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Yes I did it with my son. When you’re breastfeeding and recovering it’s just so much easier. 😕
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No. In my opinion and in my situation, it isn’t safe. I sleep with a weighted blanket and a body pillow. I put our daughter in between our pillows sometimes and pat her to sleep, but we/I usually get out of bed shortly after that. That’s one habit I never want to start. I don’t want kids in my bed. That’s a space for my husband and me. 🤷🏻♀️
Ke
Same! I’ve heard horror stories of kids sleeping in their parents beds till they’re teens. NOT gonna happen lol
De
Same here. I’m so happy my five year old sleeps on his own room and my one year old in his own crib. My sister in law had three kids and her oldest is 8 and still sleeps with them.. it works for some but I need that down time with my SO And space lol
I told myself I'd never co-sleep and it turns out that's the only way my 3 week old will sleep at night 😕 I love the cuddles but my mind isn't as ease and I cant get a good nights sleep when he's right there next to me 😭
Ga
I COMPLETELY understand where you're coming from. I'm a first time mom so everything is new and scary enough as it is. I get the most intense mom guilt when I co-sleep bc I know it's not the safest place for my son to sleep and I would never forgive myself if something happened to him. But like you, I've tried everything and NOTHING works. He naps so well in his bassinet in the day but as soon as nighttime hits, BAM, he hates it and screams bloody murder when I place him in there. I'm such at a loss bc I want my son to be safe but I cant be staying up all night watching him sleep 😞
F
That’s where we’re at. I was SO adamant that it was worth the risk and not going to lie mom shamed in my head before I had a baby that absolutely would not sleep anywhere else than with me. We tried for over 4 weeks to get her to sleep in either the crib or bassinet and nothing worked. I’m telling you we tried absolutely everything. The white noise, heating pad, drowsy but not sleep, deep sleep literally all of it. Husband and I were taking shifts holding her while the other sleeps for the first month. One night we were just over it and got the owlet and put her in the bed and she woke up once. It was because of me, I woke her up to change/eat. The next night she didn’t do so well (think she was gassy) and then I ended up getting mastitis and my fever was way too high to have her sleeping next to me. I was worried about her over heating. Now I’m having crazy night sweats so we still can’t try the bed sharing again to see if it’ll help or that was coincidental. It freaks me out so bad thinking about trying it again though. I have anxiety all day about it. I’m so afraid of something happening to her. I try to rationalize that it’s normal in other cultures and so many other families do it and are fine, but I’m like but what if we’re the one that’s not. 🙃
Yea I said that too before I had kids lol. She’s my third and I’ve co slept with all of my kids until they didn’t want to anymore. I don’t understand what’s wrong with that. Many cultures have “family beds”.It makes going back to work so much easier. No getting up at night ( I just cuddle them back to sleep when they wake up) and extra snuggles
Yes, my son is almost 7 weeks and we are just mow trying to get him used to his bassinet again. we tried in the begin but the only way he would sleep is with us. I hated it because I felt unsafe but, I needed sleep some how. he is only sleeping 3 hour stretches in his bassinet but, we are making progress!
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