My DS is 4 months old. He slept in our bed ever since the night he was born. Sometimes he would wake in the middle of the night crying and all it took to make him happy was snuggling closer. It was so sweet. I LOVE him sleeping with us! I work four 10 hour shifts so on those days I really only see him when he's sleeping.
Lately it seems like he doesn't sleep well in our bed anymore. He thrashes around, wakes frequently, and is harder to settle. If I put him in his crib, he'll sleep from 7:30-3:30 (I give him a dream-feed right before I go to sleep).
Honestly, it seems like he sleeps better and my hubby and I sleep better when DS is not with us. But I want him to be ykwim?
He's just changing so much and it makes me sad. For the first 2 months he would only take naps in our arms, then I could rock him to sleep and he'd lay his head on my shoulder. Now when i try to rock him he cries and pulls away until I finally give up and put him down in his crib. Then he lays right down and falls asleep! I know I should be happy that I have such a great, easy napper, but I'd love a few more months of him wanting to be snuggled!
Did anyone's DC go through this and then get over it? I just figured he'd be sleeping with us for at LEAST a year.
His crib is in his own room, about 10 feet from ours. We can hear him as soon as he wakes up. There is no way to sidecar a crib to our bed. We live in an old, tiny house. Our queen size bed is pushed against the wall and there is still only about 3 feet between it and the dresser which is against the other wall.
Lately it seems like he doesn't sleep well in our bed anymore. He thrashes around, wakes frequently, and is harder to settle. If I put him in his crib, he'll sleep from 7:30-3:30 (I give him a dream-feed right before I go to sleep).
Honestly, it seems like he sleeps better and my hubby and I sleep better when DS is not with us. But I want him to be ykwim?
He's just changing so much and it makes me sad. For the first 2 months he would only take naps in our arms, then I could rock him to sleep and he'd lay his head on my shoulder. Now when i try to rock him he cries and pulls away until I finally give up and put him down in his crib. Then he lays right down and falls asleep! I know I should be happy that I have such a great, easy napper, but I'd love a few more months of him wanting to be snuggled!
Did anyone's DC go through this and then get over it? I just figured he'd be sleeping with us for at LEAST a year.
His crib is in his own room, about 10 feet from ours. We can hear him as soon as he wakes up. There is no way to sidecar a crib to our bed. We live in an old, tiny house. Our queen size bed is pushed against the wall and there is still only about 3 feet between it and the dresser which is against the other wall.
