Advice on how NOT to bedshare?

kbud9 · September 2009

LO does not seem to go down easy in her bassinet and we have succumed (Sp?) to having her in bed with us in order to get any kind of sleep whatsoever. I do NOT want this to continue. Any advice on how i can break this? She is 18 days old.

TIA

Ambeerose · September 2009

How does she act when you put her in the bassinett?? Do you swaddle? Or do you use a sleep positioner?

Soon to be Mrs. Topper · September 2009

We're having the same issues!! Would LOVE the advice too!!

Temp159135562506975 · September 2009

sell the bassinet and get an bedside cosleeper (we have 2 arms reach ones for the twins).

miracle blanket swaddle.

lhull · September 2009

I was told by my pedi that you can't form any bad habits with baby until they are 4 mo. They really don't know any better.

My advice: Put her to bed in her crib/bassinet whenever possible and get some sleep. I bring DS in bed with us if he seems to be waking up alot at night. This is something I said I would NEVER do but I am desparate sometimes.

kbud9 · September 2009

Ambeerose:
How does she act when you put her in the bassinett?? Do you swaddle? Or do you use a sleep positioner?

Both! She finds her way out of a swaddle by now no matter how we do it.

Yvonne2 · September 2009

This week I've started transitioning S out of my bed. It's not easy. It is an all day job. She spends time in her crib when I'm doing things like folding laundry, or whatever. I give her all her bottles in her room, and we spend a lot of time in there so she is comfortable. Every night I put her in her crib and at first it only lasted an hour before she'd want to get out of there. But last night she slept for 3 2 hour blocks of time. And then I brought her to bed because I was OH SO TIRED.

It just takes time, patience, and a lot of trying different things.

webMistress0609 · September 2009

Goldie_Locks_5:
sell the bassinet and get an bedside cosleeper (we have 2 arms reach ones for the twins).
miracle blanket swaddle.

This. We love our Arms Reach cosleeper. You may be able to find a good deal on Ebay or Craigslist.

That being said, every baby is different. My SD slept in her crib from day one & STTN at 4 weeks. MY 4 siblings & I slept in a crib from 6 weeks. My DS? Notsomuch. He's VERY high needs. For the first 7-8 weeks, he had to not only sleep in bed with me, he would turn on his side & smoosh his face against mine. That was the ONLY way he would sleep for more than 20 minutes. We just kept putting him in his cosleeper every night. Sometimes we have to take him right back out, sometimes he'd stay in it for 4 hours.

The first 6 weeks or so, babies are really clingy & need a lot of holding. It will pass.

jolis_petits_bijoux · September 2009

Let her sleep with you as needed. It'll pass. She'll grow out of it. My DS was the same way, and now sleeps exclusively in his crib, without difficulty.

b15chik · September 2009

jolis_petits_bijoux:
Let her sleep with you as needed. It'll pass. She'll grow out of it. My DS was the same way, and now sleeps exclusively in his crib, without difficulty.

Yeah it really is a phase all nb's seem to go through. Like said above they don't form habits yet. Right now your LO just likes to be close to you. It will pass Smile

DTNZ4Ever · September 2009

Have you tried not having you LO swaddled. My DS would be really fussy when we put him in the bassinet and ended up removing the swaddle & using a sleep sack he did so much better. He just didn't like it.

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