Is this co sleeping?

[Anonymous]

If I put my baby down drowsy but awake and he falls asleep on his own for 4 hours then wakes up multiple times after that first feeding (4 mo the old) and then I bring him into bed with me from 4a - 7am.....are we "co sleeping" or not really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I put my baby down drowsy but awake and he falls asleep on his own for 4 hours then wakes up multiple times after that first feeding (4 mo the old) and then I bring him into bed with me from 4a - 7am.....are we "co sleeping" or not really?

I tend to think of it as a more deliberate thing, like you planned it and you want it that way, not you have to and are hoping to stop doing it.

[Anonymous]

Not really.

[Anonymous]

Op here....that is exactly what I was thinking. Thank you! It's definitely not deliberate or planned, I'm just terribly exhausted!

[Anonymous]

Do whatever gets you the most sleep

[Anonymous]

Eh, I did this and called it co sleeping. But, who cares what it's called. Get sleep however you can!

[Anonymous]

Definitely co sleeping. A lot of cosleepers didn't mean to or want to. Why not just put him back in his bed? Or set up a pack n play in your room?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I put my baby down drowsy but awake and he falls asleep on his own for 4 hours then wakes up multiple times after that first feeding (4 mo the old) and then I bring him into bed with me from 4a - 7am.....are we "co sleeping" or not really?

I tend to think of it as a more deliberate thing, like you planned it and you want it that way, not you have to and are hoping to stop doing it.

??? No one HAS to, and if they hope to stop doing it, they should stop doing it.

[Anonymous]

Yes it's called cosleeping

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely co sleeping. A lot of cosleepers didn't mean to or want to. Why not just put him back in his bed? Or set up a pack n play in your room?

NP. I do it because my DS wakes up the minute you move him. Or if I move. He sleeps in 20 minute bursts through the day unless I nap next to him, and he is super tired and cranky.

I miss being able to get out of bed.

[Anonymous]

This is what I did and I called it cosleeping/bedsharing.

Purely from a safety perspective, I would err on the side of thinking of yourself as cosleeping, so you're more likely to adjust your habits for safe bedsharing. Have one firmer pillow up high, no super fluffy pillow top mattress, keep your blankets tucked around your knees, and wear tighter fitting clothes and pull long hair back. So baby is in effect sleeping on a firm, flat surface with a tight fitting sheet, plus you next to him. I think it's more dangerous to "accidentally" fall asleep every night with the baby in your bed or in the glider, and not adjust your sleeping habits to follow safety guidelines.

General rules for safe bedsharing from LLL:

http://breastfeeding.support/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Safe_Sleep_7_leaflet-w.jpg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh, I did this and called it co sleeping. But, who cares what it's called. Get sleep however you can!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, I did this and called it co sleeping. But, who cares what it's called. Get sleep however you can!

+1

+2 I did not want to co-sleep indefinitely so I started being very intentional about putting baby back in the crib at 6 months.

[Anonymous]

It's co sleeping. And a terrible habit to break unless you plan on doing this for as long as the child would like to. I had to move my child at 9 months out of our room because of husbands new crazy schedule and him disrupting our child's sleep. It was a bad habit to break. If I had to do it again, I wouldn't have done this.

[Anonymous]

You are co-sleeping from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m.