Co sleeping help
I really didn't want to go down this route as there is are so many negatives to it and the NHS don't advise but I feel a very sleep deprived mumma is almost just as unsafe. I have done the research into co sleeping, ensuring my duvet is on me waist down, c curl position etc. But I have a tempur mattress. It is memory foam type that moulds to your body and when you first sleep in one, takes months of getting used to albeit incredibly comfy. Obviously, babies should always be sleeping in a firm mattress. My question is, how do I go about co sleeping with a type of mattress that is completely advised against having your newborn sleep on? Have you just cracked on and co slept despite your mattress being completely incorrect for a baby? I'm worried about bones/spine developing incorrectly if we do this.
My baby is 5 weeks old and I have tried everything - as most of you with your little ones, she won't sleep anywhere but on someone. She needs the contact all the time. Have tried next2me, bassinet, baby box, swaddles. Even through the day she will cry as soon as I pop her down while I quickly go to pee, or hang up washing etc. So co sleeping at night is my last resort i think unless anyone has any other suggestions?
Help a v tired mumma out please 😪❤️ thanks girls x
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I’ve co-slept with both of my babies - it works really well for our family and we’ve always got more sleep this way. It’s also how nature designed us to sleep!
I personally wouldn’t have baby sleep on a soft mattress though. The soft mattress is a positional asphyxiation risk. Your two options I guess would be a firm mattress topper or could you get a firm mattress for babies nursery and you sleep on that with baby and leave your partner in bed? x
What about a firm mattress topper? X
What about a floor bed for babies room you can sleep on? It'll last years for them growing up and you can sleep in that with them on a firm mattress and after 6 months start going back to your own bed when baby allows it 😅 🛏️
It doesn't have to be fancy and expensive. I just got Amazon £60 slats that are low and then the mattress, that bit was expensive 🫰
I have seen people recommend a yoga mat under the sheet? I haven’t done myself and I’m not too sure on how they do it - maybe baby on yoga mat bit and you alongside?
I could have written this myself, we are 7 weeks old now and have been cosleeping from about 3-4 weeks. It’s still tiring waking up a few times a night but my gosh I feel like a real functioning human! I was sitting up all night trying to get him to settle in his Moses basket but we’re both doing so much better now! I’m going to keep offering the travel cot (long boy has grown out the Moses now!) for the first sleep of the night and hopefully in time he’ll get there!
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