Alcohol and co-sleeping with an older baby..

[nicholeraine]

I'm just wondering where everyone stands on this.. my son is almost 14 months old.. and he only sleeps if he's in bed with me. He can't do sleep overs at his grandma's, even though he is really attached to her.. he ends up wanting me around midnight and nobody else will do..

I didn't drink any alcohol for the first year of his life because it just made me uncomfortable with breastfeeding and him being so tiny. But a couple weeks ago I had one drink at 8 PM on a full stomach while he was at home with my sister, came home at 12 AM not feeling having felt any different from the drink, and breastfed him before falling asleep next to him.

My sister is having a celebration for finishing her first year of college this Saturday, and I'll be over and hoping to have 1 or 2 drinks.. My son will be here too. I was thinking of having my drinks shortly after dinner(so around 6-7), having my mom(who wont be drinking) lay him down for bed since he'll want to nurse if I do it.. and then giving myself until midnight again to sober up.. I'm just wondering how everyone feels about co-sleeping with your 14 month old, after a drink or two, once several hours have passed... I want to plan things out to make sure I am definitely not tipsy at all when I lay down to go to sleep.

[akind1]

I have had one drink before and coslept that night (and nursed) granted, not a strong one - a frozen magarita - but co-sleeping for us generally isn't sharing a bed the whole night.DS goes to sleep in his co-sleeper the first half and if he wakes to nurse then he stays in bed with us the rest of the night. so by the time he would join us I am pretty sure most of the the alcohol would have left my system.

I think this may be up to you - if you only have one or two drinksand don't feel impaired, then I say go for it. How drinks affect us is such an individual thing - some may feel tipsy after one (me, if it is on an empty stomach! which is why I always have a drink with meals, if I am going to drink) others don't notice any difference.

it is whatever you'll feel comfortable with, really.

[aussiemum]

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it in the context that you described. It sounds like you have a very good sense of awareness about your own body & that you are very careful. Have a lovely time celebrating with your sister and family.

[Baby_Cakes]

Since you haven't been drinking much this past year, you probably want to have one drink and see how you feel. You might not *need* two to feel it. I used to be able to have a few beers or 2 cocktails and maybe feel something -- now all it takes is 1 glass of wine or 1 margarita and I'm down for the count!

Just see how you feel. Personally if I had that drink around dinner and then went to bed at 11 or 12 I would feel perfectly fine sleeping next to my daughter. You seem responsible and aren't planning on getting completely intoxicated or anything.

Have fun!

[Louisep]

Originally Posted by aussiemum

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it in the context that you described. It sounds like you have a very good sense of awareness about your own body & that you are very careful. Have a lovely time celebrating with your sister and family.

[liliaceae]

Sounds fine to me.