Help me feel better about cosleeping

Borst-Plotz

I love to cosleep with my DD 16 weeks. She's been sleeping terribly the last few night so last night I kept her in bed with me and we both slept so well. We co slept/bed shared with our first too. However, in the last 2yrs I've had two friends lose their LO's to SIDS, so now I can't get it off my mind. I'm hoping maybe you ladies will ease my mind! Right now DD wears a Snuza so that helps me feel a little bit better. When we cosleep I either have my arm under her neck and she sleeps under my chin/cuddled into my chest/neck or when I nurse I just lay her flat beside me. Obviously I keep blankets at my waist and wear fitted tees. I guess I just worry she'll snuggle in so close she'll smother herself against me or I'll have my face too close to hers and she'll 'rebreathe' my breathe, does that make sense?

I'm sure I sound crazy right now but SIDS scary the *** out of me! Hoping you ladies help me chill out a bit ;

SummerOH

DS is almost 14 weeks, so not much younger than your LO, and we've co-slept since he was a few days old.  I have the same freakouts about SIDS that you do.  Reading articles and books by Dr. James McKenna and Dr. Sears helped ease my mind a

LatteLady5

SIDS and rolling over on a baby are two totally different things. SIDS is sudden infant death syndrome that cannot be explained by any thing while suffocation is obviously a separate thing.

If you're not under the influence of strong pain/sleepi

nosoup4u

SIDS risks go way down at three months. This is a good link about safe co-sleeping habits: 

https://cosleeping.nd.edu/safe-co-sleeping-guidelines/

JocelynB0911

I found that when we co slept/ co sleep I did feel rested but was os in tune to my LOs movements that I would wake right away to make sure they were ok. I am not sure what we'll do once the twins get here. My dh said he does not want to co sleep but we'll

MrsW101011

You shouldn't do it if you're not comfortable. I believe in safe cosleeping and wouldn't have it any other way, but it has to feel right for you. If you don't feel confident you won't sleep well, nor will baby. Explore all your options and do what works f

Borst-Plotz

SummerOH:

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It's scary enough without knowing someone this has happened to.nbsp; How terribly tragic for your frie

RachelM05

Borst-Plotz:

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skyejo

Poor babies I recently read an article published by a research prof and she stated that cosleeping decreases the risk of SIDS when it's due to sleep apnea (though at that point I'm not sure if it's considered SIDS since there's an actual cause

sbartschke

It sounds like you are doing things safely. I have read (don't remember where) that co-sleeping reduces the chances of SIDS. I am a super light sleeper, any noise or movement, or lack of either wakes me up. We sleep better together, it was the same with D

SummerOH

Borst-Plotz:

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tokenhoser

https://www.inhabitots.com/co-sleeping-safer-than-cribs-sids-researcher-james-mckenna/

That's a start, but look more at the work th

rmwt001

How horrible for your friends.  I don't blame you for being scared.  Just remember that neither baby was co-sleeping at the time.  You also didn't mention if they were breastfed.  It sounds like you are doing everything safely and are

portentosa

Oh my! That is so awful that your friends went through that! I can't imagine how you feel, SIDS is terrifying enough without knowing someone whose child died of it. My heart goes out to all of you guys.

I was so terrified of SIDS the first we

dreadiemama

sbartschke:

It sounds like you are doing things safely. I have read (don't remember where) that co-sleeping reduces the chance