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I used to co-sleep with my babies up till they were about 8-9 months, because of night feeds. I had an extra wide single airbed and an extra wide cotton backed sleeping bag with no hood. The baby would come in with me on the zip side so I could open it out if we were getting hot, and I had a small fleece blanket to drape over my arm and shoulder where it got left out of the bag. Hubby (who likes a few beers) had his own mattress and later on, when we had older kids, he would share a pod with them and I'd share one with the baby. It saved a lot of disturbance.

I think a double SIM would be good too, especially as your DD has her own sleeping bag rather than sharing one with you. Plus a single for your OH and you can basically all sleep in a row without having to worry about gaps or roll-off. Room enough for another one two if you decide to have another baby! Just remember all the co-sleeping rules of course...I'm sure you're perfectly aware of them.

We tend to sleep with the kids, the boy ( 5yr old ) with me , and the girl ( 3yr old with the missus, mainly so that we know that they are safe.

Ian

Quote: Originally posted by Tomsmum on 13/6/2011

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lol Val, my current 'baby' is number 3, no more here.

Thanks all for your thoughts

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Never say never... that's how I got my #3, lol. And she was a campsite baby, so maybe you should send your OH to sleep in the other pod with your older ones?

We dont co sleep as such, but have many 'visitors' through the night at home, and welcome them to sleep in my bed in order to get some sort of sleep however cramped it is. I have a kingsize bed, a king size fella, superking duvet, a 4 year old and 3 year old twins. We have been known to wake up to at least one child in our bed with no recollection as to when they got in with us, sometimes its more than one but its a squeeze with all three in with us although do-able.

When we first went camping with all 3 kids, our eldest was 2 months off 3 and the twins were not quite 2 yet (but by a few weeks), and we had seporate 'bedrooms'. It was a big mistake as our bed was cosy for us, and their room cosy for them but not warm enough for me to go in there with them and too cramped for them in with us. So we got a new tent with one large 6man bedroom. It does have a toggle in divider but it isnt used. We have a double air bed and sleep in a regular fashion. The kids slept width ways on another air bed, but made sure that i could scooch over and quickly re arrange the bed clothes to accomodate me and one or more kids.

All is well and good untill we have a bed wetter amongst us... erugh!