tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post4639248529868495731..comments2023-04-07T08:38:53.913-07:00Comments on HankandLucy: jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103047512463828864noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post-53536509404128941432012-03-13T09:14:27.948-07:002012-03-13T09:14:27.948-07:00I appreciate you writing out all of your experienc...I appreciate you writing out all of your experiences...pleasant and not so. Its so helpful!!! I am 34 weeks pregnant and trying to plan for just about anything our little spud will bring us. I appreciate honesty and openness on blogs. So thanks!! Now i'm going to your breastfeeding post to educate myself!Lindsey [homegrown spud]https://www.blogger.com/profile/00523325327018479357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post-25675030430235892892012-03-01T07:59:00.813-08:002012-03-01T07:59:00.813-08:00Just wanted to chime in to say that I think this i...Just wanted to chime in to say that I think this is your best post yet. Love it.Sid.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15454696188357679253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post-81310801943955663612012-02-28T12:10:28.680-08:002012-02-28T12:10:28.680-08:00I ended up with a co-sleeper bassinet before my da...I ended up with a co-sleeper bassinet before my daughter was born because I wanted her close to me, but was too afraid of what might happen to her squished between me and my husband. The first couple of weeks, she slept on top of me, and I'm not sure which one of us needed it more. She seemed so tiny and lost in the expansiveness of the bassinet (which wasn't really so expansive, she was just so tiny) and I didn't have the heart to set her down in it, especially when she preferred to sleep on me. Then she grew a little and was easily set into the bassinet after I nursed her to sleep, plus I was having the same fears as Clairsy above, delirious and waking frequently with fears she'd been rolled upon when she was in bed with us (or even when she wasn't). So, eventually the co-sleeper bed worked out nicely for us, giving us all our own space, but also the nearness and ease for breastfeeding. <br /><br />Recently at 6 months baby M started waking much more frequently, and I thought it had been because we had weaned her arms out of the swaddle (she was rolling on her tummy and I felt they needed to be out so she could move around better). But it turns out she just needed a little more space to get comfortable. We borrowed a pack-n-play for a trip last weekend and she slept awesome with enough room to roll freely (and eventually onto her tummy). I guess she has officially now grown out of the mini-cosleeper bassinet. Bittersweet!yellow buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653080819363054147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post-14835744721740777152012-02-28T11:59:39.104-08:002012-02-28T11:59:39.104-08:00thanks for this. we co-sleep w ramona and though i...thanks for this. we co-sleep w ramona and though it makes some things easier i was recently starting to worry that it would be years until she slept through the night or slept without my boob in her mouth! <br /><br />things change week-to-week, and i'm glad you address that here. there are some mornings we wake up and pat ourselves on the back for how awesome of a sleeper she is. and then she brings us back to reality the next night by waking up a ton, nursing for (what seems like) hours on end, and waking up bright-eyed and bushy tailed at 4:00. <br /><br />ramona will, one day, sleep through the night. just like you and i and everyone else has. somedays i can't wait for that to happen (naturally) other days i i can't bear the thought of one day not having my little bean in bed with my hubby and me.<br /><br />great post. thank you.emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02997512056399112658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post-4607049559634778392012-02-27T23:42:54.118-08:002012-02-27T23:42:54.118-08:00I was quite interested in co-sleeping, until I got...I was quite interested in co-sleeping, until I got Gus home and realised it would never feel right to me because even if I fed him in bed and put him back in his bassinet I would wake minutes later FREAKING OUT I'd left him in there somewhere and he was suffocating (I was so exhausted and delirious and slightly prone to hallucination - I thought the back of my husband's head was Gus once). Even 3 months later if we nap together I wake constantly freaking out he has a sheet on his face or will roll off or something.<br />I don't quite get how it works? How do you have to set up the bed - like have no covers and pillows near them? Does it have to be against a wall so they don't fall out? And baby in-between you and partner or just on your side? I'm convinced my husband would crush Gus within minutes - he's always elbowing me in the head.Clairsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325228052380001322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post-30681409259630191882012-02-27T11:40:47.419-08:002012-02-27T11:40:47.419-08:00Great post! We expected to co-sleep, but ended up ...Great post! We expected to co-sleep, but ended up using a Moses basket next to the bed instead. Now she's in a crib, but I can tell you that being there hasn't cured her night wakings. They just gradually got better with time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post-40162250183884892872012-02-27T09:35:00.137-08:002012-02-27T09:35:00.137-08:00mothers way back in the day used to co-sleep. it p...mothers way back in the day used to co-sleep. it part of survival.<br />i too bought a crib, and have never used it..6 years and two boys later..<br />i have enjoyed co-sleeping, and breastfeeding. I could not imagine any other way. I am very very aware that my baby is in bed with me, and have yet to have anything bad happen.<br />I find it natural, comforting, bonding, and a way to get a fuller nights rest, for everyone!<br />(i also read that babies who co-sleep, have less risk with SIDS)<br />wonderful post!<br />-mThe Waitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269308311920314326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post-78533402045023767052012-02-27T09:29:19.239-08:002012-02-27T09:29:19.239-08:00@williamsburgbaby i think it is a philosophy for m...@williamsburgbaby i think it is a philosophy for many, and a survival strategy for even more. (and one leads to the other.)<br /><br />i will just add that, i think crib babies probably *do* sleep better. no, not their whole lives. but maybe between 6months- 2 years or something. <br /><br />and as i have pointed out a million times, yeah, i'd love it if we could sleep through the night. but not enough to pay the price it would cost us and our (kind of) high needs poor sleeper. disclaimer is of course, we could change our minds at any time. ;)<br /><br />ps in related news, the last few nights henry has been doing CRAZY acrobatics in his sleep, and not waking up. this might be the start of a new sleep habit.... hmmm.....<br /><br />*jamie (i am too lazy to sign out. and sign back in. sue me.)rad and in lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294615236239850075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769679620300509803.post-80530901845954396812012-02-27T09:14:49.351-08:002012-02-27T09:14:49.351-08:00Thanks for your post. I had often assumed that co-...Thanks for your post. I had often assumed that co-sleeping was a philosophy (rather than a survival strategy!) Where I live, a lot of people are downright militant about co-sleeping, and see the other option (a crib) as practically child abuse. My feeling now is that I'd like that little bit of space, but perhaps I'll change my mind for sanity's sake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com