Another sleep question

[PrincessFiona]

I think you have run into one of the many reasons some of us have used co-sleeping. We had the same problem with our firstborn and once we switched to co-sleeping, I finally got sleep. We never swaddled, but I never looked back either. For us, co-sleeping solved the sleep issues. It isn't for everyone though.

[Pollyanna]

I think you have run into one of the many reasons some of us have used co-sleeping. We had the same problem with our firstborn and once we switched to co-sleeping, I finally got sleep. We never swaddled, but I never looked back either. For us, co-sleeping solved the sleep issues. It isn't for everyone though.

So very true! Co-sleeping never worked for us when our babies were infants but as soon as they could walk into our room they could sleep in our bed. We got so much more sleep that way and they were happier (and the older ones do sleep in there own bed now, lots of folks will have you believing that that transition is hard. It just happens naturally).

[SuzySunshine]

You know I had never even considered moving us to the downstairs - maybe that is the solution. We'll see how separating them at my mom and dad's goes.

Co-sleeping would never work for us. While I don't move when I sleep DH is ALL over the place. We'd have to have a king size bed to make sure the baby didn't get squished

[migirl]

FWIW, I co-slept with my babies too (until they turned around 4 months) and had the same worries about my DH ... so baby and I always slept together in a separate bedroom. We ALL sleep much better this way! Maybe you and R could try sleeping together downstairs and see how it goes?

[SuzySunshine]

The problem with putting either of the kids downstairs is the temperature. In the winter it is a lot colder unless you run the fireplace which is really expensive. In the summer it is a lot colder because of the air conditioning - its a no win.

[PrincessFiona]

What about something like this: http://www.amazon.com/First-Years-Se...9542397&sr=8-1

[Urowife]

Or, could you push the bed against the wall and have R on the other side of you (away from your thrashing DH)?

I cosleep with my non-sleeper in her room on a mattress on the floor, partly because DH feared rolling on her, but also because her room is much more soundproofed and just better suited for her sleeping. Also, our room is a loft with no door, so I wouldn't be able to leave her alone there.

[SuzySunshine]

I think we'll see how separate sleeping goes at my parents next week and go from there...

[SuzySunshine]

Well we made some adjustments last night and he only woke up twice. We folded a blanket up and put it under his crib sheet to make his bed softer, its not a really plush blanket so I don't worry about him suffocating in it but it does give him a little bit more cushion. We put his bumpers back on, we had taken them off when he rolled over swaddled a few weeks ago which he hasn't done again, and we changed the sound on A's sound machine from a waterfall to a heartbeat. Both times after feeding him he'd cry when I put him down but I let him cry up to 15 minutes and he eventually went back to sleep and slept at least 3 1/2 more hours. It didn't seem to phase A at all.

So I'm still going to separate them at my mom and dad's next week and see what that does. Then we'll decide if we need to make a change to the sleeping arrangements.