I keep P next to me in the RNP for at least half the night (mostly due to my own laziness.) He's STTN for the most part, but needs a binky replacement sometimes if he wakes up. It's easier to roll over and do it than to go across the hall Also, in the crib, he rolls all around and sometimes ends up in an awkward position and screams and it makes me nervous. I just feel better having him right next to me unless i'm awake and can check on him.
He takes some naps in the crib including from bedtime (btwn 7-8pm) and 11-12 when I go to bed. During the day, he sometimes sleeps in his PNP or swing (although he's just about outgrown the swing)
Am I alone here? My MIL (Mrs. Judgy McJudgerson) apparently thinks i'm the only person on earth who's ever had a 6mo old not sleep only in his crib.
Re: anyone else's LO not in the crib 100% yet?
B is "mostly" in her crib but definitely not 100%. She still gets up several times each night and on really bad nights I give in and bring her into our room. We still have her PNP set up in our room so depending on the night (and how exhausted I am) she goes back down in her crib, the PNP or on my chest in our bed.
We also JUST started using her crib within the last couple of weeks, after she turned 6 months so no, you are definitely not the only one
We bed-share too around the same time every night - I sometimes feel guilty about it but she is just so cuddly in the morning I don't care . She starts out in her crib and naps there, but after the 3rd time of getting up with her - I get sick of walking across the house.
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This exactly. Don't feel bad, you need to do what works for you. Some of my family members insert their two cents about my baby and her sleep habits. At first, I was bothered by it, but now I don't care what they say. I do what works best for us.
Whatever with other people's opinions on sleeping arrangements in your own house. Before G was born, I was dead set that he'd spend every night in his own crib from day 1. Well, we coslept/bedshared from day 1 instead. LOL. It used to bother me & then I decided that I'm the parent, & I do what I feel is safe & healthy for my kiddo.
Anyway, we co-slept & bedshared until about 2 weeks ago. Now he's in the PNP next to the bed all night (unless he wants to eat past 5am, then he comes to bed until we wake up for good). I nurse him in bed then put him back in the PNP usually. Once he's night weaned, he'll move to his enormous, expensive, & gorgeous crib that he's never slept in. We only really moved him because I wasn't sleeping well since he started crawling. I was so nervous that he'd wake up in the middle of the night & crawl away. I still let him take the majority of his naps in our bed though. He burrows his face in our sheets & I think the smell of us comforts him so he sleeps longer.
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