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Babies: 0 - 3 Months
luckyfrgg
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fess up: does your newborn sleep in the bed with you?
luckyfrgg
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Before DD was born, everything I read and saw said NO, don't let your DC sleep with you. Now that I have a newborn, it seems like everyone I know is telling me that they ended up putting DC in the bed with them for at least part of every night early on. Our DD definitely sleeps best on her daddy's chest, but we've been hesitating to do that anywhere but on the nursery floor where she can't get hurt if she rolls off, etc. Poor DH's sleep is really suffering!
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Re: fess up: does your newborn sleep in the bed with you?
Nope. ?I have never slept in the same bed with him. ?DH and I swore we would never do it and we honestly haven't even been tempted to do so. ?
Alot of people on here seem to do it but I've never met anyone IRL who has (or at least would admit it). ??
She slept on our chests/in our arms for the first 3 weeks because we thought she wouldn't sleep on her own..we finally realized that she just wouldn't sleep on her back, so now she's on her stomach. I know that makes me a terrible mother, but in my defense she can already lift her head and turn both ways.
So she's in her own bassinet most of the night, but I sometimes bring her into bed with us after her early morning feeding..she falls asleep faster that way and stays sleeping longer than if she was on her own.
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I never could because I was so scared something would happen to her in our bed. DH sleeps like he's in total hibernation; I didn't want him to roll over on her or something. Plus, I wasn't sleeping at that point anyway. I would literally have sat up in bed and stared at her all night long to make sure she was ok.
I love sleeping with my baby in the mornings... i wouldn't stop for the world it's a very precious time for us. Nothing like the final wake up call from a sweet smiling baby.
Do what you have to do and what you feel safe doing. :-)
Only out of sheer desperation. Sad thing is, I am starting to like it, but know it is not the best thing for her sleep. Every night, we TRY to not do it, but in the middle of the night when she starts waking every hour, we have to.
One night soon, we won't!
For the first two weeks, yes.
I have to say that I am happy to have her in her crib now (we sleep better), but we had to get sleep those first couple of weeks! 
I am a big fan of doing whatever works for you and your family
She has slept with us pretty much since the first week. ?I love it and we will continue as long as I nurse.?
My husband was?a deep sleeper but not since she arrived. ?We are way too aware of her for either of us to roll on her.?
No, DD has never slept with us - she's been in her crib in her room since we got home from the hospital.
But, without fail, everytime I wake up, I look for her in our bed (like she's in between DH and I) and panic thinking I've smothered/crushed her. I have no idea why I panic like that since she's never been in our bed.
My DS sleeps in our bed or the arms reach co-sleeper attached to our bed.
Co sleeping is just great...we love it.
Yes. We're in a routine now...she wakes up about 4 or 5 am, and I bring her to bed, and she'll sleep until 7 or 8.
I usually hold her in one arm until DH leaves for work, then she moves to his spot.
I'm not into co-sleeping and the thought of DD sleeping in bed with me makes me nervous.
That said - yes, she's slept in bed with me. She barely sleeps, and sometimes we both fall asleep while I'm nursing her in the side-lying position, from sheer exhaustion.
Ditto exactly.?
He comes to bed to nurse, but I wake up and put him back in his cradle.
When DH works over night he sleeps with me. But there's not a cover/pillow within 5 ft of him
i sleep with her every night .. DH doesnt like it tho
her and i sleep on the couch when he has to work, and in bed with him when he doesnt have to work
i sleep with one arm around her, and we roll to the other side at each feeding
i actually think this is pretty offensive.
co-sleeping is the only thing that works for us. ?if i didn't co-sleep, i would be getting a total of 3 hours of sleep a night at best.
i don't think this is anything that needs to be "fessed up" to. ?in most cultures, sleeping in the same bed as your baby is considered normal.
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(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
Why would you cringe? If you're not into it, you're not into it. But just because I don't cloth diaper doesn't mean I "cringe" over you making that choice. Your comment just seems weird and kind of close minded to me.
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012
DS doesn't roll much (just a few times in his crib so far), and when he does move when co-sleeping, it's to scoot closer to me, but I put up a bed rail to make me feel better. He sleeps between me and the bedrail - I don't trust DH as he's a really deep sleeper. His head is even with my boobs, and I sleep on the edge of my pillow so even if he moved up he wouldn't be up against my pillow. I keep the blankets at my waist, so they are covering his legs only. Honestly, my mama-sense keeps me from rolling on him. I definitely sleep lighter than I used to, but I feel that I get plenty of sleep anyway. I absolutely love cosleeping, and waking up to his sweet face. I'm not worried about him never sleeping on his own, as he already sleeps more than half of the night in his own crib.
we have an arms reach mini-cosleeper attached to my side of the bed. charlie sleeps between me and the cosleeper. that way, if he were to roll over, he would simply roll onto that mattress and there is railing all around it. there is no danger of him falling off. we keep our blankets no higher than our waist and have nothing extra in the bed (only the pillows and comforter that are being used)
i used to be a big mover during the night, but when he's in the bed i sleep perfectly still. research on the subject shows that even in your sleep, as a mother you are aware of where your baby is in the bed.
i agree with PP. this is a bit offensive..
Both of our kids sleep with us - full time, all night, every night.
I "cringe" at the thought of putting my babies in a crib.
To each their own, but I don't think co-sleeping is anything to "cringe" about.
We weren't going to co-sleep, but I really think that co-sleeping was one of the best decision I ever made. I loved it! I feel like those who don't try it (unless of course you feel you might smother the baby) are really missing out. IMO. When done safely, it is such a wonderful experience.
I miss it so much.