AIBU to let my 8 week old baby to sleep on me in evening because I enjoy cuddles too or is this detrimental to future sleep habits?

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She sleeps in her cot ok and will nap through out the day on me or on bed, wherever but her evening sleep until proper bed time at 11pm is mainly on me on sofa whilst watching tv. Now I enjoy this cuddle time but I'm worried it might not be good for her sleep routines overall? I don't want to have bad habits!!!

THIS is the whole point of having babies. Enjoy it.

I think you should feel immensely guilty and make up for it by giving her to me

I did exactly the same with my two. DS was and is an amazing sleeper. DD a nightmare sleeper but I don't think that's anything to do with my cuddling her.

You're making her as secure as possible and that goes a long way!

I'd judge you if you didn't!

My eldest DD is 26 and I still regret listening to the midwife and exH who said she should be fed every 4 hours and put back in her cot/pram in between. Do what feels right for you and enjoy every precious moment of it.

People with poor sleepers including those who previously slept well should read up on sleep regressions. Changing sleeping patterns is entirely normal during the
first couple of years, especially when you add in teething etc, and usually coincide with developmental leaps then settle down again. Knowing this won't make your child sleep better but might help you rationalise it and cope better. Mine didn't really sleep through more or less consistently til around 10 months but still has spells of disrupted sleep now at 18 months.

My DD was exactly the same. Late night snuggles on me. (Watched lots of TV and read too!)
She is now 4 and sleeps about 12 hours at night!

I wish ine could do this now.

When I did this with my DS my MIL and SIL gave dire warnings about 'bad habits' etc and when I fed/cuddled DS to sleep during the day they would even try to take him off me to put him to sleep 'properly' in the pram etc. Well out of many friends and family (including SIL 2 kids) my DS is the happiest, best sleeper of them all!! If you are still doing it when your child is 8 years old then maybe rethink!
Enjoy this precious time with your newborn, do what's right for you and your baby and smile and nod if anyone says otherwise!!