TOMMY’S 3 Weeks Old Today………..
Tommy, Tommy, Tommy…….will you ever sleep anywhere but in my arms at night. Ok, I have tried everything and I can’t figure this out. Tommy will take all nice naps during the day in his crib. He will sleep for 4 hours in ther no problem. But come night time I can’t get to sleep in his crib so more than 30 minutes then he is up and screaming. I have tried having him sleep in our bedroom in his bassinet, but he screams in there within 5 minutes. Where does Tommy want to sleep at night??? In our bed, right between Mommy and Daddy. Mostly curled up next to Mommy. He loves to touch my face while I sleep. Cute for the first few times…………
My good friend Jenifer came over yesterday and she suggested puttin a t-shirt of mine in his crib so he could smell me, didn’t seem to make a difference. She also suggested a ticking clock to sound like my heart beat. I have a heartbeat tape which I played for him. He stayed in his crib for about 30 minutes sound asleep and then screamed. He came into our bed and laid down beside me and went right to sleep.
I only have 3 weeks left of maternity leave, then back to work. I would like him to be sleeping in his crib by then so I can get better rest. I am always afraid either I or my hubby will roll on him, etc. Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated. I have terribly mixed feelings about returning to work. Don’t get me wrong I LOVE my job, but I sure love being a stay at home mom. I don’t want to leave my baby.
Tommy will be staying at home with my hubby while I am at work, but I still wish he was staying with me. He is so much fun. Well Tommy is napping so I will quickly jump into the shower. My hubby was great last night and he got up with the baby all night. 🙂 I got a very good nights sleep for the most part.
It is a beautiful Friday here, so I best get out and enjoy it as it will be short lived. I discovered so great new blogs, so I will have to do some visiting this evening……………………….:)
Don’t worry about sleeping with the baby in your bed, many more infants die alone of SIDS than are harmed by a parent rolling over on them, and the very few parents that have managed to hurt their baby by rolling over on them were almost always drunk or drugged or otherwise numbed from having a normal response to a struggling child.
I am glad you are enjoying your baby.
Don’t worry about sleeping with the baby in your bed, many more infants die alone of SIDS than are harmed by a parent rolling over on them, and the very few parents that have managed to hurt their baby by rolling over on them were almost always drunk or drugged or otherwise numbed from having a normal response to a struggling child.
I am glad you are enjoying your baby.
A GREAT forum for help on things like this, is at http://pregnancy.about.com you will get SO many answers from people who have been there. I have been there, but my daughter always slept in her crib, I was blessed. Either that or I just don’t remember, it was 7 years ago. I have one on the way though, so we’ll see.
Anyway, that forum has some really great advice for all of us!
A GREAT forum for help on things like this, is at http://pregnancy.about.com you will get SO many answers from people who have been there. I have been there, but my daughter always slept in her crib, I was blessed. Either that or I just don’t remember, it was 7 years ago. I have one on the way though, so we’ll see.
Anyway, that forum has some really great advice for all of us!
Congrats on your new baby!
All my kids have slept with me—it was just easier than having them scream all night. Plus, I’m lazy. If they’re right there, it’s easier than me having to get up!
There are a couple things you could do though—do you have a bassinet? Sometimes just being close, but not in bed with you, will help a baby. Another thing would be to either sleep with him in your bed, while dh sleeps elsewhere, or vice versa. At this stage, sleeping together in the same bed isn’t going to make as much of a difference as SLEEPING will. No matter how or where you do it!
Most of all though, don’t be shy about asking for advice—there’s very rarely a baby who sleeps through the night in his/her crib from the beginning. I had one that did that, but the other 3? One ended up sleeping with us until he was 2! But all four are in their beds now, and we have our bed back to ourselves.