This father of someone “close” to “Spinning Plates” remembers a certain author who along with his sister quite often slept in the same bed with their parents. And when his pre-K teacher asked him to draw a pic of the family put us all in BED!
Veteran parent here with kids now in their 30s and just starting grandparent stage: Main goal: everyone sleeping! We put a futon mattress, sleeping bag and pillow under our bed. If a kid had a nightmare and wanted to sleep closer to us, we pulled out it out. We called it the "cuddle bed," meaning, come up, get a hug from mom or dad and then sleep right next to the bed, but not in it, because that interfered with our sleep. We'd go through weeks where we had a kid on the cuddle bed almost every night; weeks when it didn't get used. Also, what works for one kid doesn't work on the next, alas. Standard for success: everyone sleeping as much as possible.
This father of someone “close” to “Spinning Plates” remembers a certain author who along with his sister quite often slept in the same bed with their parents. And when his pre-K teacher asked him to draw a pic of the family put us all in BED!
LOL so i hear
Veteran parent here with kids now in their 30s and just starting grandparent stage: Main goal: everyone sleeping! We put a futon mattress, sleeping bag and pillow under our bed. If a kid had a nightmare and wanted to sleep closer to us, we pulled out it out. We called it the "cuddle bed," meaning, come up, get a hug from mom or dad and then sleep right next to the bed, but not in it, because that interfered with our sleep. We'd go through weeks where we had a kid on the cuddle bed almost every night; weeks when it didn't get used. Also, what works for one kid doesn't work on the next, alas. Standard for success: everyone sleeping as much as possible.
I LOVE the cuddle bed terminology ... we have tried something similar ... a foldout foam mattress that we can deploy.