Topic : Where Should Your Child Sleep?

maybe she isn't comfortable in her new room yet, even though she was fine for a while. She could be dreaming and waking up feeling like she is in an unfamilar place. just another thought. I would suggest a night light and maybe some classical music played softly in her room.

 Just wanted to say that you aren't the only one doing a "horrible" thing by letting your baby sleep on her belly.  Kiwi learned to roll to hers at around 3-4 weeks old, and never went back to her back.  Sure, for the first couple weeks of this I was in her room a few times every hour to roll her to her back, off of her belly, but within minutes, she was back on her belly.  I wasn't really worried about it, she slept on her belly with her head turned to the side, so I knew she wouldn't suffocate or anything.  She will be two in about two months, and still sleeps on her belly everynight, and during every nap.  Short of strapping her down on her back, there was nothing we could do about it, so we let her stay comfy. 

i am a single mom and receiving absolutely NO help from my 3 week old daughters father. I also just recently moved and am in the process of unpacking. I need sleep...I am desperate for this because it is EXHAUSTING doing it all on my own. My daughter sleeps absolutely wonderfully if you hold her, but ten minutes after I put her down she is back up screaming! I don't know what to do. One night she slept in her car seat but that hasn't worked since then. I need any suggestions for getting her to sleep on her own so I can go to sleep too! I tried lavendar lotion too and I tried just letting her cry it out for a few minutes. It seems like nothing works. IF anyone has ANY suggestion please tell me?

I thought that when my child was born, I was going to have him sleep in his crib. Afterall, it was supposed to be safer than co-sleeping. HA! This child absolutely would not have anything to do with his bassinet, much less a crib. At 2 months, we had to move him into our bed just so he wouldn't cry all night. Infact, the night we decided to move him into our bed, at about 3am in the morning, he fell right to sleep. I have attempted to move him to his crib 3 or 4 times since, but to no avail. I used to feel bad about not having him in his own crib, but the first time he woke up before us, and woke me up just babbling away, and smiling at his shadow on the wall at 3 mos, my guilt wilted away. Now, at 10 mos, he is a delight, because unlike us, he wakes us up at nearly the same time every morning, always beating the alarm clock. He will slap at me and pull my hair, "talking" to me. When I wake, he then turns to his Daddy and slaps at him and pulls his hair. And forget about pulling the covers over your head to hide, he'll just pull them off of you! We always wake up happy, how can you not with such a cutie pie greeting you every morning! What does hubby think of this? He was the one who recommended it after not sleeping three night in a row, and he loves waking up to his boy smiling and babbling  to his Dada. Besides, our baby spends most of his time sleeping on Daddy's side of the bed, curled up against his back.

I think co-sleeping with your baby is THE BEST THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why not, he likes it you will get some sleep and when you wake up, you will be rested and calm!!! I had my babies in bed with me until they started to move to much and take up too much space. Sex, just have it in the living room, on the floor, just anywhere. When I was nursing, my boy used to wake up at night in bed with me, find my breast and ............. I would wake up and he would be at it. I got up, burped him and went back to bed(I must say, he used to suck for 1:30 hrs break for 2 and start again, little pig!! lol) My children are now 7 and 4, they both sleep in their own beds and I had absolutly no problems putting them their!! You can't spoil a child with LOVE!! with toys, yes, but not love!!

It isn't true for everyone, not all of us gets a good night sleep with co-sleeping, my kids and I (hubby can sleep through anything,LOL) didn't do all that great with co sleeping, but occasionally was/is ok. We have always had our cuddle times and snuggling together but having my kids in their own beds did wonders for us and they slept through the night at a very early age which I think was very imporant and nursing was no problem.We are all wired differnetly and though I love our snuggley times, I like my bed and being next to the man I married even though I do enjoy my alone times in my bed, all to myself which is gonna happen tonight casue he fell asleep in  another room and I aint wakin him, LOL

I agree with you Jetta. I could never sleep in the same bed as my daughter. When she has been home from the hospital (she was in the NICU for 5 weeks) for a few weeks I couldn't even sleep in the same room as her.

I have a SIL who has been co-sleeping for nearly 2 years now and she and her baby (now 2 kids) are constantly exhausted and cranky...it makes me sad. She feels socially pressured to co-sleep because it's a very trendy thing to do now, but it's not something SHE should be doing. It's obviously NOT working for her family.

I do want to say that I am very glad it worked for you...but depending on the childs personality they CAN become spoiled by sleeping with their parents. My daughter is a picky sleeper like her mom...LOL...I have to keep her sleeping on a very strict routine other wise she doesn't sleep well.

I have a 1 yr old daughter that has been sleeping in our bed since she was 6 months old. Her dad felt bad for her because she had a cold at the time, needless to say when we tried putting her back in her crib she would wake up and it was easier at the time to bring her back to bed since we both worked, he had 2 jobs and I went to school. I would like to break that habit now because I have another one on the way, he'll be here in 2 months. She's become very dependent on somebody being next to her when she sleeps, even for naps. She'll wake up crying when she feels that she's alone. Any advice on how I can get her to sleep in her crib again?