Back pain
Hiya mamas! I’m 6 months pp and cosleeping (I have ben trying to get my boy to sleep in his next to me but he wakes up on transfers - it is a constant struggle) but my back is absolutely killing me! Am I the only one?! How can I try and help my baby settle in his own sleep space? I’ve tried feet first, holding him close until he is down, even me leaning into the next to me so I can feed him to sleep then I move after he’s asleep but he wakes up within 5 mins😭. He was doing so well in the next to me at about 4 months then got a cold then started teething so trying to start again now he’s settling better again but I’m so uncomfortable I want to cry😭
I think I’m looking for sympathy and solutions😂😂
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What worked for me with baby #2 was when we moved out of the Moses basket I got a cheap Ikea cot and took one side off of it, levelled it out to the same height at my bed and pushed them together against the wall with no gap. Then I would feed her to sleep in her space so that I could then remove myself once she was asleep.
I thought it would work with the next to me thing but it doesn’t go flat so I’m not really using that this time round, it’s great for storage though!! My back is also killing me.
Only 7’ish weeks PP but SAMEEE, why is it so painful?! We’ve started giving baby a bottle before bed so we can see that he’s definitely getting a good feed (fed from the boob in the day), and he will do a 3-4hr stretch in his next to me but when he wakes up early hours he will not go back down which is when I join team co-sleep 😅 x
I’m 20 weeks pp and the back pain is horrendous, I had back labour and now my ribs have shifted on one side so left side of my ribs are lower then my right ribs and my right shoulder blade comes out of place constantly nothing has helped me 😭😭
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Hiya mamas! I’m 6 months pp and cosleeping (I have ben trying to get my boy to sleep in his next to me but he wakes up on transfers - it is a constant struggle) but my back is absolutely killing me! Am I the only one?! How can I try and help my baby settle in his own sleep space? I’ve tried feet first, holding him close until he is down, even me leaning into the next to me so I can feed him to sleep then I move after he’s asleep but he wakes up within 5 mins😭. He was doing so well in the next to me at about 4 months then got a cold then started teething so trying to start again now he’s settling better again but I’m so uncomfortable I want to cry😭
I think I’m looking for sympathy and solutions😂😂
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