Our baby only slept swaddled in the rock n play for his first 3 monhs. I did worry about his little neck being too scrunched up, but he quickly grew big enough not to worry. We transitioned him to a crib at around 3 months with no problems!

Looking back, I wish I had tried co-sleeping from the beginning, but by the time I tried it he wasn't interested.

My son was like that, too. He started sleeping in the crib at night around 3 months, and started sleeping in the crib for naps around 4-5 months. After that, we never co-slept He's now 2.5, and a great sleeper. The only tricky part is getting him to go to sleep at night sometimes (we usually rock for 5 minutes), getting him to sleep alone in a strange place (he won't), and getting him to go to sleep when he has a babysitter. He also still loves to be carried around everywhere.

My son was exactly like this but he outgrew it on his own around 6 weeks. My daughter never went through this phase, and I sometimes think it had to do with the season. (My son was born in the fall when it was cooler in the house, and my daughter was a June baby.) Who knows? I will say that my son- at age 4- is still an extremely snuggly kid, while my daughter guards her personal space more.

Thanks for the Dr. James McKenna suggestion. He doesn't seem definitive in his advice. But he seems to say cosleeping is okay.

DC was the same, alas. We used one of the arms reach co sleepers (think that was what it was called, it was 6 years ago now) and I slept with my arm IN the sleeper with DC. He was sleeping in a crib by 4 months. Never a good sleeper, mind you, but eventually in a crib in his own room.

Anonymous wrote:Op my 2 year old won't sleep without me. Agh shoot me now!!!

Ugh! That is horrible.

Op my 2 year old won't sleep without me. Agh shoot me now!!!