I could never get the hang of having baby in bed and neither could he, the
thingy that attaches to the side of the bed sounds better or as you say a
single bed.
I just couldn't sleep with the baby right there it. Also I was on sleeping
pills for not sleeping (duh what else would I be on them for) so wouldn't
have been safe anyway.
I think it's im****tant to admit that not everyone can sleep in bed with
the
baby. Not just for the baby's comfort either. It's im****tant that Mum and
Dad get decent sleep too. It's fa****onable to co-sleep at the moment but I
have to say I hated it and won't do it with number two. It had to oposite
effect on bonding to me.
I'm going to get a rep on this boards as heartless but now my son is
bigger
and I'm back into my old sleeping patterns we sleep fine together when
he's
sick. It took a while though.
Judy
"Clisby Williams" <clisbyw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Stephanie S wrote:
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> >"Lizajane" <lizaambler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>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?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Well what I did was to let him sleep with me. I beleived the folks here
who
> >said you would not squish him. However, the same cannot be said of my
DH.
I
> >put DS on the outside of the bed, with a pillow between the edge and
him
and
> >then me then DH. Honestly, for me co-sleeping was miserable. I slept
poorly
> >at best. What I *wish* I had done, is stayed with him and soothed him
in
the
> >cradle by patting his head or rubbing him and singing or something like
> >that. My DH is going to build a cosleeper thingy to attach to the bed
for
> >this upcoming baby. That way she can be nearby for me to touch and
sooth
> >without being right next to my body.
> >
> >Stephanie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> I didn't really care for co-sleeping, either, although we did it with
> our first child because at
> least *she* slept better. If I had it to do over again, I think I'd
> have tried what Larry & Monika
> (I think they were the ones) did - put a twin bed next to their bed, and
> put the baby on the twin bed.
>
> Luckily, #2 was OK with the crib from the start, so I wasn't nearly as
> sleep-deprived as
> with #1.
>
> Clisby
>
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