How many moms who have breast fed in the past actually had their child in a crib in their own room? We're trying to find a king bed to have the baby sleep with us isn't it easier that way?
We kept DS in a PnP in our room for several months and occasionally he slept with us. But he still napped in his own crib. Our current routine is to put him down in his crib and then bring him to bed with us when we go to sleep. It works out perfectly. We BF until 14 months.
Co-sleeping is definitely helpful in a nursing relationship, but not required.
We used a bassinet in our room with the first baby and the pack and play in our room with the second. Sometimes I would fall asleep with them in our bed, but I didn't make a habit of it because I was paranoid. I would wake up and freak out searching the blankets thinking the baby had gotten suffocated under the blankets, when he was safely in his bassinet/pack and play.
We coslept with DS in our queen size bed just fine, we have a large master bedroom, but the set up is weird, so we can't fit a king size bed where we want it. We also kept a PnP at the foot of the bed and he slept in there a lot too.
We tried having our daughter sleep in her crib but she was not having it. She slept in a swing next to our bed and then a pack n play. It was a lot easier bc you can roll over, pick up baby and feed baby with out getting out of bed.
LO slept in his bouncer seat from 0-8 weeks due to reflux. After that we moved him to his crib with an elevated mattress.
I breastfeed up until 6 months. I would just go into his room and sit with him while he was nursing and doze in the chiar and then when he was done put him back in his crib.
DD1 slept in a pack n play next to our bed for 8 weeks. Then, went to her own crib in her own room because she was already sleeping long stretches. DD2 was the total opposite and co-sleeping ended up being what worked best for that situation.
Dd slept in a bassinet in our room for the first few months.
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Sarah, 35 bumping from NE Ohio
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Google sidecar cribs. We did that with my son and it was a lifesaver. Before we did that I was always falling asleep with him while feeding in the rocker
DS was in his own crib in his room down the hall at 2 weeks old. We were all just keeping eachother up in the same room so it worked best for us. We nursed until he was 18 months old.
My daughter had her own crib in the next room however she primarily slept in bed with us. I slept with her cradled in my arm as she breast fed. Some nights I would put her in her crib but most of the time she was in our bed.
Dd slept in a rock n play for 2 months or so, in our room next to our bed. Once she was transitioned to her crib, she would start in there and I would nurse in the glider when she woke up. I went back to work when she was 5 months old and she would end up in our bed so she could nurse as needed and I could get sleep.
It is much easier having baby sleep near you. We bed share until they nightwean and then we sidecar a crib next to the bed. I think it's easier for me because my husband works nights and is rarely in the bed with us.
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I wouldn't buy a king size bed just for this purpose. I did have both children sleep with me for the first hmm 8 weeks or so but after that they were in their cribs. I only breastfed my first for about 5 weeks maybe and my second for 7 months. It was easier with breastfeeding but I think I did it more so because we all got better sleep that way initially, as in when they are newborns and wake up often to eat.
You never know how it's going to go! I am going to try to get this baby sleeping in her or her crib as soon as possible, but I am not planning on breastfeeding this time around.
We have an arms reach co sleeper and our DD slept in it until she was 5 months old. She was no longer waking up multiple times during the night to nurse. I recommend a co sleeper vs baby in bed with you. Much safer for baby.
I BF for a year and my daughter was in her crib from day 1. Yes it meant a little more walking for me in the middle of the night but having some separation was needed for both of us. I sleep far better and we didn't have to go through the dreaded transition phase so many moms I know talk about when moving little one in to their own room/bed.
She nursed until 13 months.
You'll have to figure out what is best for you both and go from there!
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I BF both of my kids for a year or a bit more and they were in the bassinet of the pack and play for maybe at the longest a month then in the crib in their own room. I could hear them through the monitor and sometimes not rushing to them right away let them fall back asleep. It also let my husband sleep so at least one of us was fully functional.
DD slept in the Pack 'N Play in the front room for the first 3 months.....she was jaundice and this helped since it was near a large window. There was a super comfy couch and some nights I would sleep there instead of going back into our room.
After three months, DD was moved into her own room in her crib. I never fed her in our bed. I was too paranoid about falling asleep with her and something happening......
My son was in his own crib in his own room at 4 weeks. He was ebf and I never had to supplement with formula. I found that I actually slept better in a different room because he was a noisy sleeper and he was waking me up every 40 minutes or so. It was fine. I would hear him wake up in the monitor, I would walk across the hall, nurse him in the recliner, and go back to bed.
It depends. We had our daughter in a bassinet next to the bed for the first month and then moved her to her own room when she was a month old. Also, I would take her into her room or down stairs to nurse during night feedings because DH had to get up for work and I didn't want to wake him.
DS was in a Rock N Play sleeper next to our bed until he was about two months old, then in a crib in his own room. I nursed him until he was 16 and a half months old. We didn't bed share with him because I was too paranoid about DH rolling over on him.
Re: Moms who breast fed
LO slept in his bouncer seat from 0-8 weeks due to reflux. After that we moved him to his crib with an elevated mattress.
I breastfeed up until 6 months. I would just go into his room and sit with him while he was nursing and doze in the chiar and then when he was done put him back in his crib.
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DD2 was the total opposite and co-sleeping ended up being what worked best for that situation.
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Married my love 4/22/2006
DD born 10/12/2009
DS born sleeping 2/23/2013 full trisomy 18
Baby 3 due 2/13/2015
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You never know how it's going to go! I am going to try to get this baby sleeping in her or her crib as soon as possible, but I am not planning on breastfeeding this time around.
BFP 5/21/10, Missed m/c 7/5/10 at 11w3d (baby measured 7wks), D&C 7/7/10
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12/09/10 BFP -- 7/05/11 DS born at 33w5d. Came home after 23d in NICU at 37w0d
June 2012 - TTC #2! -- 10/05/12 BFP -- 5/23/13 DS2 born at 37w1d! Yay full term!
Surprise BFP 6/25/14 LO#3 due Feb2015!
I BF for a year and my daughter was in her crib from day 1. Yes it meant a little more walking for me in the middle of the night but having some separation was needed for both of us. I sleep far better and we didn't have to go through the dreaded transition phase so many moms I know talk about when moving little one in to their own room/bed.
She nursed until 13 months.
You'll have to figure out what is best for you both and go from there!
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BFP #2 2/1/12, EDD 10/11/12. Baby arrived 10/9/12
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