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Anyone else feel like the swing is "cheating"?

ToBeMrsC6907ToBeMrsC6907
in May 2011 Moms

DD has been taking a 3-4 hour long nap during the day in her swing, it is the only way I can get her to nap lately (I think she's going through the 6 week growth spurt).  It's nice but I can't help but feel guilty like I am "cheating" because I'm not soothing her to sleep myself, and I can't get her to sleep in her bassinet or anywhere else stationary for that matter.

Also I've read that "moving sleep" is not as good quality as stationary sleep, ("Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child") but I honestly can't find any other way to get her to nap lately.

*sigh*  Ah, the mom guilt.  Vent over.

Edited to add:  She does sleep in her bassinet at night, and pretty well- usually 3 to 4 hour stretches, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.   We just use the swing for the one long nap she'll take during the day.

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  • MrsD1MrsD1 member

    DD hates her swing. She cries immediately when we put her in it. If she would sleep in there I would definitely use that to my advantage so I could get some things done around here.

    Consider yourself lucky!

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  • elisbuelisbu member

    My DD didn't think that much this swing, which is what we have at home. But we werre at my parents house for two weeks and they have this swing. She was IN LOVE!!! it was like she had never been in a swing before. So yes, we used it for almost all of  her naps.

    For the same reason you posted, we still had her sleep in her crib at night.

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  • iris427iris427 member
    If the kid is happy and healthy, who cares? :)
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  • PinkGirlInCaliPinkGirlInCali member
    imageiris427:
    If the kid is happy and healthy, who cares? :)
    This! Sometimes DS will only fall asleep in his swing too! As long as he's happy, I'm happy
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  • melandjuddmelandjudd member
    DD is sleeping in her swing now it is the only way I can get a shower during the day. I think you do what you have to. She sleeps in her pnp at night but I think she likes the motion you figure when you were pg all she did was move inside you all day. Tfp

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  • MeredithEleseMeredithElese member
    Totally. I feel terrible about it, but I try to remind myself that she's happy and getting a good nap. 


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  • mizzmegmizzmeg member
    In the beginning the ONLY place she would sleep at all, besides on me or DH, was her swing. Now she is in her crib at night. During the day, she falls asleep on me but as soon as I do anything like breathing she wakes up. She goes right into her swing and passes out. As long as she is breathing and content, I am happy. :)
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  • Tinybride08Tinybride08

    Lol. I was just about to post about this. For the past 2 weeks DD has slept in her swing. we put her in there for naps and at night. She sleeps all through the night in her swing. We turn off the motion part once she falls asleep. I think she just likes sleeping inclined. Before the swing she was sleeping in her lamb that rest on the floor. It vibrates and plays music. She would spend some time in her crib and bassinett but wouldn't sleep long there. We would have to rock her to sleep before and that's how I ended up with shoulder and neck problems. Well that and hunched over breastfeeding. I started seeing a chiropractor a few weeks ago and I am using my boppy now so I'm getting better.

    I feel like I'm cheating too since she's powerless to that thing and always falls asleep but I love getting my sleep at night now. Pretty soon I want to start trying to put her in her crib maybe once she falls asleep in the swing. I probably better start now. I go back to work late August so I can afford to lose some sleep now.

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  • EJChapman123EJChapman123 member
    Don't we WANT our babies to fall asleep and stay asleep?  Who cares how we do it! 
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  • brandioohoobrandioohoo member

    imageiris427:
    If the kid is happy and healthy, who cares? :)

     exactly! when we first brought her home, she slept in it every night. i felt guilty then, but that's the only place  she would sleep. now, there is no guilt

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  • aboleary34aboleary34 member
    My daughter loves her swing... Naps 3-4 hours in the afternoon and sleeps about 10 hours a night in her swing. I am trying to get her to nap in crib but with her gas/fussiness I don't want her to miss her sleep. I talked to Dr today and she saw no problem with it because of how great she is doing..... I was starting to feel guilty too but guilt is over.
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  • ConnCottagerConnCottager
    No guilt here. It's how my daughter was happiest and the ONLY way she'd sleep for naps and at night. She's slept in it every day and night since birth. Her pedi said it was fine to sleep there so I never worried. Last night was the first night she slept in the pnp instead of the swing (yay!) so I am trying to transition her out of it, but it's been a lifesaver.
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