i do not want to start a pattern of co-sleeping but i have some questions. i would like to sometimes put ds in the bed (like when he is constipated or teething and hurting and just wants to be held). he is 6 months and has never slept in our bed.
1- one concern is that my DH sleeps like a wild animal. i kid you not...he is dangerous. i constantly get an elbow in the head, he ends up with his head on my pillow and legs on his side, etc. i do not feel comfortable putting DS in the bed with him although ppl have told me that if DS was in the bed DH wouldn't sleep like that. I just don't think I want to take that risk, would you?
2- How do you keep DC from falling out of the bed? maybe that is a dumb ? but DS is sooo active and sleeps like his dad in the crib( we put him down head to foot on his back and he ends up side to side on his belly!), I cannot imagine him not rollling right off. Is it dumb to think that?
3- If I did put him in the guest room bed with me on a very rare occasion could that start a bad pattern?
i'm clueless about this so sorry if they are silly ?s. TIA
Re: ?s about co-sleeping?
I am so glad to have my bed back.
2. We have a bed rail so DD is between me and the rail.
3. We co-slept with DD exclusively in the beginning. Then she moved to her crib 90% of the time. I still bring her to bed with us occasionally. We have no problems transitioning her back and forth at all.
2 - We have our mattress on the floor. They have bed rails and bed pillows that you can buy specifically for cosleeping. Be careful with the rails, however, in that DS can't get trapped between the rail and mattress (I have read some are like this).
3 - I don't think so. I don't believe there is any bad in cosleeping. We do it fulltime and I wouldn't have it any other way.
GL!
2. She sleeps in the middle and if I have to nurse her on the other side then I put my arm over her until she's done and then move her back to the middle or if I'm really tired I put a pillow there.
3. I don't think co-sleeping is a bad sleep pattern. We've been co-sleeping since day one and she sleeps in a crib at the sitters and occasionaly her naps at home and has no problem going back and forth.
I second checking out Dr. Sears! And HTH.