Last month, I had the fright of my life. I woke up to a blood curdling scream coming from Theo's room. I ran into his bedroom expecting there to be an axe murderer standing over him but no....just him, fast asleep and screaming. After this I completely panicked and cuddled him to sleep in our bed. Once he was asleep I came to the realisation that I had snuggled us so close that it was going to be impossible to remove him without upsetting him so I decided for the first time ever, to let him sleep in our bed overnight. So there we were, three of us (plus the dog on occasion) in our double bed. This then continued for the next few weeks on and off. Never again!
Theo has been in his own cot since he was around 3 weeks old. We have a very small house and I just like my own space when I'm in bed. I'm a duvet snuggler and I can't sleep without doing so, so co-sleeping was never really on the agenda. When it's only Theo and me, we do have naps or sit and watch TV in bed together but thats just not the same as going a long 12 hour slog with three in the bed. Especially when the third bed guest tends to take up half the available space..despite only being as big as a Subway sandwich!Especially now he's figured how to roll he much prefers to sleep on his side with his legs splayed everywhere and arms waving about which is fab in his own cot but not so in our bed!
The weeks that followed were pretty difficult on the sleep front - due to a horrendous ear infection and in turn a constantly bursting abscess - either from sleeping on the sofa that wasn't made for sleeping on or from sleeping in the smallest edge of the bed. I just don't see how people do it. I love my baby, more than I ever thought was possible, but my god I just love my sleep too.
So I can say with complete certainty that we will not be co-sleeping on a regular basis; and if for some reason I hit my head too hard and decide to have another down the line, I probably won't be co-sleeping then either!
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