Co-Sleeping

We co-sleep. It kinda happened by accident. My in-laws bought us a bedside co-sleeper, which never got used! I found out very early on that theBeast just slept better when she was right next to me. I slept better that way too. The co-sleeper basically held diapers, baby wipes, and clean clothes. LOL. My plan was to get her into her own crib by four months. Well, four months came, and four months went and I didn't want to part from her. I was happy with our sleeping arrangement, she was happy, and theFantasyMan was happy.
She's now 14 months old and still in our bed. I thought I needed to work on getting her out of our bed since we're going to be having a new baby. This was stressing me out. Our current living situation does not make room for a crib. Or a toddler bed, or any other bed for that matter. So, if we are going to get her out, it'll have to wait until we get out own place...which is looking further and further off. I was thinking I only have 7 months to work on this!! Ugh. Then I would feel guilty. She doesn't know this isn't her bed! This is the norm for her. She's just innocently sleeping in what she thinks is her bed, and then we're just gonna kick her out? How sad!! So I jokingly said to theFM "maybe we'll just teach the new baby to sleep in a crib, and theBeast can stay in our bed." Haha. I started dwelling on this everyday. When I would put her to sleep at night I would feel guilty that we were going to eventually kick her out of our bed.
So, a couple nights ago I said to the hubs "I think we're just gonna have her and the new baby in our bed." He easily said back to me "Sounds fine with me."

Yay!!!! No more stressing! We have a king size bed, so there is plenty of space. The FM said that theBeast can just be in the middle of us, and the baby can be on the opposite side of me. That way we won't have to worry about theBeast rolling on the baby. I feel so relieved! And I'm so thankful that I have a husband who totally supports co-sleeping!

I do realize that some of you may be against co-sleeping. It's what is best for you that you should do. But in case you are against it, here are some benefits:

1. Parents and infants sleep better
2. Breastfeeding is easier
3. Babies get more care giving
4. Parents and infants become more connected
5. Higher self-esteem
6. More positive behavior
7. Increased life satisfaction
8. Promotes sensitivity
9. Reduces bedtime struggles
10. It fosters an environment of acceptance

I took these from NewMama's Nest (sorry Ash! I was just gonna link to you, but couldn't get that post linked!!?)