We have been home eight months now and until this past month our daughter age two has always slept in her own crib. She naps in her crib and sleeps in her crib through the night. Despite a rocky first few nights home thanks to jet lag she has never had any problems sleeping. She is known to fight her nap on occasion but she sleeps well at night. I remember bringing her into bed with us those first weeks home, willing to try anything to get some sleep. I was all for trying co-sleeping in those weeks home. I assumed I would co-sleep for a little while and then transition to her crib. She could never let down her guard or relax enough to co-sleep.


She did not trust us enough.Even our morning snuggles have led to Mama getting injured by her crashing head. Once she adjusted she has never given us any nighttime sleep issues. We do our ritual and I lay her down and she falls asleep. Some nights she needs more goodnight kisses.A few weeks ago she was fighting a fever, teething and she was fighting her nap. I rocked her and could tell how sleepy she was she just would not sleep. I asked her if she wanted to lie down with me. I was exhausted at this point as well and wanted to nap… I never get to nap. I brought her into my bed we snuggled and we fell asleep. To be honest I liked it.


I like that she is strongly attached to me now and likes to snuggle. I like that she can relax and let her guard down. I like seeing her be happy to be in Mama & Papa’s bed. I liked watching her fall asleep and listening to her breathe. I liked everything about co-sleeping.So now she is asking to sleep with me at nap time. The other day she slept in her crib but for the past two days I laid her in my bed and snuggled with her, she fell asleep and I sneaked away to do chores. I fear I’m setting myself up for a child who needs Mama to lay with her for her to fall asleep. After all this seems to be how parents get themselves into this situation to start with.I liked being able to put her in her crib for her nap.

Our bed is high & I don’t want her to fall off when I’m not with her. So do I stop while I’m ahead and revert back to crib napping? Will this nap time co-sleeping mess up our nighttime routine? Update: I wrote this post about a month ago and since we have been able to co-sleep at nap time a few days a week and she still naps on her own and so far ( knock on wood) it has not messed up her evening routine although she has asked me while tucking her in bed at night if she can sleep with Mama.