Kristin Cavallari co-sleeps with her 11-year-old son Jaxon and 9-year-old daughter Saylor, giving each child one night a week with her. She requested a night alone to regain morning privacy and avoid waking a child while getting ready. Jaxon previously slept with her nightly and struggled to adjust after moving into a shared room with his brother Camden. Jaxon showed short naps and climbed out of bed to join her nightly for years. A clinical psychologist advises ending co-sleeping near puberty, around age 11, to encourage self-soothing and independent living, while noting families should do what works for them.
Before Cavallari, 38, moved him into a room with his 13-year-old brother, Camden, she said he was crashing with her every evening. "The problem is in the morning, because I get up before them, and then I have to be so quiet in my bathroom, like brushing my teeth, and washing my face, and getting dressed," she explained. "I want to be able to have the freedom to move about my room and get dressed in the morning without worrying about waking someone up."
Liz Nissim-Matheis, a clinical psychologist in New Jersey, previously told TODAY.com it's best to end co-sleeping when a person reaches puberty, or at around 11. "Once we get into that territory of bodies changing, that's when you really want to take a step back and say, 'What is going on here? How can we work through this anxiety?'" Nissim-Matheis explained. "Ultimately, you want to promote our child's ability to self-soothe and to eventually live independently."
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