Re: Gabriel won't sleep alone!

"Kalera Stratton" <kalera@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:kalera-C34077.10093927052003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <3ED2D707.8040903@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Clisby Williams <clisbyw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> I actually had a very hard time cosleeping with #1, because I had this
> crazy idea I had to be in a very specific position relative to her and I
> would lie in this one position all night, and be very sore the next day.
> (When I say "crazy", I really mean that in hindsight that was a totally
> irrational notion. I have no idea where it came from!)
>
> By the time I had #2, I had already realized that my wierd sleep habit
> with #1 was unecessary, so I slept MUCH MUCH better. I think it also
> helped that the weather was warmer with him, so I didn't have to worry
> as much about blankets. I was much more relaxed.
>

My DH snores and DS was a snorty snuffy child. Still is actually. My one
wish right now is to be able to sleep alone! This is a big part of the
reason I go to bed hours before DH does, so I can fall all the way asleep
before he even comes to bed.

> --
> -Kalera
> Mom of Juliet, 5, Sam, 3, and Ophelia, EDD 6/1/03
> Wife of the incomparable Moxley of www.spaceplex.com