Cosleeping at 3 weeks?
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I’ve been cosleeping literally since the hospital. The anxiety decreases the more you do it, I used to have sleep paralysis nightmares the first week and now it’s cake. I get more anxiety from him in his bassinet honestly because I can’t check on him as easily.
@Brianna that is good to know thank you!!
@KayLee I’m glad to know it gets easier anxiety wise! We used to have the owlet sock but it crashed and burned on us so we returned it. So now I’ve just been trying to deal with the anxiety without a comfort measure. I will say this morning I got a nap and it was wonderful where usually I would accidentally fall asleep with him on my chest and wake up in a panic. Now that we are trying the C method the sleep was amazing! My little guy also will sleep a two hour stretch like this where the bassinet is a constant battle
Yes the acceptance that you are going to safely cosleep is definitely nice compared to accidents and being unprepared! and same, we used to start out swaddled in the bassinet and he’d sleep but I wouldn’t and then after second ish wake up of 1 hr stretches he would scream upon being put in it so transitioning to the bed let’s everyone get good rest. I still do naps in the bassinet when possible so it’s not onlyyy contact sleep
Like others have said the anxiety fades the longer you go and the older they get. My son is 17m and the occasional time he sleeps with us I still check him regularly to make sure he’s not face first in our pillows. As for sleeping on their own. We got my son a floor toddler bed at 8m and started just laying in it with him at night before bed. If he fell asleep we left him and if he wouldn’t sleep he came to bed with us when we were ready. By 10 months he was sleeping in there through the night 1-3 nights in a row. By 13 months he was sleeping in there by himself full time through the night. He still occasionally wakes up crawls into our bed, but it’s MAYBE once a week and we let him slide a little on weekends because I miss the baby snugs lol. If we didn’t though he’d easily sleep in his own bed in his room no problem. Every child is different though we’re about to welcome baby #w in less than a month and plan to co sleep from the start. 🖤
I just mentioned about the side car cot in a previous post so you could try this? It's been great for our baby who is 5 months as she sleeps in her own space on a proper baby mattress but I am right next to her for cuddles. Essentially you just get the cheapest ikea cot, take one side off (there are lots of tutorials on Pinterest and insta for this) abd match the level of your bed to their mattress. It's been great as I often have top half of my body in her sleep space to settle her and feed her on my side but I can also now start distancing myself a little wheb she's asleep so she gets used to her own space.
At that young my son would not sleep alone at all, co sleeping was the only way to get any rest. As he got older he would gradually sleep for longer independently. But he needed the comfort of closeness that young. Sounds like you're doing a great job by keeping the space safe. There's a few good insta accounts with extra safety advice. I personally think its a temperament thing of needing closeness and not something you can train away until they are older. Your little one will eventually sleep alone, don't worry.
@Carol thank you I appreciate that!! He’s always been a very cuddly boy he loves to be in our arms and near us
So I've been cosleeping with my LO since around 3 months also. He started not liking his crib and it was getting tiring for me to continously get up and rock him back to sleep. Plus I'm breastfeeding so it's easier to cosleep while doing tht cause now hes 12 months and can unsnap my nursing bra to get some yummies even if I'm still sleeping. So, I have another on the way and I started slowly transitioning him to own bed. I'm putting him in an actual toddler bed instead of crib since he hates the closed in space. He sleeps by himself for his naps and then sleeps with me at night. That way he's getting used to sleeping by himself and in his own bed little by little. I dont think your creating a bad habit or anything. My SD coslept with us when she was young too and by 2 she wanted to sleep by herself.