Where does your baby sleep?

oheck · February 2012

I am just curious as to where everyones baby is sleeping.

LO is 4 weeks old. He was sleeping really well in his bassinet but it seems like he doesn't want to sleep that long in there anymore. He won't sleep longer than maybe 30 minutes in his actual crib. I think he would love to sleep on our chest or his swing all of the time, but I feel weird having him sleep in his swing. At the same time, I wonder if I am crazy for not letting him sleep there.

LO is still waking and eating every 2 hours.

Where does your baby sleep?

chelle_chelle5487@hotmail.com · February 2012

My LO sleeps in her bassinet. During the day she doesn't seem to sleep for very long in there but at night she goes 4-6 hours at a time.

I'm trying to not let LO sleep in her swing or bouncy seat. I don't want her to get used to the movement from the swing. I want her to get used to sleeping in her bed.

theladyjess · February 2012

During the day K sleeps in our arms or if we're lucky her swing. At night she sleeps in her bassinet next to our bed and then in bed with us when she wakes up for her feeding. If I'm lucky she'll fall back asleep and I can put her back in the bassinet, if I'm not she stays with me.

K's supposed to eat every 2 hours during the day and every 3 at night so she can get back up to her birth weight, however, I'm not doing that today because I need a break. Today I'm feeding her on demand because I just can't do the 2 hour thing. I'm worn out and feel like all I do is nurse her.

CharlieTheUnicorn · February 2012

Scar sleeps in bed with us. Sometimes she will start the night out in her PnP, but not often and I don't push it.

Lhand11 · February 2012

In the pnp in the living room with me or dh on the couch. It sucks, but the only way anyone gets sleep. Definitely not ideal, but sleep is the difference between sanity and breakdowns.

SRK128 · February 2012

Their isolates in the NICU for right now.

michelle_1221 · February 2012

SRK128:
Their isolates in the NICU for right now.

This was a good wake up call for me to appreciate my "difficult" nights. Thanks for the perspective.

Oh, and my little one is sleeping in her crib at night that is very close to our bedroom. During the day she sleeps in her bassinet, pnp, swing or in my arms.

neener3 · February 2012

Henry generally sleeps wherever during the day - in the Beco, bouncy chair, in our arms, etc. At night he goes into the PnP which is literally flush with our bed (it started off on the other side of the room but he's a sleep crier and I kept getting up...). Sometimes at night after a feeding he doesn't settle and ends up in bed with us. I try to transfer him back to the PnP but sometimes I fall asleep and we don't wake until the next feeding.

He eats every three hours during the day (his natural demand schedule), but stretches 5-6 hours at night.

Basically, if he will sleep, I will put him there!

oheck · February 2012

SRK128:
Their isolates in the NICU for right now.

I am sorry. I hope they get to come home soon.

I use to move the bassinet into the living room and Cole would take his naps in it. I think I am going to start doing this again to see if this helps. He is actually napping in there now.

He is asking to eat every 2 hours, we are not pushing it. He doesn't have any weight problems. In the first two weeks, he was gaining 2 ounces a day! I am pumping and giving him a bottle. He was eating about 2.25 ounces per feeding and then starting yesterday he wanted more. Even with the increase in food, he is still asking to eat about every 2 hours. He is growing like a weed!

I like having him in our room except that I don't think he will fit in his bassinet comfortably much longer. Eventually, he is going to have to start sleeping in his crib but as of now he doesn't want a whole lot to do with it.

bpwife&mama · February 2012

DS sleeps in the RnP next to my bed. He loves it and does really well swaddled up and sleeping in it. I am HOPING to get him in his crib her soon but we will see.

bhead81 · February 2012

He is sleeping anywhere we can get him to. Last 2 nights it has been the swing...before that it was the RnP, bassinet or PnP. At this point he really isn't getting habits yet so we aren't too worried. The goal is to get him in the crib around 3 months...for now it is all about survival and sleep (he wakes to eat every 2 hrs).

JWSchwarz · February 2012

michelle_1221:
SRK128:
Their isolates in the NICU for right now.

This was a good wake up call for me to appreciate my "difficult" nights. Thanks for the perspective.

Oh, and my little one is sleeping in her crib at night that is very close to our bedroom. During the day she sleeps in her bassinet, pnp, swing or in my arms.

Same and Same.

We had a bassinet in our room but for some reason my 4 week old HATES it. I was usually ending up on the couch next to the pack n play or the snugabunny swing so we finally moved him to his big boy crib last night.

textbookcase · February 2012

My 4 week old is still in my bed. She refuses to sleep in her pnp. I haven't set her crib up yet, but I'm okay with bed sharing. We are all sleeping well.

talitha712 · February 2012

DD is in the PNP next to our bed. I think we might try to move her to her crib next weekend.

cschembera · February 2012

LO has slept in her bassinet maybe twice and only for about 2 hours. She usually sleeps on my chest and she will sleep for 3-4 hours that way. We don't mind sharing the bed if it means we get more sleep.

mrsacp · February 2012

DD sleeps in the pnp right next to our bed. At night after a feeding, she'll sleep on my chest if she's a little fussy.

intdesigner925 · February 2012

In my bed at night and between her rnp and my arms during the day.

PsyDr04 · February 2012

Matthew will nap in his crib, carseat, on me or DH or in our arms. Sometimes in his swing. At night he pretty much sleeps on my chest or in my arms because we both fall asleep after he eats and also because it's the best way we both get sleep at night. He eats anywhere from every 2-3 hours during the day and about every 3-4 at night.

Tracilaroo · February 2012

She started out sleeping in her newborn napper of the pack n play but then we moved her to her swing. We don't turn it on and actually the seat part comes off so at night we put her in her room in the seat. She was in our room for a week but I just couldn't take it. Every little noise made me turn to look at her. Now that I'm used to her noises from her naps during the day and I have the monitor turned down pretty low (I can actually still hear her without it) I can sleep much better. She sleeps from her late night feeding (10:30pm) until about 3:30am and then after that feeding until about 7:30am and if we are lucky she'll go back to sleep again for another hour or two.

Our plan is transition her to her pack n play when she's too big to sleep in the swing or when we just feel it's time and then from there to her crib.

luckylindy · February 2012

In his swing in his room.

SoonToBeMsP · February 2012

We now have her in a RnP next to my side of the bed. We did the crib for the first 10 days, but she sleeps much better (deeper, longer) in the RnP... and it's easier on me at night.

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