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Sleeping wth children

(96 Posts)
lucyinthesky Thu 06-Feb-14 15:06:55

Daily Mail has an article to day written by a mother who co-sleeps with her 6 year old son while her husband sleeps in the spare bedroom. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2552637/I-share-bed-six-year-old-husband-spare-room.html
At the end of the day has anyone got an opinion on the rights and wrongs of when a child should learn to sleep independently and whether some mothers today are right in always putting child before husband?

Galen Sat 08-Feb-14 21:22:12

Dd co sleeps with both DGDs! They are now at 2 1/2 trying to get older to sleep in own room! She is NOT COOPERATING!
She is also breast feeding both of them!

bikergran Sat 08-Feb-14 21:21:01

GS whos 7 and a bit would sleep in his mums bed given half the chance, but now that DD is in a new relationship and married, GS is not allowed to.

Lona Sat 08-Feb-14 21:16:17

#comingoutofthewoodworknow! grin

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 21:14:41

ANOTHER ONE!!! #floodgates

Dragonfly1 Sat 08-Feb-14 21:12:02

Each to their own, I guess, but it's not something I'd be comfortable with.

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 21:04:42

YAY !!!!!!!!! I'VE GOT AN AGREE-ER!!!!!!!!

Lona Sat 08-Feb-14 21:02:19

I agree jings, in normal circumstances I would put him/her back in their own bed.
In sickness or distress I would allow it, but not as a regular thing.

Ana Sat 08-Feb-14 20:57:25

Unless of course you use a Swear Word in a thread title! wink

Riverwalk Sat 08-Feb-14 20:56:02

The lurkers are the 'silent majority' they don't say much smile

Don't be looking at them for support grin

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 20:53:32

LARA - what d'you reckon?

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 20:52:33

The lurkers haven't spoken up yet.

Gorki Sat 08-Feb-14 20:48:17

Nothing wrong with it at all ! So long as everybody is happy.

Riverwalk Sat 08-Feb-14 20:44:11

OK, we're all wrong!

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 20:42:56

No I haven't! hmm

Riverwalk Sat 08-Feb-14 20:40:20

Maybe you've just got it wrong! shock

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 20:35:46

I don't believe there is no one else out there feels the same as I do!

Please speak up. Join up if necessary!

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 20:32:56

"not a regular thing" - key phrase.

Nothing to do with gender.

Ana Sat 08-Feb-14 20:30:57

Would you feel the same if the child was a girl, jingl? I only ask because one of my GDs often ends up in her mum's bed at some time during the night, although it's not a regular thing.

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 20:28:40

Nope. It's not right.

Riverwalk Sat 08-Feb-14 20:24:54

jingl I think you are worrying unnecessarily about the boy - the husband's position is a different matter.

I know someone, divorced, whose son insisted on sleeping in her bed most nights until he was about 10, for whatever reason.

He is now a strapping 25-year old, perfectly normal, a graduate, has a girlfriend, loads of friends and doing well. smile

nightowl Sat 08-Feb-14 19:59:17

We all have our own weirdnesses jingl grin

One day this little lad will tell his mum he wants his own space. Hopefully before he's 15.

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 19:30:06

It's weird.

Mishap Sat 08-Feb-14 18:57:13

It's all fine. A lot of it goes on. It does no harm. Panic not!

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 17:36:44

Would be interested in hearing views of a wider range of grans. We need a poll.

Is the mother crazy?

Or is she ok in this?

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 08-Feb-14 17:33:05

I wonder if the father is not doing enough to form a good "boys together" relationship with his son. Wonder if the father is the one to actually see the boy into bed at night, and read to him. Mummy needs to take a back seat.