Cosleeping

So my 5 month old sleeps in a portable bassinet between myself and my husband every night. He's so good, he sleeps the whole night with both of us each holding one of his hands. My husband wants him to start sleeping in his crib but I honestly love him being with me. I sleep so much better knowing he's right there with me. The times I have tried to put him in his crib he screams and I feel so awful. I also sit there watching the monitor and don't ever get any sleep. I feel like I am being selfish because I want him to stay in the bed with me. I get that in the long run it's better for him to learn to sleep in his crib in his own room but I am just so not ready and he doesn't seem to be either. Is there ever really a good time to make the change? Anyone else dealing with this?

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He’s still so little and it’s the biological norm to sleep with our babies. X

My advice is get rid of the portable bassinet. It’s more of a hazard than anything. I’d look into safe cosleeping and decide if your mattress is safe enough and if you can set your bed up safely. If you can, I would. If not, I’d move him to a floor bed you can sleep with him on and hubby can sleep alone 🤣 I love co sleeping personally. There are soooo many benefits! And if you enjoy it I would continue, explain to your husband why it’s important and that it’s such a great bond for you and baby. It’s amazing for baby’s development.

Could he sleep with just your hand then? At your side of the bed?

If your husband doesn’t want to anymore I understand that but you can if you want to x

The time to make the change is when both you and the baby are ready for it. For me it was at 6 months, I felt we would both sleep better separately since he was bigger but it was my decision and not my husband’s since he sleeps like a brick anyway. Still nowadays if he wakes up in the middle of the night, he comes to bed with me.

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