slept w/ LO in our bed for the first time last night!

Julias Table

...and it was wonderful!  

 He had been waking crying almost every two hours in his crib down the hall (he is 3 months), some nights every  hour.   He just wasnt getting the sleep i thought he should be getting so i made the decision to bring him into our bed. We have a king bed and he was in the middle of us. We removed big blankets and pillows. DH and I are light sleepers, not obese, dont smoke and I am nursing him, oh, and we have a firm mattress and no gaps between headboard and mattress.

LO slept the whole night!  He semi-woke once and nursed for about 60 seconds and dozed back off.

Is this ok? Safe? Is there anything else i should do to make our bed safer? i think we will continue to have him sleep with us.

 

happyhoopla

That's awesome! How nice that you all got such a great night's sleep. It sounds like you are doing everything possible to make sure that it's a safe sleeping situation. I'm guessing that it wouldn't be an issue, but also make sure that while LO is sleeping with you, neither of you are intoxicated or overly tired.

Kersbear

happyhoopla:

That's awesome! How nice that you all got such a great night's sleep. It sounds like you are doing everything possible to make sure that it's a safe sleeping situation. I'm guessing that it wouldn't be an issue, but also make sure that while LO is sleeping with you, neither of you are intoxicated or overly tired.

Ditto what is in bold  Well, really ditto all of it.  Yeah for extra snuggles

frklsbride

excellent!! 

i HATE bedsharing but the baby loves it so we're doing it too.  

erinkate23

I looooove bedsharing - especially waking up to a happy smily baby first thing in the morning. I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

Here's some info:

 How can we co-sleep safely?

Co-sleeping has been the normal way that parents sleep with their babies for thousands of years.  Cribs are new!  Safe co-sleeping is totally possible, and the benefits can be incredible.

On this board co-sleeping means sleeping in the same room as your baby: in a bassinet, arms reach co-sleeper, pack and play etc.  Bed-sharing means just what it sounds like: baby in bed with you!

Here is an article about the benefits of co-sleeping:

https://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/t102200.asp

This is an excellent checklist to use to double check safety:

https://babyparenting.about.com/od/sleeping/a/cosleep.htm

https://www.attachmentparenting.org/support/articles/safesleepguidelines.php

Many of our members have found that a king-sized bed is a huge help in reducing co-sleeping woes.  Others have found that side-carring the crib (removing a side and sliding it up beside your bed) is an excellent solution for their family.  Be creative!