Co-sleeping, will I regret it?

[AnaKristina]

My baby has been co-sleeping since 3 weeks old. Now he is 7 weeks old. Would not settle in his next to me crib and I gave in. Those mum's that have experience in co-sleeping could you share your opinions? I think this will be for 1 or 2 years and may not be such a sacrifice if he is happy as it's time limited. Daddy has moved out to a second bedroom. Not sure should I try training him back to his cot which he seems to hate. Should I try Moses basket as it's cosier as opposed to the large and cold next to me crib. He is bottle-fed.

The only think about asking for advice is that your baby will do as it pleases anyway. What worked with DS1 didnt work for DS2.

I always took the default of going with the flow and taking my cues from my baby. It worked out ok in the end.

Absolutely not my intent at all. I've struggled with a baby who literally didn't sleep more than an hour day or night until he was 18m. I know how hard it is, and it is hard . He had feeding troubles too, and that made everything worse.

What I think, looking back on that time now is that I drove myself to the edge with exhaustion and trying to change stuff that I had no control over. I couldn't change his sleep - I tried everything (even the hospital specialists) for sleep and everything for feeding. Nothing worked - they just get it when they get it and seven weeks is really young. They are barely even born by them and them wanting to be next to you is totally normal. So it's not a problem in the sense that there's nothing wrong per se.

A co sleeper crib is a great idea, but they are unlikely to settle perfectly in it immediately - it takes time for them to get used to stuff.

For feeding, seven weeks is a really hard place. I remember that being a tough time. Big growth spurts, increasing demand etc. It was one of the toughest times.

My point, which I think didn't come across well is that is can be so hard in the beginning but a lot of these behaviours are completely normal. When I adjusted my expectations things got easier because I was no longer railing against something I couldn't change.

Thank you. Means a lot!

You'll only regret it if you don't put your foot down properly when it stops working for you both. Otherwise it's totally fine.