Basically since we brought Jack home from the hospital he has been a good sleeper. At the beginning we would wake him up every four hours to feed him since he was a premie, but he would always go right back to sleep. Then at about 5 months he got too big for his bassinet and he moved into his crib in the nursery. And again, he slept great, usually getting up once a night for my husband (I work overnights).
But the past few nights, on my nights off, have been anything but easy. Jack hasn’t been wanting to sleep until about 9:30pm, falling asleep in our arms or getting sleepy. We put him in his crib and about an hour later he wakes up. This continues through the night, eventually ending up with him only wanting to fall asleep in our arms. So we’ve been letting him sleep in bed with us. I’m sort of torn on co-sleeping. First of all, it terrifies me…but then I started reading about attachment parenting and it does seem so natural. I definitely don’t want to do it all the time, but I feel like if he needs us right now them I’m going to let him lead us to what he wants. I want to set boundaries, but right now I think he’s too young for that and just wants to be close to us. However, I am tired and don’t think that I could sleep like this forever. We’ll see how the next few nights go.
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