I found out last night that I am just not ready to transition her to spending more time in her own crib. Madi is almost 4 months old and has been cosleeping with dh and I since her first night home. She sleeps in our bed, right between us. This has been ideal for the last 4 months. If one of us got up (like when dh goes to work) he places a large pillow in his spot just in case she figured out how to roll over. Last night I had intended to have some quiet (*wink*) time with dh so when Madi fell asleep, I laid her down in her crib.... it didn't work. Snuggled with dh for about 5 minutes before feeling guilty that Madi was all alone in her room. Even dh missed her and told me "I've gotten so used to her being there" So, obviously I'm not ready for her to transition and I'm not sure dh is either.
Unfortunatly rolling over isn't the problem... she's scooting. I have found dh sleeping on the last two inches of the mattress and she's got herself all the way over beside him. I slide her back to the center of teh bed and we're good for the night. However some mornings I wake up before she does. I have a 3 and 4 year old also so I can't just lay there until Madi wakes up, I have to tend to the other two as well.... this morning it became glaringly obvious that I need to do something different because I was in the living room with the older two and thought I heard something from my bedroom and my mama's intuition started going mad so I ran to my bedroom to find Madi had scooted herself all the way to the headboard and gotten her head UNDER dh's pillow. Scared the fire out of me! Thank GOD I heard her (normally I can't hear anything thats not directly in front of me thanks to being around too many generators in the Army).
What do I do mama's? I don't know that I can find a co-sleeper that goes in my bed and I don't have room for a basinet beside my bed. I'm not ready for her to leave my bed, but if its the safest thing for her (because of lack of other options coupled with other obligations) then thats what we'll have to do.
Unfortunatly rolling over isn't the problem... she's scooting. I have found dh sleeping on the last two inches of the mattress and she's got herself all the way over beside him. I slide her back to the center of teh bed and we're good for the night. However some mornings I wake up before she does. I have a 3 and 4 year old also so I can't just lay there until Madi wakes up, I have to tend to the other two as well.... this morning it became glaringly obvious that I need to do something different because I was in the living room with the older two and thought I heard something from my bedroom and my mama's intuition started going mad so I ran to my bedroom to find Madi had scooted herself all the way to the headboard and gotten her head UNDER dh's pillow. Scared the fire out of me! Thank GOD I heard her (normally I can't hear anything thats not directly in front of me thanks to being around too many generators in the Army).
What do I do mama's? I don't know that I can find a co-sleeper that goes in my bed and I don't have room for a basinet beside my bed. I'm not ready for her to leave my bed, but if its the safest thing for her (because of lack of other options coupled with other obligations) then thats what we'll have to do.
