Re: Gabriel won't sleep alone!

My husband will be a SAHD when my maternity leave is over. I feel blessed. 

blacksalt <kalanamak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Lizajane wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> We didn't smother the little one (we use a king-sized bed and had him
> between us, and we never used alcohol or any medication that would blunt
> our senses), and he transitioned to a crib at about 3 months, when he
> started sleeping more heavily. We have a night now and then when he gets
> really wound up and nothing makes him sleepy, and for that, 5 minutes of
> crying it out does the trick. But we didn't start that until about 6
> months. Sometimes if one of us doesn't have the magic touch that night,
> the other does, and we rely on a nightly ritual, too. I do acknowlegde
> he's a cheerful baby who didn't cry much at all (dumb luck).
> I keep saying we, but really it is him. The SO is a HomeDaddy, and I
> just go along with what he says is right, because he's with him nearly
> 24/7.
> HTH,
> blacksalt
> a geriatric primapara