This thread will discuss co sleeping - if you’re not a fan or have nothing positive to say, hit that back button now :) I am a second time parent, have been there and done that when it comes to sleep deprivation, being told to sleep train, anti co-sleeping, making a rod for my own back etc. I don’t need to hear it again - so please carry on reading if you promise not to mention any of the above!
I have a 6 month old baby. She has been in the next2me since birth. As a newborn she slept well, since 3 months she has been very wakeful and I end up just bringing her into bed with me (safely) and we co sleep, as it means we’re just getting sleep. I also have a 3 year old who still wakes at night (he was a horrendous sleeper too). She is now getting more vocal, loud, fidgety and tactile - her hands are everywhere at night, flailing around, scratching, hitting me, grabbing my face, and then there’s the shouting and the crying (she still has 1-2 feeds overnight). When she is next to me she is constantly reaching out for me, it feels like she is checking I am there.
I really would like to move her to her own room as I am now disturbing her, she is disturbing me and sleep is even worse as a result of it. Does anyone have any tips for achieving this in such (I mean in this instance the best way) a needy little tactile baby who wants to hold you/grab you all night?
I try and give her a teddy but she gets overstimulated and starts playing with it. She loves a muslin on her face when she sleeps but obviously that’s not safe to leave her with. I’m racking my brain trying to think of a non stimulating but safe comforter for her to hold but I just don’t know what. She puts everything on her face so it can’t be a suffocation risk.
And just any other tips or hopeful words would be great. I really hoped we’d get it easier second time round but apparently we just breed children that don’t sleep. 🙃
Thanks in advance x