How old is too old...
to sleep with mom?
My son is now 10 years old. For the first year of his life, I tried to get him to sleep in his crib. He was a horrible sleeper and at about 1 year old, he ended up co-sleeping with us because we were completely exhausted. Finally, he was sleeping! Around age 4, he started sleeping in his own room, but again, he's a HORRID sleeper, and slept with us (or just me) occasionally here and there since then.
I can't even remember the last time he slept with me, but he sleeps better when he sleeps with either me or Tony. He just sleeps so poorly, he's exhausted. I'm thinking about getting him evaluated for sleep apnea because he wakes up so often in the night, and also is so tired all the time. He also has a lot of nightmares, again, always has had this problem, and again, sleeps better with one of us because he isn't scared. I wouldn't want to be alone with the nightmares he has either, so I can't blame him.
Anyway, the long and the short of it is, I am wondering what YOU think is too old for a boy to sleep with his mama. I have been sending Tony out to sleep with him now, whenever he asks lately, but Benjamin really doesn't understand why, and I don't know what to tell him.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.
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