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I made the mistake of having Ellorie sleep in the bed with me the night after she got her 2 month shots. She had a fever and a rash and felt positively miserable. And this was the beginning of the end.
I'll try my darnedest to lay her down in the bassinet to sleep fpr the night..and sometimes she sleeps a good hour in there. But soon, she wakes up and shrieks to sleep with me. Nothing can comfort her, until she lies down right next to me and then she immediately falls asleep. It's sweet, yes...safe...no. We have a pillowtop mattress and frankly, I am just concerned about her falling...SIDS..all of that. Not to mention I take sort of an independent approach to parenting. Or at least I did, until Ellorie was born. Her personality doesn't jive with my parenting philosophies, apparently.
My older duaghter slept in her big crib from day one, and that was that...this one (about to grow out of her bassinet...not that she sleeps long in it anyway), has no intention of laying her head down in that crib.
To ease my mind of danger, to finally get some rested sleep myself (as I now sleep lightly in concern), and to give Ellorie some independence, this must stop!
Anyone have any experience with this? Maybe some fantastic success stories?
Help!
I'll try my darnedest to lay her down in the bassinet to sleep fpr the night..and sometimes she sleeps a good hour in there. But soon, she wakes up and shrieks to sleep with me. Nothing can comfort her, until she lies down right next to me and then she immediately falls asleep. It's sweet, yes...safe...no. We have a pillowtop mattress and frankly, I am just concerned about her falling...SIDS..all of that. Not to mention I take sort of an independent approach to parenting. Or at least I did, until Ellorie was born. Her personality doesn't jive with my parenting philosophies, apparently.
My older duaghter slept in her big crib from day one, and that was that...this one (about to grow out of her bassinet...not that she sleeps long in it anyway), has no intention of laying her head down in that crib.
To ease my mind of danger, to finally get some rested sleep myself (as I now sleep lightly in concern), and to give Ellorie some independence, this must stop!
Anyone have any experience with this? Maybe some fantastic success stories?
Help!
sja
I know this is not going to be a popular answer, but I co-sleep with my little one, and I don't mind it at all. My husband works midnights, and we have the bed to ourselves. I tried putting her down in her crib, just could not handle hearing her cry. She screamed at one point for an hour, whether I was in with her patting her back or not. When I went back to work and had to be up at 4 am, and she was still getting up a couple time a night, I decided that I needed my sleep to function during the day, and I personally feel that she slept with me for 9 months, whats a bit longer. I also spoke with my Peditrician about it and they did not encourage or discourage this, only said that it was entirely my choice. It is all in what you are comfortable with, but good luck. I know it will all work out.
sja
I forgot to add that my baby is 7 months.
deleted_user
We got an Arm's Reach cosleeper bed this past week. It attatches to our bed. We have a tall bed and the leg extentions haven't arrived yet, but it seems to work. The first 2 nights, our 7 week old son slept 3.5 hours twice with a feeding in between. When he doesn't fall asleep right away or awakes soon after, it is easy to talk to him, hold his hand, or any other comforting measure without having to get out of bed. I also am less worried because he is in his own separate space, but I can check on him easily. I think that it will meke his transition to the crib easier.
twr
I have a harder time putting her in her crib than she does at this point. I started co sleeping and we decided that we needed to make the transition to the crib for safety but also because we didn't want to struggle with getting her out later. She cried at first and I asked my dr about how long it was safe for them to cry she said for as long as I could stand it. It's hard! A passifier and patting on the back works well, lot's of tummy time before bed so she's exhausted from playing. I'm fortunate that she will sleep in her crib or in our bed. my dr reminded me that cring works there lungs and to an extent is important for development, it makes them tired, she will fall asleep eventually, and I've heard the longer you put it off the worse it gets. I have one of those crib toys that projects things on the wall. it seems to distract her and encourages her to fall asleep on her back. Good luck...
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