Co sleeping / bedside crib

[MaltedMilk88]

Help!

My dd is 7 weeks old and we seem to have gotten into a co sleeping routine sort of accidentally
She was having a really rough few nights around the 5-6 week mark and I realised if I just plonked her down next to me after feeding in our bed she would zonk out for a minimum of 3 hours. I was very sleep deprived at the time and let her get on with it and this have been doing since, easier to get her down at night and throughout after feeds..

HOWEVER I don’t want this long term and have been thinking before it becomes too much of a habit then start to get her back in her crib. Only problem is in the crib (snuzpod bedside) she flings her arms about, stirs like crazy and I have to hold her hand and rest a hand on her stomach to keep her calm (if I don’t within 10 mins she is awake) with me getting next to no sleep!
She is calm as a cucumber in our bed... why not the crib?

Is this something she will grow out of and therefore do you think I’m good co sleeping for another few weeks or so OR try to nip this in the bud now..

Thanks xx

She's teeny tiny and wants to be next to you! The Snuzpod is basically like pushing her out of the cave and into the path of saber-toothed tigers (as far as your baby is hard-wired to behave).

I would just go with what works, don't worry about habits – again, teeny tiny! – she'll do something different in a couple of weeks. My daughter migrates in and out of her Snuzpod; we had a phase where I could even zip up the side and revel in the duvet, lately she'll only sleep right up against me, though last night she changed it again and decided "starfish position, with one hand resting on boob just to check" was the way to go.

If you don't want to be cosleeping on a family floor bed when she's six you don't have to, but I wouldn't give it a moment's thought at seven weeks. Just get some lovely sleep.

It all depends on the child! I co-slept with DD till 8 months then started putting her in her cot and she refused to co sleep after that, even when she was ill, i think in the 2 years since then shes probably slept in our bed 1 or 2 times.

Were as my niece co-slept with my sister and still gets in her bed now at 7 years old 🤦🏻‍♀️😂