Do you always co-sleep "safely?"

TarheelsInNJ · November 2009

I realize this is flame-worthy...

Just wondering, if you sleep with LO (either napping or overnight) do you always do this "safely?"

We don't co-sleep overnight, but I will frequently fall asleep on the couch with LO on my chest, or sometimes in the bed holding him next to me. This is not the recommended way to co-sleep safely, but yet when we're both worn out I really can't find the will to move. I used to be an "active" sleeper, but when he's with me I find I really don't move around at all. I am much more aware of him and in tune with him when he's right there with me.

Pennylane824 · November 2009

No, not always. We have napped in our bed together and I've had her bottom half covered with our comforter and I have also fallen asleep many times with her in my arms on the couch. It happens.

bim38106 · November 2009

No. Embarrassed Not that it makes it ok, but I'm a super light sleeper. I'm pretty aware of every little movement/noise she makes (wearing earplugs I will still wake up at hearing DD1 cry before DH does - we did this for a few nights when she was younger on DH's night to get up w/ her so that I could get some sleep.. didn't work out so well for me)

I nurse DD lying down at night.. last night she woke up at 5 to eat and we both fell asleep right away. Then I woke up at 6:40 to move her back to bed. We didn't have the covers on us but we do have a soft mattress and lots of pillows..

cadeandheather · November 2009

I have fallen asleep on the couch with her many times - it's sorta become our early morning routine. Everything has been fine. At night, she sleeps in her cradle, which is pulled up right beside my side of the bed.

timmylulu · November 2009

Lately she has just been in my bed with me. ?We have a king sized bed and she doesn't roll over yet. ?I don't move when I sleep either so I am not too worried. I know, I live on the edge of danger. ?

DH moved to the guest room for the time being.

fellesferie · November 2009

Whenever I put DS in bed with me at night, I always tried to clear the bed all the way around him. The comforter never got higher than his waist, the pillows were all 6+ inches away from him. It still made me really nervous.

I'd occasionally fall asleep with him on my chest or snuggled next to me on the couch, but it was pretty infrequent. I think that as he got older and I knew he'd be able to turn over, I worried about it less.

All that said, even to this day, on the rare occasions DS sleeps with me/us, I'm a VERY light sleeper and I'm also basically immobile. I wake up sore/uncomfortable because I don't move all night.

ericastoll · November 2009

How do you co-sleep safely?

Just the past few days I let her sleep where I am holding her her head rests on my arm, so she isn't on the pillow or comforter...my husband doesn't like that I do this, but I am so tired, and she seems to sleep so soundly...if I put her in the bassenet she grunts and makes all those baby noises so much I can't sleep at all. I too find I am a light sleeper when she is next to me, I'm half awake all night long. She usually only sleeps like this for 30-40 min then I put her in her bassenet next to our bed.

jk09uhed89 · November 2009

we have a queen sized bed and ds has been sleeping with us since night 1.

sometimes he sleeps between us and sometimes he sleeps on my side and i scoot over to the middle of the bed depending on what side im feeding him from.

we all sleep better this way.

kristeljade · November 2009

youretheonefatty:
we have a queen sized bed and ds has been sleeping with us since night 1.
sometimes he sleeps between us and sometimes he sleeps on my side and i scoot over to the middle of the bed depending on what side im feeding him from.
we all sleep better this way.

This. She's always in either my arms or DH's. I also fall asleep with her in my arms on the couch all the time. It's the easiest way for us both to nap.

We have been able to get her to sleep in her crib for a few hours at night this past week.

madameladauphine · November 2009

No, we don't. But, as pp said I'm a light sleeper and I don't move at all when he's on me. I just love sleeping with DS on my chest - he's so cuddly! I will knock it off one of these days, but he won't be this small forever.

AutumnBride929 · November 2009

Nope.

april_lynn_08 · November 2009

Nope. I love when she takes naps laying on my chest. When we're in bed it's after DH has gotten up for work, I'll grab her and put her in the middle and I'll lay on either side of her and we'll sleep for HOURS like this. She snuggles so good and I can't help myself. They're only this small for such a short amount of time and I plan to take advantage of it.

snickerdoodle27 · November 2009

No. Right now I'm sleeping downstairs on the sofa with her. It has firm cushions and I cover them tightly with a sheet, then hold her and pretty much don't move all night long! I usually wake up with my arm asleep or a kink in my shoulder from being in one position, but if it means sleep for both of us then i'll do it. Soon we'll be moving her to the crib. We're on the sofa b/c my 2.5 yr old is waking up and climbing into bed with dh and he's very restless. At least with me downstairs we all get some rest. Oh and she falls asleep on one of us all the time. I'm very aware of her presence, plus I swaddle her and tuck a blanket around me so I dn't have to worry about loose bedding or anything.