How to stop bedsharing?
Hi moms, I had my daughter on December 4th 2018. She’s now almost 3 months old, and she’s been sleeping in my bed since two weeks old. I never planned on bedsharing because I know that it’s dangerous. But it was the only way that she would sleep. Also, I EBF (extended breastfeeding, exclusively breastfeeding) and it was just so easy to wake up and nurse her then doze back off. I’ve never had any scares with her, but now I can’t get her to sleep alone. I have a Halo bassinet and she hates it. I have a snuggleme that I tried putting in it (supervised) and she hates that. Sometimes she even wakes up when I move out of the bed. I’ve tried swaddling, waiting for her to sleep then moving her, heating the sheets beforehand, putting one of those warm stuffed animals in the bassinet to help her get to sleep, white noise, a paci. Nothing works. And in my bed she will ONLY fall asleep on her sides. While I absolutely love bedsharing with my girl I don’t want to hurt her. I also feel like I’m starting a bad habit that I’ll never be able to break. I feel like it will be impossible to sleep train her. I have a pack n play that I am going to try instead of the halo, but if that doesn’t work I’m out of ideas. Do you mamas have ANY advice? Or any tips to break this habit. TIA!!
**I’m not looking for hate or momshaming. I know that bedsharing isn’t approved by the AAP, and I know safesleep guidelines.
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