So many mamas (statistically proven) bed share because it’s the most practical thing when breastfeeding and nobody admits it bc it’s taboo, but cultures all over the world don’t have the luxury of multi-room houses and do this. it’s so much better for all the reasons you stated but it’s ridiculous to be ashamed of it when there are so many benefits and ways to do it safely- and you can keep your eyes on your baby. As a breastfeeding mama of 4 I agree with everything you said.
I don’t understand why people expect a baby to be independent to be honest. I feel like we discourage babies from being babies and kids from being kids. I slept with my parents as a child because I felt the safest with them and eventually grew out of it. I loved it and turned out just fine lol. If anything, i feel very emotionally close with my mom and dad even as an adult
I knew i wanted to cosleep from the begging. Thankfully I have been, its been a game changer to sleep. at first we struggled with side laying breastfeeding because i was too engorged for her to latch. Now that my supply has regulated its been so restful.
This was so helpful. I’ve been struggling with my 5 month old and dreading bedtime. I feed him in our bed through the night and move him back into his crib but I’ve fallen asleep a few times and now he only wants to sleep in our bed. I have felt guilty for creating bad habits but this made me feel like it’s okay to not stress it. And you’re so right. These days are short and they don’t last forever. One day they won’t even want to sleep with us anymore. 😭
This is my first and she’s only 1 month old and I literally cosleep the way you do and it’s been working very well thus far and my daughter sleeps longer when we sleep that way. It makes me feel better to hear a mom of 4 sleeps this way as well.
My baby girl is 1 months old and I love love co sleep with my baby girl and she has been doing great with gassy lately. Thanks a lot for this advice I appreciate it 🥰
I just wanted to say that Ive been following you ever since I found out that i was pregnant with my 4th kid. And watched all of your videos. And I also wanted to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! For making the video about postpartum items. I just had my baby on Thursday and ive already had used the pants and the belly bands together and they worked wonders!! When a couple friends had picked us up at the hospital yesterday, they comment that i looked really good! So again, thank you for recommending them!!! Keep up the good work! You are doing awesome mama!!😁😁 I will be rewatching all your videos from the time that Knox was born 9 months ago! I love your videos!! And again, thanks again for recommending them!! Keep the videos coming!!
I've heard that Mama's brain actually goes through changes that make it hard for them to actually roll onto baby when next to them.... Not that it eliminates the possibility... But I think it's so amazing how we just adjust to baby in ways we don't even realize when it happens.... I've also heard our sleep cycles match baby's in the begining....
I absolutely love when they wake up open their eyes and just smile the biggest smile, I’ve co-sleep with all 3, not so much my second, as I didn’t have a big bed then, but even though crib is 2 feet from my side of the bed he just sleeps so much better when in our bed.
We have a sidecar crib but our 7 month old sleeps with us instead lol! Definitely been great. I've done research on it and the history of baby sleep, just did more research last night. I find it interesting! From what I understand, before electricity, indoor heating, ect. it was normal to sleep with your baby. People didn't have their own specific bedrooms, houses weren't as big as they are now. So sleeping in a separate room from baby is a pretty new invention that started maybe 100-200 years ago. Personally I feel like we as humans are still hardwired to sleep with our babies and baby with momma. We try to work our way around nature with pacifiers and such (not that I'm against them! If my baby would take one I'd be using it lol, makes life easier for mama). It's still common around the world to share a bed, for example in Japan and Korea. It feels very natural to me to sleep with my baby and we're happy with it!
I was so afraid at first when I fell aslepp with my baby because I was so tired(it's my first baby) and now I co-sleep with her when she wakes up for food in the middle of the night. Love breastfeeding laying down 🥰
Yes mama!! Been sleeping with my baby and we're all so much happier this way. We're 4 m in and I've started doing bedtime in the crib once she's ready to eat we side lie. I think once she's able to make it through the night then she will be in her room. I love the snuggles soo much. I wondered what this would look like as she gets older but for our breastfeeding journey this is the way we trive 🥰
Thank you for this. My babe is a week old and I have been co-sleeping because I had a csection and haven't been able to get up and out of bed by myself. All of the info you shared has helped me immensely as I went into it not knowing a whole lot. Thank you for normalizing it!
@@Kiki-ck2fg sorry I am just now seeing this comment. I hope you're doing well and feeling recovered at this point! I have so much more respect now for anyone who has a csection 💛
We started at the 4 month progression and it has been a gameeee changer!!!!! Baby is now almost 7 months and we all sleep so good😌😌😌Definitely will do it again with baby #2!
Ty for this video and sharing your journey. Our family has decided to co-sleep in the mornings after 4am if the night is going roughly. My husband makes sure I don’t sleep with her but he’s comfortable with co-sleeping with her. Side lying BFing is the best and it’s restful for all of us including baby girl. It’s definitely a team effort!
yesss thank you so much for sharing!! i almost lost my mind when babe was 1-2 weeks old and the bassinet was NOT working. i couldn’t find hardly any resources on co sleeping but finally had a friend help me figure it out and we haven’t looked back 💕
We didn't plan to bed share but baby wouldn't sleep in her bassinet. At all. It's like that thing had thorns. So I ended up having her next to me after the feeds. It was amazing once I started to do that while laying on my side. I got so much sleep while she was on my breast. She was a poor sleeper for a very long time but this set-up definitely helped me. I didn't force anything at any stage and now she falls asleep in her crib after she has a bottle (20 months old). Other times she jumps in my bed and falls asleep cuddled next to me and then I move her to the crib. She sometimes wakes up for a bottle in the middle of the night but that's fine for me. Trying not to stress as I'm pregnant again!
