Attachment Parenting
michellepeanut
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Cosleeping, help needed
michellepeanut
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My daughter is 4.5months old and we sleep with her at night. She currently naps in her crib and sleeps there for 2 hours in the evening before we bring her to bed with us.
Recently she's become much more active and has started to kick and move around A LOT at night. Half the time she's still asleep but neither my husband nor I can sleep. I've tried feeding her, changing her bum more often, cuddling her closer and giving her more space. I'm not sure what else to try, does anyone have any suggestions? I'm starting to think it might be time for her to have her own bed, but she doesn't seem ready to spend the whole night in her crib.
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Re: Cosleeping, help needed
Both of my kids went through phases of this. The first phase was the picking-up-the-legs-and-slamming-them-down thing, and next came the rolling-from-side-to-side thing, followed by the sitting-up-and-crawling-around-the-bed thing. It is all part of them starting to gain mobility, but I agree it is not fun.
If you are not ready to move her to the crib yet (I wasn't at that age, but am getting there now with the crawling business), one thing that helped us a little bit was sleep sacks. I don't know if it's the coziness or just the little bit of movement restriction they provide, but it seemed to calm down the restlessness a little for both DD and DS. It's not a 100% cure, but it helped.
Yes my baby is almost 5 months old and we are in the leg pick up/slam down phase described above. My baby also sleeps in his crib for the first 2 hours but then he's up and comes into bed with us. I'm starting to think about 10 days of him staying in the crib all night to see if the outcome is any different.