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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Babies Still Asleep, I'm Up
Go figure. DS is still fast asleep & I've been up since 5:00 AM when the movement monitor woke me up. It kept giving little beeps when it would not detect movement, and I was checking on him a million times. It even went off once. I think its because he was at the very edge of the crib where the sensory pad can sometimes not detect movement, depending on his position. I scooted him back to the center of the crib. He's still sleeping, despite the darn cat meowing outside his door (even though the guard cat keeps chasing her away), but now I'm wide awake, even though I could sleep an extra 1 1/2 hours, which I really need. Ugh! But, I still love our movement monitor, gives me peace of mind.
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Re: Babies Still Asleep, I'm Up
I don't care if I have a false alarm once a night, I would never give up the movement monitor! Ever since I turned it to super sensitive we don't have many problems.
My little one is teething. I have been up since 3 and he went back to sleep at 430 and is still snoozing.
I am jealous that you coslept. I couldn't imagine giving him up to a crib. That must be rough. Just recently I have been putting him in bed with me when (I think) he wakes up too early. I love it. Why did you stop cosleeping, was it rough for DS to switch?
We never intended to cosleep, not that I saw anything wrong with it, we just didn't intend to do it. We have a friend who sleeps with DD (3) and DS (3.5 months) in their master bedroom with her DH in the guest room. So, before DS was born we always said he would sleep in his crib from day 1.
Long story short, when we brought him home from the hospital, he was having issues BFing and losing weight and the lactation consultant said we needed to do skin-skin 24-7, including cosleeping, so that's how it started.
I loved the snuggle time, especially since I work full time and am away from DS during the day, but I knew he needed to learn to sleep in his crib, and I knew the longer we waited, the harder it'd be on him. The other thing was at 7 months, he was still waking up 3-6 times a night, and I think he wasn't sleeping as good in our bed. He slept on my chest (even at 19 pounds) because that's how we felt safest cosleeping, and then I'd lock my arms around him.
We tried to transition for several months and he's scream bloody murder, regardless of whether he was asleep or awake when being put down, up on all fours, getting really worked up, and we don't CIO, so he'd always end up back in our bed. But, we kept trying each night, even if it failed. Then, one night a few weeks ago, we laid him down asleep, and he stayed asleep, and for the first time, STTN (10 hours). He's been doing it ever since (except for a few rough sleep nights where he's ended up back with us in the middle of the night), but, still has to be put down asleep. I give him a bottle, nurse him to sleep and then he goes in his crib. If he starts to wake up and get fussy walking back the hall to his nursery, I rock him back to sleep in his nursery. There is always music playing in his nursery.
Overall, I'm still glad we coslept, because I loved the snuggle time, but I'm glad he transitioned when he did (though I still miss him when he's in his nursery), and for DC #2 down the road, I don't think we'll cosleep. It became a really hard habit to break for DS.?
I know, it gives me so much peace of mind. Literally, if I didn't have it, I'd be up all night long checking in on him. We have a video/audio monitor too, so we are "monitored out" in DS's room. But, I wouldn't trade the peace of mind that thing gives me for anything. I know DS is almost 8 months, so past where there is typically concern for SIDS, but I've just read too many stories of SIDS/suffocation deaths (and not all of them young babies), that I'm so paranoid now that he's sleeping in a different room from us. The movement monitor was a must in our house! Yes, it was pricy, but well worth it in my opinion, best baby product we ever bought, hands down. I recommend it to all of our friends that are PG and sometimes I even go PSA it on 3rd Tri.
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Lol at "baby monitored out"! I had never even heard of it, it was gift from a friend. I could definitely be a spokesperson too! Well I guess I have to start doing stuff today, Jack will be up soon. Hope you have a good day and that you sneak in a nap!
LOL. I could be a spokesperson as well.
Have a good day too. Glad there was someone to chat with in the wee early hours of the AM. DS is still sleeping, so I'm using that as an opportunity to get ready for work. Working today, so there will be no nap. I hate that I have to wake him up soon, but I want to feed him before we go (though daycare is only a 10 minute drive) and we have to leave in 20-25 minutes.