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[quote=Anonymous]Co-sleeping always has the chance to affect your child's sleeping habits. I work for a family, the mom co-sleeps with her 2 kids (single mom). Th 9 yr old boy should be sleeping in his own bed by now, but can't because he is too used to sleeping with other people and since he has been abandoned by his father, part of him won't accept sleeping on his own since he needs to be around people all the time. The 3 yr old girl wakes up at night sometimes still, and if the mom is in the living room, the child wakes up more easily and screams for her. The nights mom sleeps in bed the whole time, the child wakes up 1 out of 10 times and is easily calmed down since mom is right next to her.

While a baby is obviously not going to react in the same ways, they do get used to sleeping with you and when they have to sleep without you, it is usually not as good of a sleep (think child who has a blanky, that has to take a nap without it). Their comfort is gone.

I agree that you should be doing the same daytime sleep arrangement with baby even when you have her on weekends, nap at the same time and have her in the crib as well. Only have her co-sleep with you at nighttime, and I would definitely start to wean her off of it around 1-1.5 yrs old.[/quote]

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