Where does your newborn sleep?

SS091506 · July 2009

I keep second quessing whre I put baby Raleigh to sleep at night and for naps. I feel like a bad mom and that I am starting bad sleep habits. I posted before she really is not a fan of her crib. We have been letting her nap in her swing and co-sleep in the nap nanny at night. I guess I am wondering where the other babies around the same age as Raleigh are sleeping at night and napping during the day.

craziheazo · July 2009

Maya napped wherever she fell asleep at that point. She slept for long stretches in the swing but also did well in the bouncer.

She always slept in the PNP at night. We never co-slept (DH and I are both heavy sleepers). We transitioned Maya to the crib at 6 weeks. She never had a problem!

HTH

laura&dan05 · July 2009

Ditto the pp. Hannah slept any place she fell asleep. In the beginning it was in our arms a lot! At night she was in the PNP in our room. We transitioned her to the crib around 5 weeks without a problem. She has been napping in the swing and bouncy seat a lot and I'm just starting to get her to sleep in her crib for naps.

yankee42 · July 2009

my guys mostly napped in boppys on the couch or the pnp in the living room where i was

for bed they were in our room until 6 months, both in the pnp next to the bed, or co-sleeping with me

schmoodle · July 2009

Toodle is 2 weeks old and he mostly sleeps in his pack and play - but he will only tolerate if he's swaddled SUPER tightly, and he still fusses occasionally so we have to hold him to get him to sleep, in which case we just sit reclined with him on our chest and try to sleep that way. He doesn't really "nap" yet but when he sleeps during the day it's generally being held by someone. When DH is back to work and his mom isn't here anymore we'll see if he'll go down in the PnP without the swaddling since I don't want to swaddle him too often, only at night. Otherwise hoping the swing works (when we get one).

muppet.fan · July 2009

DD sleeps in a pack and play at night next to our bed. But during the day, she hates the p-n-p. She mostly naps in the swing (one of the cradle swings...I'd probably nap there too if they made them for adults!).

My plan is to start trying to get her to nap in the crib in the next few weeks.

desabean · July 2009

Garrison loves her swing and naps there every day. We asked our Dr about it and she felt it was fine. The past two nights she has been able to sleep for a few hours in her crib (yippy!) when we've been able to get her at teh right time and swaddled well and this morning she took a nap in the bassinet of her stoller. Currently she is sleeping on DH's lap and has been for 1.5 hours, she probably gets the bulk of her naps on us still....sometimes that is the only thing she wants.

LucyPevensie · July 2009

You can't start ANY habits right now - she is way too little. Let her sleep wherever she is able to - this world is BRAND NEW to her - just go with whatever works and soothes her and lets her know this is safe, cozy place for her to be. You are not a bad mommy! You are taking care of her and helping her to feel secure in this world. Many babies nap in swings for several months before making the transition to napping in a crib. Same with night time sleep - Jack was in a cosleeper in my room, and sometimes in bed with us, for 6 months before making the move to his crib.

Mr.&MrsS · July 2009

For the first 8 weeks of DS life he slept in his car seat at night. He hated the crib and the car seat was the only way anyone could get any sleep. During the day he would nap in his swing, bouncy, or on me. Honestly, naps were hard for us for a long time. DS napped in the swing until he was about 8 months old...and we only stopped then because he was just too big for the swing. Our pedi told us to just get sleep however you can those first few months. Good luck!

SS091506 · July 2009

thank you all for responding. it really helped to reassure me that we are not doing the wrong thing(s) over here in respect to sleep locations!

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