adventures with baby

Co-sleep, that is.  When my baby was born three months ago, I never thought I would want to co-sleep.  I just didn’t think it was safe.  So, we set up a bassinet in our bedroom.  The close proximity made it easier to nurse in the middle of the night.  However, the beautiful bassinet was also incredibly noisy.  It squeaked when Thomas moved around, and when his arms hit the sides it woke him up.  No one was sleeping well, so after two months we moved him into his own room.  Suddenly he was sleeping up to eight hours straight, and my husband and I could get some rest.  We still needed to have middle of the night feedings, so I nursed Thomas in his nursery’s glider.  The location worked, but I was falling asleep in the chair, giving myself a sore neck.  It was also difficult to get Thomas back to sleep in his crib after we were both asleep in the glider.  I ended up traipsing back and forth for the next hour trying to get him back to sleep.  This is when we decided to bring him into our bed to nurse and fall asleep. Normally this feeding occurred between 2 and 4 am.  I was able to nurse him in bed, and we could both fall asleep comfortably.  Problem solved?  Unfortunately, not.  After about an hour of snuggling with my sleeping baby, he would start to squirm and cry.  So I still found myself traipsing back and forth, trying to get him back to sleep.  As far as co-sleeping goes, I now believe it can be done safely.  However, I do not think it is right for my baby.  We are still working on a method to get him to STAY asleep after his early morning feeding.

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