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.
>
Oh, yes, the "bed of instant wakefulness," as my husband called it. My
first child was
like this - we just slept with her (neither of us was worried about
rolling over on,
her). We kept trying the crib, though, and by the time she was 3
months old she
would at least start out the night in the crib, even though she usually
ended up back
with us around 3 a.m. Personally, I thought it was easier to go with
whatever
gave the baby the best night's sleep, even though co-sleeping is not my
preference.
Fortunately, #2 never objected to the crib.
Clisby
>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?
>
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