mrsnorthman @ 12/04/2012, 07:36 PM... 12/04/2012, 07:40 PM

EBeditor My children are the same age as yours. They stay o... 12/04/2012, 07:46 PM

AlexandraI My 3.5 year old DD is still in our bed. She said s... 12/04/2012, 07:52 PM

tick DD got her own double bed at 15 months and I co-sl... 12/04/2012, 07:58 PM

CrazySingleMum DS still sleeps with me (and with his dad when he... 12/04/2012, 07:59 PM

redkris When I made him, at 9 months. I don't do being... 12/04/2012, 08:13 PM

roses99 Our DS co-slept from 12 to 18 months, when we put ... 12/04/2012, 08:19 PM

NinjahAlpaca Does it bother you, Swahili? Actually, not just S... 12/04/2012, 08:23 PM

Al.Packer #1 stopped coming in at 5.5. He had been sleeping ... 12/04/2012, 09:55 PM

~DrSeussRules~ Start as you wish to continue was the best advice ... 12/04/2012, 10:21 PM

**Tiger*Filly** QUOTE (~DrSeussRules~ @ 12/04/2012, 09:21... 12/04/2012, 10:41 PM

Lokum QUOTE (~DrSeussRules~ @ 12/04/2012, 10:21... 13/04/2012, 12:45 AM

catnat Our 4.5 year old is still in with me most nights. ... 12/04/2012, 10:23 PM

JJ Errr... 7. She asked to move into her own bed, I ... 12/04/2012, 10:36 PM

bailee I've got a 6 year old and a 20 month old in mi... 12/04/2012, 10:49 PM

alaksuleiel Wow what a a stroppy response to MrsNorthman! ... 12/04/2012, 10:56 PM

amoral lemur We never co-slept as such but the 6 yo still regul... 12/04/2012, 11:10 PM

Swahili QUOTE (alaksuleiel @ 12/04/2012, 10:56 PM... 13/04/2012, 12:16 AM

alaksuleiel fair enough, post it in misc then, not WDYT, that ... 13/04/2012, 12:19 AM

trishalishous we are hoping to get dd into her own room in the n... 13/04/2012, 01:14 AM

misskrm DS1 visits a couple of nights a week and is a comp... 13/04/2012, 01:28 AM

Sayerley I thought this was wdyt? Anywho Audrey is 18 month... 13/04/2012, 02:36 AM

2handsdon'tspillit I sort of had a loose rule that they had to go to ... 13/04/2012, 09:01 AM

jcbenny Dd 2 was co sleeping at first. Since moving her in... 13/04/2012, 09:06 AM

Nat1976 QUOTE (**Tiger*Filly** @ 12/04/2012, 10:4... 13/04/2012, 09:16 AM

i_love_my_moos DD was 2.7 when she started staying all night in h... 13/04/2012, 09:26 AM

Fez83 I shall let you know when it happens, we are still... 13/04/2012, 09:37 AM

howdo DS gradually moved out from about 2. That's wh... 13/04/2012, 09:47 AM

franklet 4 or 5 for most of them. I have often shared my be... 13/04/2012, 10:04 AM

mjk05 My first was about 2 when he went to his own bed, ... 13/04/2012, 11:55 AM

~*Twilight~Zone*~ I don't think mine are every going to leave. ... 13/04/2012, 01:18 PM

carls888 DD is four and now mostly sleeps in her own bed, b... 13/04/2012, 03:51 PM

EssentialBludger DD is 7 and has been sleeping with me for the last... 14/04/2012, 12:05 PM

~DrSeussRules~ I wasn't intending to cause trouble. Just that... 14/04/2012, 09:28 PM

zibble I coslept with DS until he was nearly 2. He then w... 14/04/2012, 09:32 PM

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