Sleeping on mom at night

yepyepsms · July 2014

Ugh...I need help and to vent.

I hope I haven't created a habit. DD will only sleep on me during the day AND at night. I don't care about the day sleep (usually baby wear for naps or just hold her and going back to work this week and I know daycare will find a way).

The night is what's starting to scare me. For a couple of weeks I was able to get one 3-5 hour stretch in her RNP, then for the rest of the night had a horrible time getting her to go back in and having anymore decent stretches. I would wait for her to be deep asleep but she would wake up within 10min so I would go back in and soothe her back to sleep (which for her is nursing, comfort nursing and rocking). This accidentally turned into a bad habit of me falling asleep in the rocker so she has technically learned to fall asleep with me (she's on the boppy on my lap).

I started bringing my phone in and setting an alarm for 20 minutes in case I fall asleep while nursing her or rocking her and now I can't get any stretches AT ALL in the RNP. I am so tired that many times I shut my alarm off and wake up hours later with us still in the rocker! I don't want to co sleep in our bed. I think I just have to push through this and keep trying to put her back and not fall asleep. While at this bad sleep phase I my as well transition her to the crib. Can't get any worse:)? And going back to work this week...oh lord help me.

Sorry this is so long. Anyone have something similar going on? Advice?