Sadly not atm.

I thought it was wrong to co-sleep when I had my girl (now 7)so we fought the idea for a long while but then realised if it works and its certainly not hurting. It was actually helping.
From the day my big boy ( now 4) was born we co-sleep til he was almost 3 when he went and slept with his big sis so that worked out well. They are too big to sleep together now and just recently sleep in their own beds but in the same room.

I like my kids to sleep where they feel comfortable. We have more than enough beds.

As for for bubs (19mths). He has never liked sleeping with me or Dad. He rarely falls asleep on me even when breastfeeding. Though if he is tired he will fall asleep in the Ergo. Hubby tries to lay with him but he gets cranky or just jumps around. We are both sad about that but its his choice and he is onbviously more comfortable having his own space for sleeping.

thanks for asking the  question clay,it was enjoyable and interesting reading everyones responses.

thanks for all your comments

I really wanted to do co-sleeping with my daughter and there were times when I thought she needed it but because a got a very tough response from my health visitor who said "Under no circumstances should you sleep with your child in your bed"  and then went on to explain how dangerous it was and that I should teach her to settle by herself as early as possible. it scared me so I never did. I would be interested in knowing what official guidelines were for different country's though. This is such a great question.

i did co sleeping with my daughter because i breastfed and found it alot more convienient and so sweet! i would always put her in the cot during the day and bassinett at the begining of the night but i found myself creeping over to see if she was breathing all the time!lol she tranfered to her cot at 13 months right b4 i gave the breastfeeding up and we didnt have a great deal of probs, occasionally at age 5 she will still ask to sleep with me on a weekend so we can cuddle up and watch movies but will have no prob sleeping in her bed if i say no. i was do the same with my new baby when it arrives as it works for me i never rolled onto my daughter in my sleep and i dont think i will with this baby but this time i will fork out and get a co sleeper bassinett to increase airflow and stop chloe from kicking or punching the baby if she decides to hop in too every now and then!

with my daugther i never co -slept with her , but the boys yes i have i just love it .though at times its a rough with a kick here and there but wouldn't trade it for the world.

Our 51/2 month old has always slept in with us. I feel more at ease having him next to me and it also allows me to get a better nights sleep! I love being able to snuggle up with my little man

I have always let the boys come into our bed if they choose to. When they were bubs it was so much easier to have them in bed to feed. The 5yr old still comes in most nights and luckily we have a king size bed so it doesn't matter. I think the older boys stopped when they were about 8 or 9, as they were getting too big. On saying that the 15yr old occassionally comes in in the early hours of the morning for a cuddle if he wants to. The only trouble is like last night, when the 5yr old decides to use my head as a soccer ball in his sleep! LOL Wouldn't give it up for the world. Usually the only time I can have cuddles from the older ones. Leisa

every now and then i co sleep with my daughter....
I never did when she was a baby though because i was just too scared i would roll on top of her LOL, also i only had a king single at the time!
Now i have a nice queen sized bed, and when she is sick, or when she wakes up at 4 am, i will bring her into bed with me and my partner and we all just have a big snuggle....
She sleeps til about 8:30am then rather than 7am hehehehe.

i rarely do it, but i love it :)
we usually co-sleep on the couch for an afternoon nap (if he does decide to nap)
when he was tiny and we were all in the one room, daz used to get up for work early hours in the morning, and put Koen in the bed with me (it was the best way for us to have that extra hour sleep in)
xx chan

Loved it...  It was the only way I could get any sleep.. I only co-slept when while I was breast feeding..  It was the only way I actually felt as if I had a really good deep sleep.  I'd pop him on one boob and fall back to sleep, then half time change sides...   Then he and I would sleep soundly until it was time for a boob again and up we got...

When he bit me though that is when I stopped co-sleeping I went straight to the bottle cold turkey but thought I could still co-sleep.. Oh how not so for me.. He managed to find a nipple in the middle of the night. And let me tell you when they are starting to bite that is one of the most rudest awakenings ever... OH YES IT IS....

But I loved it. And I loved the snuggles...  Every now and then he still comes to sleep with us when he is ill, or in the morning I'll put on a DVD and he'll watch while I sleep, if it is early in the morning he may just fall back to sleep with me. But I have to be only half asleep as he has managed to get off the bed with out waking us up.. So we have to watch him careful now..

We co-slept with both of our kids and had a very positive experience--maybe I will write an article about it.
It was not our intent to co-sleep, but over time this seemed like the only way we all slept through the night without too much drama or interruption--so we quit fighting it and just went with it.  This saved us a lot of sleepless nights--especially when our kids were infants and young toddlers.

The way to make it work is to make sure you have plenty of room (we had a queen and twin bed pushed together) and that your sleeping arrangements are safe (we put our mattresses on the floor and pushed them against the wall so no one could fall out).   The other thing to think about is a love nest.  As long as you have another room to sneak away to when the mood strikes, your love life shouldn't suffer too much. 

