[Rach42]

Nope not a slippery slope at all. I often slept with my babys in bed with me towards the morning as I'd bf them and then we'd both fall back to sleep. I never had them sleep in our bed all night though. I think alot of parents miss out on some gorgeous moments with their babies because they are worried that they are going to create a rod for their back later (or whatever that expression is).

If at some point your baby does want to sleep in your bed (which will quite possibly happen if you have cuddles in bed in the morning or not) you just say no.

[BornToLove]

We have been doing it with DD since the beginning and it's never been an issue. She will sometimes go back to sleep for upto an hour, but for her night sleep unless she's sick she prefers her space (we let her cosleep when she's sick, never a problem getting her back on her own).

[countrymel]

I thought morning cuddles were why people had babies?

[Lokum]

I thought morning cuddles were why people had babies?

Yep.

DS will even go to our made bed later in the day and have a roll around on it for fun. I may go and have a wrestle with him too

I'm so glad his parents' bed is a happy, safe place for him to go.

Admittedly, he does sleep there from about 4 am to 6:30am each day, and is in his cot the rest of the night, and for day sleeps.

[jedimaster]

I have teens...not many cuddles at all anymore. Enjoy them while they are plentiful!

This post has been edited by jedimaster: 26/04/2012, 12:01 AM

[Lisy-lis]

6:30 every morning sees our baby in bed for cuddles with us. Daddy especially loves these, she's all warm and snuggly and gorgeous.

[CallMeProtart]

I think that most things kids do early on (in the first few years) can be retrained with some effort, so there's no point missing out on experiences just due to 'rod for your back' sort of fears.
In my case, I LOOOOOOVE that the kids come to my bed at about 2 in the morning and have never discouraged it - and now at ages 2 and 3 they have started staying in their rooms all night and I'm devastated!

Morning cuddles are one of my greatest joys in life.

[SMOKER]

Like most people have said enjoy it.

I have never let DD1 sleep in our bed and as a result I get the "get up mummy, get up" ME:"Hop into mummy's bed for a cuddle".... "NO GET UP MUMMY GET UP!" as she yanks the doona off me.

Not nice at 6am!

[PreachersWife]

My 4 year old DS has always slept in his own bed but comes for cuddles in the morning. I welcome the extra 10/15 minutes in bed, especially on the weekends.

It doesn't happen everyday. Like this morning he came into our room but wanted breakfast so no cuddles.

This sounds liKe our house, except the four year old would stay there all day! It's the two year old that is out raiding the pantry if he wakes hungry!

If its early (before 7am) I'll put ABCKids on the tv in our room and we snuggle until its time to get up. I NEED about 10mins of being awake before I can get out of bed. Miss Four loves to rub my (pregnant) belly and say hello to the baby, she tells me about her sleep and asks what we are going to do that day.

It's a lovely time of the day!

This post has been edited by PreachersWife: 26/04/2012, 03:42 PM

[Majeix]

Hi, my 7mo baby does not sleep in our bed and I would like to keep it this way. Sometimes in the morning - when it is light outside - we bring him into our bed for cuddles to delay me getting straight out of bed.

In the long term, I don't mind cuddles in the morning as he gets older, but is letting him getting used to cuddles in the morning the beginning of him wanting to sleep in our bed?

Thanks
BTW - I have no objection or judgement to those of you who have babies sleep in our bed - it's just not for me.

IMO all you are doing is setting up the pattern of cuddles in Mummy and Daddy's bed in the morning. Your not settling him there, or bringing him in to sleep in the night, or sometimes putting him in there instead of in his own bed. As long as you don't do those things (which I do but we co-sleep so it didn't bother us) you should be able to continue with just cuddles. Many people have their children join them in their bed but don't co-sleep.