Stacey Solomon 'A Little Sad' As She Stops Co-Sleeping With Her Two Sons After Nine Years

Stacey Solomon has admitted she was “a little sad” to stop sharing a bed with her two sons after nine years of co-sleeping.

The 27-year-old who is mum to Zachary, nine, and Leighton, five, said the change was “daunting”.

“Last night I spent the first night without my children coming in to my room and sleeping with me in nine years,” she wrote on Instagram on Sunday 10 September.

“I’m sure a lot of people will have something to say about that but I honestly don’t care. I love sleeping with my children and would do it forever if I could. Those cuddles, the kick in the face, the kisses in the morning. I live for that.”

Solomon shared her thoughts alongside a photo of her boys’ new Lego-style bunk bed.

“I have come to the realisation that as much as I love [sharing a bed], I also value my sleep, and relationship, and I know that with extra special people coming into my life, there simply isn’t enough room for us all,” the mum continued.

“So, as daunting as it was for me (selfishly) it was an even bigger change for the boys.”

Solomon said she hunted for a special bed for her sons so they would enjoy going to sleep - and didn’t realise how easy it would be.

“I didn’t even have to spend the usual 35 minutes saying: ‘Half an hour boys, 20 minutes now, come on bed time boys, bedtime, BEDTIME’, they were asking me ‘Is it bed time yet mummy?’ And at 7pm they ran up, chose their bunks and went to sleep.

“I assumed the novelty would wear off and they’d wake up in the night and come in, but I woke up to an empty bed after a full night of sleep and to my surprise there they were fast asleep in their bed.

“As happy as I am that this is the next phase and they’re loving it, I can’t help but feel a little sad that it’s probably the first day of the rest of my child-free bedtime life.”

Solomon’s fans praised her for being honest about her co-sleeping situation and shared their own stories of kids at bedtime.

“I love that you tell the truth and show the reality of being a mum, thank you,” one wrote.

“We let our boys into our bed and I love it, everyone still gets a good sleep but as soon as that changes I think it will be time, like you have, to get them to sleep all night in their own beds.”

Another commented: “Totally understand my boy is nearly nine I have the same problem, but you can’t beat those snuggles.”

“Stacey you are an amazing mum I co-slept with both my boys,” wrote another. “They started sleeping in their own rooms at seven, did no harm in my eyes.”

Before You Go

Baby Sleep Tricks

The Guide Book(01 of04)

The Gentle Sleep Solution: The Naturally Nurturing Way To Help Your Baby To Sleep offers a gentle alternative to controlled crying methods. Drawing on her experience as a psychologist, CBT therapist and mother of four, Shallow teaches parents, firstly, how to identify the underlying reason for their baby's troubled sleeping by reading their behaviour, and, secondly, how to respond in ways that will help to reduce their anxiety and allow them to fall asleep independently. (credit:Jupiterimages via Getty Images)

The Bedtime Story Book(02 of04)

Swedish behavioural psychologist and linguist Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin spent more than three years perfecting his bestselling sleep-inducing bedtime story The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep. Using psychological and positive reinforcement techniques to help little ones to relax, focus and eventually drift off, he describes the story as “the verbal equivalent of rocking a baby to sleep.” (credit:Penguin Random House)

The Smartphone App(03 of04)

The Sound Sleeper app, gives you a choice of sounds for lulling your baby to sleep according to her personal preferences – whether that’s the rhythm of the womb, a gentle ‘shhh’ or the sound of a vacuum cleaner. It also ‘listens’ for your baby and starts playing the sound you’ve chosen as soon as it hears a whimper. You can even track your baby’s sleep and generate graphs to help you learn and analyse your baby’s sleep patterns. (credit:Layland Masuda via Getty Images)

The Night Light(04 of04)

The Sleepy Baby™ Biological LED Lamp light bulb works by filtering out the stimulating blue light spectrum that can inhibit your baby’s production of the sleep hormone, melatonin. Although it provides adequate light for bedtime stories, nappy changes and night-time feeds, your baby’s brain registers the light as darkness, making it easier for them to fall back asleep. (credit:Lighting Science)