Can I put DD in our bed for naps?
Or is that one of those things that is a no-no?
This morning she fell back asleep in our bed after her usual 6am wakeup and slept till 8:30!! And then she went down for a nap at 10:30 and woke up 40 minutes later crying, so I nursed her in our bed and she fell asleep for another hour and a half. My gawd, we haven't had this good of a sleep day in months!
Anywho, she just looks so comfortable in there and on the few occasions she has napped in there, she's slept a LOT longer than she does in her bassinet or crib. Can I put her down in there more often? What kind of precautions do I need to take? Can I swaddle her or no? She's not rolling yet, so I always find her in the same spot, although I'm sure it won't be long before she's mobile.
Any advice would be most appreciated 
Re: Can I put DD in our bed for naps?
We bedshare, and DS definitely sleeps much better in our bed and for longer stretches.
Just follow all the safe bedsharing guidelines... firm mattress, no blankets or pillows near her, etc. My DH and I sleep with LO between us. We each have our own blankets and one pillow apiece so we don't have to worry about anything covering DS.
LO was never swaddled past 4 days old (he broke out of it early) so not sure about that but I don't see why not.
Yea that you found something that worked for you!
Thank you for the advice! We actually bedshare for half the night as well and follow the guidelines (and like you, she sleeps between us), but I was wondering if there are any special things I need to do if she's in there by herself for naps? We are getting some sleep sacks from the States next week, so hopefully we'll be able to do that instead of the swaddle soon
We don't bedshare, LO sleeps in her own room in a crib.
But after the 7am feed I have her in bed with me and we both nap.
A few reasons:
I feel safe because it's just me and LO and I feel like there's space.
I love snuggling with her and waking up to find these little eyes watching me.
For purely selfish reasons, if she grizzles I don't have to get up to her, I can just shush and snuggle her and she drifts back to sleep.
I'm all about if it works and feels right then do it.
If she naps well in your bed during the day and you feel comfortable with it, then why not.
There is a wealth of info on safe bedsharing.
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We fought the battle to get Ari to sleep in his ARCS (in cosleeper or PNP mode) or his crib for-freaking-ever & gave up for good last week. He sleeps better in our bed w/ or w/o us.
If she's sleeping well in the bed, let her sleep there. Bedrails are a good thing. Once she's mobile I'd move the bed to the floor. Keep the monitor up really loud & check on her often. We keep the door cracked so we can peak in if he stirs w/o waking him.
I've chosen to pick my battles already and one battle I'm letting baby boy win at for right now is taking some naps in our bed. When he naps in our bed I usually have nursed him down and stay in the bed with him. I make our bed every morning so he doesn't have any heavy covers and he is smack dab in the middle of the bed; since he isn't rolling yet I'm not concerned about him falling off the bed...yet. Like I said though, I stay with him in our bed when he naps in there.
He has napped sometimes in his crib and we are working on transitioning him to nap in his crib but I figure, I've appeased the hubs with him sleeping in his crib at night so if he naps better in our bed during the day, I'm going to let him. Like I said, I'm already picking and choosing the battles and this one doesn't seem like an important one for me to fight quite yet. Do whatever you think is right but do it safely.
Yup...same here