Both our kids gradually slept less and less in our bed as they approached preschool years.  Now both sleep through the night in their bed and have been capable of doing so for the last few years--though a bad dream or a hard day will send them back to our bed on a tough night.  We don't mind. 

We found that sleeping in each other's arms really helped erase any hard feelings from the day and renewed our bond without words.  We start each morning reconnected and fresh.

I would say the most miserable co-sleeping families are those where one or both parents require a lot of sleep and a lot of personal space.  If you don't sleep well with another person, you will sleep even less well with your kid.   Some kids are easier to sleep with then others--something else to think about.  Co-sleeping is a commitment--our kids are now 5 and 8 and the oldest didn't sleep on her own in her bed until she was 5.   The youngest has been able to sleep on his own for about a year.  That said, they both love to crawl back in our bed if they wake up in the night, though they don't *need* us in the same way anymore.

Hope something here helps.    

I didn't with my first child as I was determined to have him sleeping in his own bed, he was a terrible sleeper and we ended up doing the controled crying, which worked wondefully and now he's a great sleeper. My youngest (2.7) does co-sleep because the fact is that he sleeps so much better when he's next to me, he has always been that way, he is also a high-needs child, so controlled crying just wouldn't work.

Amanda

Hi Clay

My daughter Jenaya (2.5yr) will come into our bed every night usually in the early hours. Most times she manages to crawl in bed without us really noticing and will snuggle up between us. She has never been a good sleeper but will sleep contently when she is with us.

I'm sure Dr Phil would have a fit but it works for us at the moment. I'm sure one day I will do something about it but to be honest, I just can't be bothered doing the whole control crying, bringing them straight back to bed routine. I don't think it is that bigger deal. What kid wouldn't like to snuggle up on a freezing night under the doona with mum and dad? I figure that she won't be doing it when she is 15 so why worry about it.

Hope this helps, Jo

it wasn't until bub #8 that i became lenient towards him sleeping in our bed.I had derick sleeping in his own bed,own room and then 1 night i found him standing beside my bed watching me sleep and wanting to get into bed with us.He was about 11or 12 months old.He had climbed out of his cot.So i use to leave the side of his cot down so it wouldnt be as high to climb!Since then he occasionally (3or 4nights)a week sleeps in my bed  i would love some room as dylan whos nearly 2 wants to sleep with us as well.So when 1 gets in and then the other wants too i put the one who is asleep back in his bed and then when i get up through the night  i put that one back in bed too! Its like musical chairs but its my bed,lol.I have 2-3 nights a week where i dont have an extra little body  with us,which i like.

I WOULD PREFER IT IF THEY SLEPT IN THEIR OWN BEDS but the way i see it they will be out of this wanting to sleep  with us soon and I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT! My own space...yippeeeee

I dont think its right or wrong,i think its what works for you and your family.

enjoy whatever you decide 

I co-slept with my eldest. I loved every minute of it. The only reason I didn't co-sleep with my next one was because of the drama I had getting the eldest into a bed when I had to...

Im quite  a heavy sleeper and always was worried I might smother the boys in my sleep, so on the rare occasion that they do sleep in my bed (illness, nightmare etc) they are waaaaaay over the other side where I cant crush them.

I do not do co sleeping now, mine is almost seven months, but when she was an infant we did it some. When I am desperate for sleep I do stick her in the bed with me, or when we travel. But I can't at home now b/c she is getting bigger and rolls around a lot, my husband might smush her!

I think it comes down to the child. I co slept with my son and it was great but with my daughter it was too scary. She was a wriggler and would often end up under the covers. Also the body heat created was always a big concern for me. So now if she is sick instead of having her in bed with us I just sleep in her room beside her cot.

I'm a huge believer in co-sleeping, breastfeeding, attending to baby's every whimper and all the rest.  However I'm still a huge believer in giving choices so from 19 months I offered a bed for daughter in her own room if she chose to sleep in there which she has done since 2.  She's in my bed if we have visitors, if she's sick, or if she's had a big day and is feeling like she needs my company.  I'm also not a believer that a baby should be held 24/7 as they need to develop their motor skills.  That's just how we do things in this house and it's been fantastic, I wouldn't do it any other way next time around (if there's a next time).

I feel it can be a hit or miss situation.......My Son co slept with us and he went beautifully,never had a problem at all in getting him into his own bed.....Mind you he was a perfect baby.Miss Bree on the other hand OHHH boy it didn't work she stayed in her own cot,she liked being in bed with us for a short time and still does but she is a squirmer and restless sleeper so loves her own space.I think as with most things,depends on the child and the situation.Regards Crystal