I've been wondering why we've been loosing sleep over Joshua not sleeping just because he won't sleep in his bed, in his room. So, for the past two weeks he has been sleeping with us. He sleeps in bed with us and will talk for 5-10 minutes until he passes out....FOR THE NIGHT. We are in bed around 8:30pm and he wakes up at 5:30am. So, it is nice to say that we are now getting some sleep in this house. I've talked to a friend who's daughter co-slept with them till she was 18 months old and they transitioned her to her crib then and it went smoothly.
I know people are saying we should just let him cry-it-out in his crib, but Joshua works himself up so badly that he ends up throwing up he cries so hard. Yes, my son does not whimper because we aren't in the room with him, he goes into hysterics.
So, while this may not work for everyone who has kids, it has been working for us and I love having his little body pressed right up against mine, where at night he will wake for a minute, find my hand and hold it while he goes back to sleep. I figure that by July we will work on having him in his crib, but for now I am enjoying all the rest that we can get.
