tjanca22 I am so sorry, I hope this all turns out to be nothing with H, but how scary.
@sarahwithanh I'm sorry that your due date is bringing some feels, I hope Monty has his best day yet then.
danib Ummmm yes, same here. Like, we had quite possibly the best night we've had in a week. How in the hell did this happen? I can't say the same for Alec and H but Adeline stuck to our every 3 hours feeding and changing and like zero fussing/right back to sleep.
Lol kleigh I know how it happened in my house. We decided to let H sleeo in Our bed. DH madr it through 1.25 nights home before he gave in and told me he would be OK with me trying if I wanted (C slept with us for 2 years. DH was really against going down that path a second time. I wasn't AS against it but did want to try to avoid it ic possible). My boys just sleep better next to their mama I guess.
Can I ask about this? So they sleep on the mattress next to you? I know (at least here) it's highly cautioned/advised against, BUT these babies sleep SO much better with us. We've managed to allow them to sleep with us while we stay awake and put them in a RnP or PnP when we need to doze but we need to figure something else out. At least until we transition them to cribs at 6 months. We are looking at a cosleeper or something but I'm really curious if anyone bed shares. I know the risks, I also know that there are risks with everything. And I'm not sold on the idea but I'm open minded enough to know it's what works best for some families - I do have a couple acquaintances who do it, but not close enough to ask them about it.
+1 on crazy baby wanting to stay up and party all night. Once we got her soundly asleep she did nice 3-hour stretches, but until then she was just lying in my arms looking up at me like this creepy little chipmunk (I say that in the most loving way possible). SLEEEEEEEEEEP, Caroline.
+1 on crazy baby wanting to stay up and party all night. Once we got her soundly asleep she did nice 3-hour stretches, but until then she was just lying in my arms looking up at me like this creepy little chipmunk (I say that in the most loving way possible). SLEEEEEEEEEEP, Caroline.
I say this nightly. "Don't you want to sleep child? Go to sleeeeeeep, you're getting sleeeeeepy".
All I want in the world is a way to safely have the twins on boobs while we all sleep. Because that's the only way they seem to want to sleep lately.
We should create this... I imagine it looks like a massage table but instead of just a face cut out it has boo ie cut outs and a cradle for baby below it.
kleigh idk if you were still looking for a swing but the FP ones are apparently a really good Cyber Monday deal. Someone mentioned it in the pinned thread, if you're interested.
I'm confused, the snugabunny and snuggapuppy ones that are recommended look likehe RnP I already have... Am I missing something?
kleigh We coslept with Lillian starting around 2.5 months because I just could not function on the next to no sleep I was getting. She'd sleep in the swing, but hit a regression right at 2 months which is when she decided to never sleep again. I started with naps and then moved to nighttime sleep. We did have her inbetween us. I slept on my side curled around her. She still woke up 3-4 times a night, but at least we slept some. There are lots of resources out there about how to do it safely. Some people use co-sleepers that either go in the bed. We thought about that, but she fell asleep nursing and didn't like being on her back.
Lilah is happy to sleep in the pnp so far, but I've taken a few naps with her. However, with Lillian in the mix, Lilah probably won't be cosleeping with us and naps will be in her own space. Lillian still likes to climb in bed with us some nights around 4 or 5 and she has naps in our bed, too. It wouldn't be safe for Lilah to be in our bed with Lillian.
kleigh idk if you were still looking for a swing but the FP ones are apparently a really good Cyber Monday deal. Someone mentioned it in the pinned thread, if you're interested.
I'm confused, the snugabunny and snuggapuppy ones that are recommended look likehe RnP I already have... Am I missing something?
kleigh idk if you were still looking for a swing but the FP ones are apparently a really good Cyber Monday deal. Someone mentioned it in the pinned thread, if you're interested.
I'm confused, the snugabunny and snuggapuppy ones that are recommended look likehe RnP I already have... Am I missing something?
Post by goldenlove3 on Nov 28, 2016 9:49:49 GMT -5
Omg I just woke up from an almost 4 hour stretch of sleep! Colin stayed sleeping through daddy getting ready for work and more.
I also went grocery shopping last night (without him) for the first time in over a month and stocked up on breakfast and lunch items. Now I just need a shower and I might feel somewhat normal. I'm torn between taking a shower and making breakfast after he's done with this bottle.
I was gonna page you goldenlove3 to see how last night went! I'm so glad C have you a 4 hr stretch !! And it sounds like it did you well to get out to the store!
Here's my 2 cents on co-sleeping. There is research out there that supports safe co-sleeping habits (exactly as danib described). But there is also a lot of the research that recommends against it because they dont exclude unsafe co-sleeping habits. As in, the studies include people who use pillows, blankets, or alcohol. This isn't necessarily reliable research since it doesn't differentiate between unsafe and safe sleep habits. So as long as you follow the recommendations there is good evidence to say that it is safe. What I find most interesting is the part about baby being on the outside of the bed. There are theories and some evidence that say mom has almost a 6th sense when sleeping with baby whereas dad doesn't have that sense (again, as danib eluded to). So that's why they recommend baby in outside. If I have baby on the inside, I curl around baby, as others have said, and have my arm around their head so as to block my H.
Re cosleeping, to hangry and danib 's points - MH is a very deep sleeper, as in I could (and do) scream his name and it won't wake him. Last night I was sitting on one edge of the couch with Adeline sleeping on my chest and he was snoozing at the other end. Alec started to rouse for a bottle and try as I may to get H's attention I could not. I literally was screaming his name and not so much as a flinch. I ended up throwing my phone at him to wake him. SO all that to say, he'd either have to sleep somewhere else or they'd sleep on my side.
With O, I did kick My H out of the bed for a good month or so. He felt too nervous staying in bed. It worked better for all of us and we all got more sleep.
With O, I did kick My H out of the bed for a good month or so. He felt too nervous staying in bed. It worked better for all of us and we all got more sleep.
+1. MH is a violent sleeper and he also drugs himself with Benadryl every night to sleep so that's a hard no.
Post by sweetmelissa5 on Nov 28, 2016 11:19:39 GMT -5
kleigh, We've bedshared with all of our kids and only bothered to kick them out of our bed when the next one came along, and like danib said, if you choose this route, you need to make sure you're doing it as safely as possible. I always keep the baby right up against me with both of us on our sides, and my husband and I have separate blankets, and I only pull mine up to my waist so there's no danger of it creeping over the baby's head. Also, even though my husband is kind of in his own little universe on his side of the bed, I kick him out and make him sleep elsewhere if he has anything to drink. I actually sleep decently while bedsharing, and it makes MOTN wake-ups much easier for me to handle since I just stick a nipple in the baby's mouth and we both doze off.
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