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I'm not pregnant, yet, and this is more or less to settle an argument between my husband and I but.... when did you guys move your baby from bassinet/co-sleeper to a crib or bassinet in the nursery? and what do you think about baby sleeping in the bed? (my husband says it's fine, i think it's just plain not safe- especially with my tossy-turny 300lb hubby! and all the blankets and pillows too!) ↓
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| Name: Tamekia KIlkenny | Date: Jun 13th, 2006 5:34 AM |
| hi... when i had my daughter maddiosn i had planed to have her in the bassinet next to our bed for a week or two then put her in her own room but it did not go like that.... she wlould not settel at all she had real bad wind and would not sleep so i tried her in the bed with me and my man... but i didnt put her in the middle i had her next to me and i had that well proped up so she could not go any where and she slept like a baby... i only did that till she settled down..... now she sleeps in her own room and own bed.... when babies come along every thing is new to them and the only thing they want is there mum and every thing else is scary to them.... so its cool to have them in the bed with you... as a mother you are aware the baby is there next to you no matter what.... ↑ |
| Name: 3 time nursing mom | Date: Jun 13th, 2006 8:11 AM |
Nicole,
most pediatricians support a cosleeping arrangement unless one of the bedsharers is taking medication that has sleepy side effects, or drugs or alcohol. That is where the danger comes in.
But studies have shown that cosleeping, or the family bed as some people call it, is actually very healthy for baby and even actually reduces the risk of SIDS considerably.
Read up on it, and if you are still not comfortable, consider buying one of those attachments that is a sleeping compartment for babies that is an extension that you slip onto the side of your bed, or putting a sleeping compartment on the floor by your bed.
Our Little One stopped started sleeping on her own when she was about 3 months old, but then we brought her back in our bed soon after, as it seemed only right for all of us. Then when she was about a year or so, she would go back and forth, starting out in her bed which was on the floor of her room, then walking into our room after waking up in the middle of the night.
I think she finally stopped coming into our room on a nightly basis just a bit before her 3rd birthday. Now she gets upset if we try to get her to sleep in our room, lol. She wants her pink sheets. ↑ |
| Name: lbarnwell | Date: Jun 20th, 2006 2:15 AM |
| If your husband moves around a lot he may not do so once the baby is in bed with him. You become more aware once you know that you have a little one in the bed. My hubby and I had my son in our bed for 6 months and loved it until he started kicking us and demanding more bed space. I am in favor of the co-sleeping! We will be doing the same with the one that is on the way. ↑ |
| Name: whittney1 | Date: Jun 21st, 2006 8:42 PM |
| Hello, I have a 5 month old son and he still sleeps in his pac n play next to my bed. For the last week or two i have beenn considering moving him into his room because I am scared if i waite to long than it will be to hard. I am just so scared because my sons room is all the way on the opposite side of the house. Does anyone have any thoughts on what will make this easier for me and my son? ↑ |
| Name: nicole jones | Date: Jun 22nd, 2006 12:49 AM |
| maybe a cot in the baby's room for a few nights? - just so you know he's okay in there, and i'm sure it would make him a little more accepting of the switch. ↑ |
| Name: tweenkie26 | Date: Jul 23rd, 2007 2:23 AM |
| i dont think having your baby sleep with you is good because its not safe and also once they start sleeping with you they wont want to sleep in their on bed ↑ |
| Name: mamal | Date: Jul 23rd, 2007 5:26 PM |
Unfortunately tweenkie you are incorrect in your thinking.
It has been proven that co-sleeping reduces the risk of sids and has many positive benefits for both parents and child. The negativety towards co-sleeping is in large part to Dr Ferber and his statements BUT he has resended his prior statements about co-sleeping. Stating that he was pushed into writing those views in his books even though he never believe co-sleeping was bad. Makes you wonder what else about his books were written just for money. CIO hmmmm.
Regarding getting them in their own bed really it is not as hard as one may think. My guy went in and never had a problem, no crying, whinning, or wanting back in our bed. It was the easiest thing I have done as a parent. ↑ |
| Name: LindsayK | Date: Jul 24th, 2007 2:13 AM |
| My daughter started out in her bassinet the first few months, but then I always took her in bed with me to nurse and eventually we'd both fall asleep. Then we had a few months of complete co-sleeping, but then she learned to roll. So we started putting her in the crib (in our room too) till we went to bed, then when she awoke we take her in bed with us. Tonight we took our bed apart and put the matress and boxspring on the floor b/c I'm now afraid of her falling out. I'm usually very aware of her all night and sleep with my arm around her, but the other morning I must have been too exhausted b/c my hubby woke me up b/c Gabriella was playing with his feet at the end of the bed! I was terrified, she could have fallen on the floor! She's almost 10 months now and still nurses at least once through the night, so co-sleeping works best for us! ↑ |
| Name: LindsayK | Date: Jul 24th, 2007 2:16 AM |
| Mamal- That's funny what you said about Ferber. I actually saw a news clip of him last year where he did say that he's also revised his teachings on CIO. It was hilarious b/c the interviewer kept saying things like, "so you were wrong before" and he kept trying to regain his composure and change it around so he was just "changing his mind" or something like that. ↑ |
| Name: LindsayK | Date: Jul 24th, 2007 2:17 AM |
| Anyway, I think Ferber's a quack. I much prefer the Dr. Sears approaches. ↑ |
| Name: d00rst0p | Date: Jul 24th, 2007 4:00 AM |
any doc will tell you to probly move baby from bassinet to crib once they can roll over.. i think first few months... I used a travel bassinet next to our bed for first 2 months.. my kids grew to fast to stay in any longer.. I think my sister used her bassinet for first 4 months with her kids. My travel one had a safty strap..I felt better with that. our first baby never slept in the crib... she hatted it. she slept in our bedntil i got a mattress on the floor of her room. Our second slept in our bed until I got him weened... then he used to beg to go to his crib for naps and bed time!
Some familys get rid of the bed frame and sleep on the mattres on the floor. It is certainly easier to sleep with baby in the bed when breastfeeding! You dont have to go get a bottle or sit up even.
There are safety concerns yes.. we didnt have a problem...
My horemones kicked in and I hardly slept at all when they were little... the slightest move, id wake up.. but they grow and get big enough to take care of and adult the gets in their way.. They usualy hog the bed .. ours liked to kick dad right out of the bed.
Thankfully I never had to have more than one child in bed at a time!
you can buy baby bumpers to go around the baby; it lays between parents in bed. with a 3 inch wall around. or get a convertable pack n play.. one side folds down and you can put next to bed and baby and hear and smell you but be in her own bed.
my last baby is still in my bed.. and we are more than ready to reclaim our bed... but she used to sleep in crib all night thru until teeth started comming.. now she's in my bed :( after 3 kids we are almost done with bed sharing. ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Jul 25th, 2007 3:15 AM |
ok well we own a bassinet, and a crib... his crib is all the way on the other side of the house in his room, so we got a bassinet.
my hubby is in the army and is away in Germany and wont be home till hes 6 months old
so for the first 2 weeks he slept in his basinet and now he co sleeps with me, its a lot easier and im breastfeeding him, i don't move at all when im sleeping with him, i subconsciously know hes there, and the second he cries im awake, and i dont think your hubby will roll over him, i worried too when i was pg but its all i can do to get at least some sleep during the night, i plan on moving him back to his bassinet some time soon, hes 10 weeks now and then when Chris gets home, he should be in his crib ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Jul 25th, 2007 3:20 AM |
| damn it i didnt realize this post was old sorry! ↑ |
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