I read many studies about the pros and cons for co sleeping. I would to see how many of you believe in co sleeping or don't.
Option 3. Was meant to say cosleep for the first 18months***
Will you co sleep with your newborn? 184 votes
I will go co sleep for the first 6 months
Co sleep for the first 18
I will not be cosleeping at all.
My baby will have its own bed in my room
My baby will have it own bed in their own room.
Re: Will you co sleep with your newborn?
I'm one of those Family Bed people. I've co slept with both of mine from day one. I think it makes night time breastfeeding so much easier and I sleep much better when my little ones are near me. I still cosleep with both my girls (5 and 2 years old) and the newborn will be joining us when he or she arrives. I use an in-bed cosleeper for the first few months so that baby is in its own sleeping surface. But after that we all just pile in.
I chose bed share for 2+ years.
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This time we'll do it till he stops nursing, which I will likely try to stop sometime between 12-18 months.
If it works for some families that's fine, but it's not for ours.
Anyway, TL;DR: not my thing.
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Current plan is to put baby in a napper/pack&play type thing in the same room as us so I can reach him easily without him being in danger of getting squished. I plan to transition him to his own room over time.
With the twins, they will sleep in our room for the first couple of months, but in their own bed. After they get past the newborn stage, then they will go to their own room (here's to hoping we will have a separate room for them by then.) I love having ds close to me, but find that I really miss being able to cuddle into dh. Hopefully ds will be in his own bed by the time the twins are born.
Having said this, if co sleeping works for you, then great! I know ds and I always slept better when he was in bed with me. I am a very light sleeper and ds and I both get hot while sleeping so avoiding blankets was easy. Plus, he slept in a rocker for the first 3 months anyway. It was not until he got sick at 3 months that he started sleeping with us
On another note I also have a dog who sleeps with us in bed, and I don't find it fair to kick him out to make room for a baby. After all, he was here first (and is epileptic so he needs to be near me too).
"In addition to placing healthy infants on their backs to sleep, the AAP suggests these measures to help reduce the risk of SIDS:
Place your baby on a firm mattress to sleep, never on a pillow, waterbed, sheepskin, couch, chair, or other soft surface. To prevent rebreathing, do not put blankets, comforters, stuffed toys, or pillows near the baby.
Do not use bumper pads in cribs. Bumper pads can be a potential risk of suffocation or strangulation.
Make sure your baby receives all recommended immunizations. Studies have shown that babies who have received their immunizations have a 50% lower risk of SIDS.
Make sure your baby does not get too warm while sleeping. Keep the room at a temperature that feels comfortable for an adult in a short-sleeve shirt.
Some researchers suggest that a baby who gets too warm could go into a deeper sleep, making it more difficult to awaken.
Do not smoke, drink, or use drugs while pregnant and do not expose your baby to secondhand smoke. Infants of mothers who smoked during pregnancy are three times more likely to die of SIDS than those whose mothers were smoke-free; exposure to secondhand smoke doubles a baby's risk of SIDS. Researchers speculate that smoking might affect the central nervous system, starting prenatally and continuing after birth, which could place the baby at increased risk.
Receive early and regular prenatal care.
Make sure your baby has regular well-baby checkups.
Breastfeed, if possible. There is some evidence that breastfeeding may help decrease the incidence of SIDS. The reason for this is not clear, though researchers think that breast milk may help protect babies from infections that increase the risk of SIDS.
If your baby has GERD, be sure to follow your doctor's guidelines on feeding and sleep positions.
Put your baby to sleep with a pacifier during the first year of life. If your baby rejects the pacifier, don't force it. Pacifiers have been linked with lower risk of SIDS. If you're breastfeeding, try to wait until after the baby is 1 month old so that breastfeeding can be established.
While infants can be brought into a parent's bed for nursing or comforting, parents should return them to their cribs or bassinets when they're ready to sleep. It's a good idea to keep the cribs and bassinets in the room where parents' sleep. This has been linked with a lower risk of SIDS."
No judgment it you're into cosleeping, we're just firm believers that our bed and is for my husband and I only (with the exception of a bad dream here or there when my kids are older). That's just what works for our family.
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There's also many studies that say cosleeping reduces SIDS. So I guess it all depends on your sources...
I did not plan on cosleeping with DS, we had the pack n play next to our bed. My husband was also very against it. But after we got home from the hospital, DS would not sleep for more than 15 minutes without being held. We would take turns sleeping at first, but when we were almost insane from no sleep, we gave in and coslept and finally got some good rest! It wasn't hard to make it safe, we would swaddle him and have our sheets and blankets only to waist level. If I was cold, I'd wear long sleeves or a sweatshirt. He would sleep pretty much in my armpit nook and it was very comfortable. And I was used to not turning forward (or at all without waking up) from having such a big belly for months. We coslept until he started crawling. He crawled off the bed twice when he was half sleep and that was it. It wasn't hard to transition to his crib.
This time I plan on cosleeping from the start, for 4-6 months at least. I might get an arms reach sleeper. I actually think it's safer and much more convenient to cosleep. Plus, I believe it helped my period stay away for longer!
We also extended our sleep surface by side carring a crib to the bed (which helps reduce or eliminate any risk of baby falling or crawling out of bed.) I guess that also technically means baby has their own sleeping surface, though they usually sleep right in the crook of my arm (easy boob access!)
With ds2 we are going into it thinking the same way. And as before if he's up all though out the night Co sleeping will happen for bf until he's sleeping through the night
i agree with @kitteh81 - i liked this little article that someone with me shared recently
https://news.nd.edu/news/61145-researchers-propose-breastsleeping-as-a-new-word-and-concept/
#2 went to her own bed around 2 (just before #3 was born)
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