I'm up most of the night listening to LO breathe. If I don't hear her anymore or if it sounds funny, I get up to check on her. Sometimes I startle her because I lay my hand on her chest to feel if she is breathing.
How long does this paranoia last? LOL..

Re: Is this normal-? about breathing
Well, I was like that for the first 2 or 3 weeks. I'm pretty sure the paranoia will set back in when I put DS in his own room. I'm gonna try it out next week.
A long time, because I still am doing it at 7 weeks. I also put my hand on my LO's chest in the middle of the night. He's still sleeping right next to me in the bassinet.
That's a great question - since I have that paranoia, too. I guess I'll be paranoid for a while longer.
I don't know about you, but I got better after the first few weeks, so I figure it's all steps.
I know it's normal... I even tell myself that when I'm in bed listening to her. Then I say to myself, "What if this time she really isn't breathing?".
my oldest is 4 and I still check on her and her sister (2) and the baby every night. For me, it will never go away:)
This. And she will be 5 next week.
My angelcare monitor relieves a lot of this anxiety for me!
DD has STTN all along. I'm waiting for my turn to STTN. I'm just starting to not be as crazy and not get up at night. I think last week or the week before I settled my asss down. I do check on her though if I get up and go to the bathroom at night.
I also don't wake up in a blind panic anymore searching the blankets because I SWORE that she was in bed with us. We've never co-slept and I do not plan on doing it, so I don't know where that has come from.
I totally do/think the same thing!