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Not co-sleeping
"Irish Marie" wrote in message ... I just wanted to take a straw poll of those that did/do and didn't/don't co-sleep. My dh is a barman so he always stinks of passive smoke after work, he also smokes the occasional cigar so he sometimes smells of smoke even when not working. So based on that I don't think that it would be wise to co-sleep with the baby. S/He will be sleeping by our bed in a Moses Basket and will be very easy to hear and get to quickly. I am just wondering about bf success rates being dependant on co-sleeping rates? -- Marie Mum to DD5, DS3 and due #3 July '03 We semi co-sleep. As a newborn I'd fall asleep whilst she was nursing so she was in our bed. She maybe spent an hour or two here and there in the bassinette. Now she is 15 weeks old and she goes in the bassinette somewhere between 10 and 12 for her long sleep and is back in the bed to nurse somewhere between 4 and 7. I do my best to get her in the bassinette after that, but sometimes I don't wake up again. Personally I sleep better when she's in her bassinette, but poor sleep is better than no sleep. Sleeping whilst nursing in the initial weeks was essential. Maybe when she's a bit bigger I wont be so conscious of her in the bed and we can do it fulltime, otherwise it's going to be a bugger fitting something other than the bassinette in our room (I can't imagine her sleeping in another room). I find nursing lying down pretty uncomfortable and impossible until about 3 or 4 weeks ago. I slept reclining on pillows with her in the footy hold propped up with pillows and latched on. Sounds a bit unsafe in description but I had hold of her all night and she would eventually latch off and lay her head on my stomach. Leah --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 25/02/03 |
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Irish Marie wrote:
My dh is a barman so he always stinks of passive smoke after work Allyson smokes. I have no idea how much, but I'd guess in the vicinity of 2-3 cigarettes a day. Since I never see it (she smokes outside, regardless of the weather), or smell it (if I can smell her, she changes her clothes and takes a shower), it bothers me less. And I'm willing to co-sleep under those conditions. Phoebe |
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Thanks Not co-sleeping
Thanks for all your replies on this.
I am going to have to figure a way around getting some partial co-sleeping in during the first few weeks (namely during dh's time off work he will be banned from smoking cigars, if he does he'll have to bed down on the uncomfortable sofa!!) After that I'll co-sleep until he gets in from work. He does change his clothes but I cannot expect him to shower so late at night 3/4am, besides the shower is in the ensuite so would wake me and the baby up and most likely the other 2 children also. It is reassuring to know that a lot of you have had success with bf regardless of full co-sleeping. Thanks again -- Marie Mum to DD5, DS3 and due #3 July '03 |
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Not co-sleeping
Irish Marie wrote in message ... I just wanted to take a straw poll of those that did/do and didn't/don't co-sleep. My dh is a barman so he always stinks of passive smoke after work, he also smokes the occasional cigar so he sometimes smells of smoke even when not working. So based on that I don't think that it would be wise to co-sleep with the baby. S/He will be sleeping by our bed in a Moses Basket and will be very easy to hear and get to quickly. I am just wondering about bf success rates being dependant on co-sleeping rates? At the moment, I do cosleep but in a different room than my husband! I hate not sleeping with him but it's only a short time and it's so much easier for me to sleep with the baby for now. DH REALLY hates cosleeping so this is our option. I do find that it makes bfding so much easier. I also do at times put him in his bassinet for the first part of the night until he wakes up. (I'll be back with my husband soon. This is temporary!) laurie mommy to Jessica, 27 months and Christopher, 13 weeks *This email address is now valid* Marie Mum to DD5, DS3 and due #3 July '03 |
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Irish Marie wrote:
I just wanted to take a straw poll of those that did/do and didn't/don't co-sleep. My dh is a barman so he always stinks of passive smoke after work, he also smokes the occasional cigar so he sometimes smells of smoke even when not working. So based on that I don't think that it would be wise to co-sleep with the baby. S/He will be sleeping by our bed in a Moses Basket and will be very easy to hear and get to quickly. I am just wondering about bf success rates being dependant on co-sleeping rates? I don't know if anyone has done such a study. Everyone has a different experience with this. My wife co-slept with our son and it worked to her advantage for a few weeks. Then he built a REALLY strong sleep association with her which wrecked his daytime naps and he started crawling off the bed. We had baby proofed the bed (firm mattress, in the corner of the room, on the floor etc..) but he's got a mind of his own. We struggled with a 1,000 different approaches (everything but CIO) read a million different books and somehow managed to get things improved. We came up with our own crazy solution to help him sleep better. We put him in his car seat & the car seat in the crib. It didn't take much to get him used to this but it's not easy picking up a car seat with a 8 month old baby and rocking it back to sleep. BTW, I'm saying this because I believe that co-sleeping negatively effected his sleep patterns. He associated sleep with a continuation of "mommy play time". Once co-sleeping ended he became a better sleeper. Then we broke down his night feedings from 4 to 2 and 2 to 1 and have left it at 1 (he is 15months). Once he was done with co-sleeping he started napping regularly during the day and he gets drowsy the second we put him in the crib. I've learned that children are given their own personality and co-sleeping works well with some and not with others. I'd like to say that the next time we'll do things differently but I don't really know. I think we'll try co-sleeping for the 1st 10 weeks and then it's the crib/bassinet all the way. Who knows. All I know is that it can seem like an eternity when dealing with these problems and it's very stressful. I wish you the best of luck and hope you don't come across the stumbling blocks we did. |
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