What do I do?
I’m having some trouble with sleeping since my baby was born. It isn’t the nighttime feedings that is the issue though. The problem is that the baby won’t sleep for more than 30 minutes in the bassinet. He will sleep if we are holding him or if he is on the bed propped up on pillows between us but then I am too freaked out to sleep myself. My husband is totally fine with him sleeping in the bed but I can’t stop thinking about all the bad stuff that can happen. Today I put the baby in the crib where he will sleep and tried to lay down and take a nap with my husband but he said he couldn’t sleep with the baby in the other room even though I had the monitor right there with us. He tries to accommodate me by putting the baby in the bassinet but sure enough after only 20 minutes the baby woke up. Ultimately my husband took the baby in the nursery and is now sleeping with him in the rocker.
I don’t know what to do. I feel miserable trying to sleep alone but I can’t sleep with the baby in the bed and he won’t sleep in the bassinet. I am unbelievably tired but so upset I can’t sleep! What do I do??
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