Co-sleeping is keeping me sane

callaann27 · January 2012

What are your thoughts on co-sleeping?? How long do you plan to have LO sleep with you?

Our first 2 nights home were really hard, it led to a lot of tears. I cried when he would cry! He hates his cradle. I put him in bed with us and he is sleeping much better. It wayyyy easier to nurse laying down, even tho burping him can be time consuming, I like it better that he is right there with me. We are moving the middle of Feb, he'll be a month old by then, so I plan to have him back in his cradle by then! But we'll see...

Raven0227 · January 2012

I'm for whatever keeps mommy sane. I didn't plan to co-sleep, but ended up doing so with DD#2. She just wasn't standing for sleeping in a PNP or crib. She only slept on my chest or right next to me. We have a king size bed so I didn't have much worry about DH rolling over onto her. And even though I'm normally a pretty deep sleeper I was somehow able to know where she was in relation to myself. I don't remember all the research I did at the time, but vaguely remember something about the mother-baby bond and the risk of rollover/suffocation not being high. I know the American pediatrics (whatever the organization name is, mommy brain so I can't remember) does not endorse co-sleeping, but other countries are very pro co-sleeping. There's tons of information out there and I think as long as you're doing so safely, it's a great way to get some sleep and bond with baby.

It made nursing DD#2 super easy, especially since we nursed on demand. I was even able to do some sessions while asleep. Good luck.

namara5532 · January 2012

I don't plan to co-sleep on purpose. We've set up a mattress in the baby room so that baby can sleep in his crib and one of us can lay down there if we need to. I'll probably feed him laying down every now and then, but I'd be too paranoid about SIDS to let him stay on the bed with me all night. That's just my opinion on the matter though. If it works for you and your family, more power to you.

Indiechixor · January 2012

We didn't plan on Co-sleeping either, but It ended up that after DS#1's 2am feeding he would REFUSE to go back into his bassinet. Only way we survived was with him sleeping between DH and I.

The pro was I got a lot of practice breastfeeding him laying down, but the down-side was I fell asleep a lot during those nursing sessions and I could never tell how much he got!

Once he started sleeping through the night (around 3 months) we transitioned him to his crib, where he sleeps to this day!

Kelmarwil · January 2012

namara5532:
I don't plan to co-sleep on purpose. We've set up a mattress in the baby room so that baby can sleep in his crib and one of us can lay down there if we need to. I'll probably feed him laying down every now and then, but I'd be too paranoid about SIDS to let him stay on the bed with me all night. That's just my opinion on the matter though. If it works for you and your family, more power to you.

This! I do not disagree with co-sleeping. After all, what did people do before we had cribs - and what does most of the world do now for that matter? But I do not feel comfortable with it enough personally to do it and could not live if anything happened. I've fallen asleep while feeding her on my side and it scared me half to death. I also sleep with my dogs and I do not feel at all comfortable with their ability to be careful around her. So she sleeps in PnP next to me.

If that's what works best for you and you know how to be careful, more power to you!

lp0 · January 2012

I have had our lo in bed with us a few times but I'm too worried about suffocation or my dogs stepping on him. I have the pnp set up next to the bed and he sleeps in there. I did see this little, flat bassinet at BRU that is made to go in bed with you so you can cosleep and not worry about rolling over on your lo. I think it was about $50 but it looked like a great idea.

textbookcase · January 2012

With my first, I never planned on co-sleeping, but it was the only way she (and I!) would get any sleep. We ended up co-sleeping for quite awhile. #2 didn't like to co sleep, so she slept in a pnp near the bed. This baby will only sleep in bed with me, so we're back to co-sleeping.

bhead81 · January 2012

We had no plans to cosleep but since we are still in a hotel awaiting clearance to take Braeden home we have done it to keep us sane. Hopefully once we get home we can transition him to a bassinet and then the crib. He does also sleep in the swing so we hope it will not be too bad of a change.

rosebud218 · January 2012

i co-slept with my first son and with this one too. Both times I did not plan on it but its the only thing that will get them to sleep.

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