Is it ok to sleep with my baby in my arms at 3 months ?

Are you asking if it's ok that YOU sleep while holding him? Absolutely not. But letting him sleep in your arms while you stay awake during the day is ok. I wouldn't do it at night as it can create problems with him sleeping independently.

Please try not to. 3 months is too young

Have you tried setting him down after warming the bassinet with a heating pad? I used one under the sheet on the lowest setting and then shut it off before I set him in it. Also did he used to sleep but now won’t? Bc if so he is probably going through a sleep regression. They will only go to sleep the way you put them to sleep. So if you try to set him down when you know he is tired and let him sleep on his own if he wakes up he will go to sleep on his own. It’s hard during a sleep regression bc they are unable to connect their sleep cycles that’s what causes the wake up and takes a few weeks to work through.

Oh just realized this is a cosleeping thread. We did not do this. So I probably don’t have the right advice you are looking for.

We have co slept since birth. We have a firm mattress and I sleep with him close to me on his back and my arm above his head (kinda like a C form around him. We removed pillows and blankets so that wasn’t a risk. I am a light sleeper and if he moved I would wake up, you know yourself better than anyone, there are safe ways to co sleep, for us, we all sleep better with him in our bed so that’s what we do.

I did not co-sleep until 6 months because I was afraid. But look up the safe sleep 7

I have co slept since birth with my baby. You can definitely do it safely. Please inform about safe co sleeping. You can find valuable content on "happycosleepers" on Instagram.

Cosleeping is great I've been cosleeping with my little guy since he was 6 weeks old. He's now almost 19 months old and I lay with him to put him to sleep and I'm able to sneak away, he comes into my bed when he wakes usually around 12-3am Look into safe sleep 7!

I’ve been co sleeping since day 2. There are several factors that can come in play in deciding if it’s right for you, but anyone who makes it a black or white issue hasn’t done their research. There’s a book called Safe Infant Sleep that consolidates and analyzes a bunch of research on cosleeping and presents a case for it actually being safer than crib sleeping in certain households. Things that factor in include whether you’re breastfeeding or bottle feeding, smoking during or after pregnancy, the environment, who else is in the bed and others.

Just follow safe co sleeping guidelines

I’ve co-slept with all 3 of babies my 3yo still sleeps with me and each one of my babies slept with their heads on my arm. I’ve gotten bruises as they got older n their heads heavier.

I see you. You see everywhere that it’s not safe and everyone tells you not to sleep while he is in your arms, but is the only way you both can sleep. That was me until month 5, and now that he is 10 months and he has a cold, we are back to it. I think people that say: do this and that don’t realise that we have tried this and that and it doesn’t work for our babies. I told my children nurse and she said “well, you do what you can. It’s important you sleep. And it’s normal he only wants to sleep on top of you”. My sleep has became so light that i wake up with any movement he makes. I follow as much as I can the 7 safe sleeping rules but you have to do what you have to do to keep your sanity. Having said this, here is Sweden people hasn’t judged me too much for this because everyone cosleeps during the first years.

Please look up chest sleeping! Happycosleeper has lots on her Instagram about this. That’s the only way my boy would sleep for the first 3 months and now we co sleep with him next to me

As Olivia says above, it sounds like chest sleeping could be the best solution for you.

Absolutely not ok but who am I to talk my baby has been in my arms since day one

@Olivia this is exactly what I’ve done with my son! We have had no problems at all.

It will never be advised to sleep with a baby in your arms at this age, he’s very small and the risk of SIDS increases drastically when you sleep with a young child in your arms x

Agreeing with Olivia please look up chest sleeping resources! We do this with my girl most nights

i’ve been sleeping like because mine is the same way but i looked up tips and from what i read it best to sleep at an angle and i have pillows under my arms to help him not roll off. it also said that your breathing helps them to remember to breath also

It is definitely ok to co sleep/chest sleep but I wouldn’t sleep holding him in your arms. Definitely look up chest sleeping and safe cosleep 7.

I co-slept with my son. Not in my arms but right next to me , i slept in fetal position usually or with my arm extended so it wasn’t easy to just roll over. But im also a pretty light sleeper !

Most often my baby girl sleeps in my arms or on my chest. When she was born I used to make her sleep on my chest for hours but sooner I got to know about SIDs so gradually I stopped. Now if she sleeps in my arms soon after I place my LO on her bed. We co-sleep with her since she was born.

I am only pregnant and don't have a baby yet so no practical experience! But there's loads of online resource on safe cosleeping, even the NHS recommend it as safe as long as you follow the guidance they provide. Thought I'd mention as I plan to cosleep, I personally think it's how babies are made to sleep

Look up cosleepy on Instagram for info on chest sleeping, I've done tonnes of chest sleeping during the day with my current baby. It's saved me some days from being dangerously overtired later in the day.