Does your baby sleep better if you bed share?

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He definitely doesn’t cry or fight sleep at all, I suppose that’s successful? Currently going through 4m sleep regression and I comfort nurse all night so I really don’t know if he sleeps the whole time or not. Downside is I had to change him 4 times because he had full wet diapers😟 FTM here just trying to keep my head above water lol

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I said yes, but we didn’t start bed sharing until he was 11 months old. We have always room shared, but I was never comfortable with him in bed when he was so small. 
When at 11 months he was still nursing twice each night and waking sometimes even more than that, in his crib he would cry for me every time he woke up. I brought him in bed with me, and by bed I mean a mattress on the floor in his room, and he began to sleep through the night. If he does wake up, he cuddles into me and goes straight back to sleep. No more night feedings, no more getting out of bed to soothe him in the middle of the night. So I’m finally getting some sleep. So for us yes he sleeps better bed sharing. 
I do know a lot of moms though who started bed sharing earlier and letting their kid just nurse whenever they want all through the night and they continue to do this, comfort nursing practically all night long.

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we bed share during naps pretty often. during nights we rarely do, but it happens. He sleeps so much better where he can smell me

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Yes generally. She sleeps alone 4-5 hours at night but if she wakes up in the middle of the night I bring her back to bed with me

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No. She wakes up more often to nurse. And I don’t sleep well either because I can’t get comfortable (if I move, she wakes up).  Having said that - we still bedshare because otherwise I get zero sleep (it takes forever to get her down in her crib after each wake up).

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Yep! She lasts about 30 minutes sleeping alone.

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From 3-4 months until our son was almost 1, he would go to bed in his crib until he woke up the first time (1AM, sometimes later) then he’d finish the night in our bed. We all got more sleep that way. I night weaned and sleep trained all at once shortly after he turned one and did CIO. 
Haven’t looked back, and now he’s a fantastic sleeper at 20 months. Just actually switched him to a toddler bed 2 nights ago and his good sleep habits have rolled over & he’s taken the transition SO WELL!

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My son does but I don’t sleep at all when he’s in our bed. He sleeps fine in his crib but if he’s sick or having a bad night he will not sleep unless he’s in our bed

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Yes, absolutely. But we only let him during the day, like if I’m sick and staying in the bed during his nap. Or, VERY rarely at night when he has a bad night. We have a co-sleeper though, so he’s not just in our bed, but safe in his little padded foldaway that’s in between daddy and I.

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Considered it very early in, but would not have been comfortable without a dock-a-tot or something to protect the baby...decided not to spend the money and she is now sleeping much better in her bassinet in our room...she’s almost 6 weeks, so glad we don’t have to break the habit for her

Does your baby sleep better if you bed share?

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