I fell asleep holding baby.
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Don’t be too hard on yourself, you’re also human, you’re not a bad mom, mistakes happen, just look pass it as far as your baby is okay that’s all that matters
Girl, this happened to me too! It’s hard not to be hard on yourself I get that. We all want to be so close to our babies. I sleep better touching and holding her. Look into cosleeping or bed sharing. They offer great advice for safe sleep practices!
It's honestly okay.
Co-sleeper here 🙋🏽♀️, I sleep with my baby and have since she was born! Even in the hospital and they told me a whole bunch I couldn’t. I’ve always done it with all of my babies, it’s the only way I get any sleep.
I've dozed off doing skin to skin in the hospital and since coming home (yesterday). While it's not recommended to fall asleep holding them, one of my postpartum nurses taught me to swaddle my baby to me, tucking the ends of the baby blanket under my arms and behind my back. She said "just in case". I imagine it's nearly impossible not to fall asleep like that at some point, given how sleep-deprived new parents are. You're not a bad mother ❤️
u don't need to feel like a bad mom, I've fell asleep holding my baby many times already and only been home with him 4 days now, but that's pretty much the only way I've gotten sleep so far. as long as u make sure that ur keeping her safe and will be able to wake up right away like u did then it should be ok (even tho it's not recommend, but that's what's worked for me so far)