Click Poll: Dealing with sick LO

inamra

The question about cosleeping below made of think of this question: Do you deviate from your normal sleeping situation/setup when LO is sick? Comment more below as you'd like

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inamra

I'll go first. We do and it depends on how sick he is. If he has a flu (high fever, vomiting, whole ordeal), then I'll just stay in our bed with him after his bedtime nursing session and either go online on my phone or sleep early. But if he has a cold, depending on how he's feeling, he may go in to his crib for a while and then move over to our bed earlier than usual (anywhere from 12am-4am) until morning.

redshoegirl

No. When one boy is sick, the other tends to be as well. We never co-slept to begin with, but we certainly couldn't have two squirmy kids in bed with us now.

lelekay

Not at first, meaning we still put him down in his crib like normal.  But I'm more likely to bring him into our bed earlier if he wakes and is uncomfortable (he often comes to bed with us early in the morning).

MrsNJSwimmer

we still co-sleep, so it doesn't really change.  (although after last night's biting fiasco and ensuing time out, it might be time for a change!)

MrsIH

Funny that you posted this because just last night we co-slept for the first time :P  LO is sick with a cold and wants to be with me 24/7 and won't even go to DH when it's bed time  Two nights ago was horrible, he was up from 12-4:30 and didn't want to be put down.  I didn't want to have another sleepless night like that (for baby and I) so I brought him to our guest bedroom and we fell asleep together.  I have to admit that I loved it  He snuggled right up to me and we slept great... well, I was a bit worried about sleeping with him as I'm an active sleeper but I don't think I moved much.  Now I wonder if he'll want to sleep in his crib tonight or not... ??  Thankfully I think he's feeling better today.  Oh and DH isn't a supporter of him sleeping in OUR bed unless it's morning snuggles... we are both very heavy sleepers and have a queen bed so it'd be a bit tight.  The guest bed worked great for the two of us though

mrspresley

nothing really changes for us...she just sleeps in her crib and if she wakes up congested we go up and get her and suction her and put her back to bed. luckily she is a pretty good sleeper, even when she is sick.  she only wakes if she is congested.