Re: Gabriel won't sleep alone!

Lizajane wrote:
> Gabriel Day Evans was born to us on May 16th. He is wonderful - of
> course I think he is the most beautiful child ever born. I can tell he
> will have a sweet disposition, he smiles to himself all the time and
> though I know they are not "social smiles" I think it means something.
> The only problem is he WILL NOT sleep by himself, even if we are in
> the room. We have two bassinets, one for our bedroom and one for the
> den. Even if he is sound asleep, if I try to put him into one of his
> beds, he almost immediately wakes up and wails until someone comes to
> get him. This is after he has been fed, changed, burped, etc. I don't
> feel right just letting him cry, but I tried to yesterday and he went
> on for 5 minutes. I don't believe in "crying it out," and even if I
> did, his crying for a long period of time causes a physical response
> in my body that is uncomfortable! He sleeps well in a "family bed"
> situation, which suits me fine, but my husband is afraid that one of
> us will smother him, or that we will never be able to make the
> transition in to his crib in his own room. Also, we just need some
> time to cuddle and kiss and generally be together and it's hard to do
> if a baby is crying! I expected some of this, and don't expect to have
> much uninterupted sleep, but jeez, 15 minutes would be nice. What does
> everyone else do?

When ours were that small and dh and I wanted "cuddle time" we put them 
in a laundry basket (with padding of course) and propped the basket in 
the bed.  When they wouldn't fit in one, we used two (made for a crowded 
bed LOL).

-- 
Brigitte
SAHM to Katerina and Joshua
October 20, 2001
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/