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Bump Fun
http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/61538756.aspx
She climbs into the crib with her kid.
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I'd put a mattress on the floor in an empty room before I'd consider climbing in a crib. I mean, I'm 5'10, 155 to begin with, so there's no way I'd consider that safe or comfortable, but...there needs to be balance between the child's needs and the parent's needs. The child needs sleep, I get that, but I don't see why that can't happen with the mom standing next to the crib and patting her back.
Besides, cribs are baby jails, not parent jails. :-P
Reminds me of this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLErNXIYjMg
That's exactly what makes me believe that method won't actually work as well as they think it will.
A-f*cking-men. Not that I don't do everything I can for Sophia but sometimes I need to come first and if that means putting her in the crib and patting her butt instead of climbing on in with her than so be it.
Stuff like that is just crazy to me, I admit we were blessed with a sleepy baby, I had a c-section so DH bought a bassinet but after three weeks Ziva was sleeping in her own crib and I would get up to breastfeed her at night.
I would never even think to get into her crib with her ever, it just seems so damn dangerous.
Maybe I'm short or we have a big crib but there is no way I could easily climb in and out of it. Plus I'm pretty sure Emme would blacken my eye. She's a wiggler and likes her space.
That story is just bizarre. Why not just bed share in your own bed?
That was my first thought too. My kid wakes up if I so much as bump the crib when walking back out of the room, let alone moving the mattress enough to get in and out of the crib (not that I've ever gotten into his crib in the first place).
The whole situation just seems weird to me.
Wow.
Although, I co-sleep with BOTH babies (in my bed) 75% of the time (they nap in their cribs though), so I guess that's just as flamable.
Meh. I wouldn't do it but I don't see the big deal either. I'm not going to judge, we all need to do whatever it takes sometimes to get the baby to sleep and if that's what works for her, then so be it. Not my baby, not my problem.
And I'll admit the first few nights I had my baby I put a mattress on the floor next to his crib (he wouldn't sleep in the pack/play next to my bed) and camped out in his room to nurse him to sleep and then when he fell into deep sleep, I would quickly put him in his crib. I had a friend tell me she thought it was weird I was cooped up in his room all the time but whatever, it worked for me at the time.
I used to side eye the hell out of co-sleepers now... :::whispers::: I like it and wish T would let me do it more.
*raises hand* I was the same way. It scared the hell out of me but after a particularly exhausting night, when C woke up in the morning, I took him to my bed to nurse and we both slept so soundly after that. And I loved feeling so close to him.
M works nights, so I am 100% on my own. The first few months I just needed them with me at all times. They slept more soundly with me and I loved having them so close. From month 4-8 they woke 1-2 times a night to feed. It was just easier to have them in bed with me.
I LOVE co-sleeping. I'll definitely do it with our next too.
Now we're about 25% in the crib and 75% in bed with me. We're starting to transition to crib more though. I hate it, but they need their own space when they sleep and M is going back to days, so having 4 people in one bed sucks.
I'll admit I side eyed a lot of stuff before I was a mom. Now, all bets are off
Right!? I'm learning you do whatever works for you and your family. Every baby is different, there's no one size that fits all. Today I said eff it and fed my baby without a nursing cover while in line for something. He was screaming and I didn't have my cover on me. I did my best to be discreet and didn't show anything but still got a few side-eyes. Whatever though, those people will get their chance, haha.
I hated the nursing covers. I say let it all hang out. Your baby needs to eat, that's the most important thing
I think the problem here is that she is not giving her child the time needed to adjust and actually learn to put itself to sleep