Hi girls
I've been on here recently seeking advice about my newborns incessant feeding . I've decided to take your helpful advice and go with the flow in the hope that it'll get better soon. Thankyou all for that.
The thing is now though, I have another worry to add to the squilions that I've had since the day she was born.......As I mentioned on my other thread, she hates to be put down awake, and even if she's put down asleep, she manages to wake up pretty soon demanding food or to be held. I've found that I end up having her in the bed with me for most, if not all of the night, as I fall asleep when she's feeding and dont tend to completely wake up until her next one. The plus side of this is that I'm managing to get a relatively decent nights sleep while she helps herself at the milk bar. I tell myself every night that I'll sit up straight in the bed and feed her while I'm fully awake, but given that she has epic feeds, followed by needing to be held to sleep, I can see this may take well over an hour each time.
My main worries about co-sleeping are:
- My DP or I may roll over and harm her (both non-smokers, not on medication etc)
- She may eventually refuse to settle herself or go into her own cot.
I quite like having her next to me at the moment, but I'm not keen for this to be a permanent solution, (I realise she is still only tiddly- 2 wks old!) and I would feel much safer if she was tucked up in her own basket beside me.
What do you girls reckon?
-Is it dangerous to have babies in bed with you?
-can you spoil such a small baby? ( my mum is doing my head in with this)
- also, can you overfeed a bf baby? (also hearing this from do-goooders who can't believe how much she is feeding)
- Should I insist that she is goes back into her basket?
Thanks for any advice you may have
x pingu