Danarai asked an excellent question the other day and it really got me thinking. Before I had Matthew, I thought bedsharing was careless, lazy and harmful. I wouldn't hesitate to judge anyone if they didn't have a crib for their kid. Then I was pregnant, and struggling lol, freaking out about not having a crib one day, so my mom went out and got one. Fast forward to the day he was born... It was HORROR having the nurses tell me I needed to put him in his bassinet and get some sleep.. It was so hard for me to sleep with him just a foot away, but I listened and kept telling myself it was what's best for his safety. We went home 2 days later and I had a small bassinet and the crib, but I used the bassinet so that he could be on the bed with me. I remember still, feeling like he was too far away. That lasted for 3 weeks, until one day Matthew was in the crib so I could really sleep because I was EXTREMELY exhausted and accidentally sleep walked him into bed to nurse with me while I slept. I woke up and realized he was nursing, and had absolutely no memory of getting him out of the bassinet. I was terrified. I still thought bedsharing was horrible. I posted about the incident and my friends laughed and said their kids have slept with them, and a lot of moms sleepwalk lol. I thought long and hard about the whole thing, decided that I need to sleep when Matthew sleeps, and as an added bonus he can nurse while we both sleep?!?!! I was sold. We have been bedsharing since and I'll never look back. ♥
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