Aww well thank you so much. I always get worried ppl won’t watch cause they can’t stand kids being kids 🤷🏼♀️ but I try my best thank you for the love and support ♥️
Thank you so much for this awesome video! There is so much negativity around co sleeping and it’s so nice to see someone open up about their journey! I co-sleep with my 6 month old and love it. Do you lay down for bed when Knox is ready for bed? Or does he sleep independently until you are ready?
Thank you. It depends on the night and if I’m ready for bed too. Most of the time we lay together but sometimes I need to get work done so I’ll get him to sleep and then get up and do what I need to do. He usually stays asleep as long as I breastfeed him first
I love co sleeping with my baby girl. My anxiety is super bad and having her next to me help so much. When I was pregnant it made me wake up to turn over and now that all I do now. I tried breastfeeding but I lost my milk supply and so we just bottle feed.
As someone from a culture where cosleeping is the norm, and children are not pushed into their own rooms, most of children ASK for their own room and space around 8yo. Could be later but definitely by the end of primary school, nobody wants to be in the same room with their parents anymore. By western standard maybe that’s late, but I think it’s how children develop naturally. Bottom line is no body will want to be in their parents’ bed when they are teens
We started co-sleeping at about 5 Mos. Baby hit the 4month sleep regression and then teething back to back 😅. At first I was set on sleep training but it just never felt right and was stressing me out so much. Once we started bed sharing, EVERYONE started getting a lot more sleep and I feel so much more bonded with our little one ♥️ co-sleeping / bed sharing can absolutely be done safely! I wish it wasn’t so looked down upon. Thank you for sharing your journey!!
Exact same situation! 4 month sleep regression hit hard. My daughter starts out in her crib but after about the third wake up I’m too tired to keep getting up and down. Also breastfeeding and can’t stomach the thought of “sleep training”. I am a little worried about how we will switch to her being in the crib full time in the future though.
@@cscherff7795 we’ve ended up setting up a floor bed in baby’s room and that’s where he starts off and then we did a side car set up with his crib up against our bed (gives us all more room☺️). We may end up doing some sleep training in the future (18+Mos) but at that age is so different bc they understand so much more, but we also may not 🤷🏻♀️ keep doing what you’re doing mama and try not to worry about the future!
I tried and tried to get my baby in the bassinet because everyone terrified me about cosleeping. Flash-forward almost 3 months and we cosleep because not only does he sleep better - so do I! ❤️ mother’s have been sleeping with their babies for centuries❤️
I've semi co slept with my kids, I sort of did a combo. But I'm having baby #4 and more sleep is priority just wondering how you will manage to transition to their own bed? I thought this might make that process very difficult. Thank you for this, I'm.enjoying your content your a super mumma x Edit: sorry I wrote this message half way through your vid and you addressed this after I wrote. Bless you 😊
I think it depends on the baby and situation when it comes to transitioning to a crib. It may take longer since Knox is very close to me but I usually start by putting baby in the crib for nap times during the day for a month or until he seems comfortable in there. Then start doing it at night.
Thank you so much for making this video!! I’ve safely co slept with all 3 of my babies and loved it. There’s not enough info out there about doing it safely.
I wish we could co sleep!!! We unfortunately started the bad habit of allowing our dogs to sleep in our room before I got pregnant and they often jump onto the bed. Wouldn’t trust the dogs to not hurt baby! If the dogs are locked out of our room they scratch at the door and bark…
So many mamas (statistically proven) bed share because it’s the most practical thing when breastfeeding and nobody admits it bc it’s taboo, but cultures all over the world don’t have the luxury of multi-room houses and do this. it’s so much better for all the reasons you stated but it’s ridiculous to be ashamed of it when there are so many benefits and ways to do it safely- and you can keep your eyes on your baby. As a breastfeeding mama of 4 I agree with everything you said.
I don’t understand why people expect a baby to be independent to be honest. I feel like we discourage babies from being babies and kids from being kids. I slept with my parents as a child because I felt the safest with them and eventually grew out of it. I loved it and turned out just fine lol. If anything, i feel very emotionally close with my mom and dad even as an adult
Ditto, I slept with my parents and mine slept with me.
I love how supportive this comment section is ❤️
I knew i wanted to cosleep from the begging. Thankfully I have been, its been a game changer to sleep. at first we struggled with side laying breastfeeding because i was too engorged for her to latch. Now that my supply has regulated its been so restful.
Yes!! The sleep is so amazing with baby😍 congrats mama
This was so helpful. I’ve been struggling with my 5 month old and dreading bedtime. I feed him in our bed through the night and move him back into his crib but I’ve fallen asleep a few times and now he only wants to sleep in our bed. I have felt guilty for creating bad habits but this made me feel like it’s okay to not stress it. And you’re so right. These days are short and they don’t last forever. One day they won’t even want to sleep with us anymore. 😭
This is my first and she’s only 1 month old and I literally cosleep the way you do and it’s been working very well thus far and my daughter sleeps longer when we sleep that way. It makes me feel better to hear a mom of 4 sleeps this way as well.
Yes I think it’s the best thing we ever did. I know it’s not for everyone but it works great for others. I hope one day the stigma and judgment stops.
My baby girl is 1 months old and I love love co sleep with my baby girl and she has been doing great with gassy lately. Thanks a lot for this advice I appreciate it 🥰
I just wanted to say that Ive been following you ever since I found out that i was pregnant with my 4th kid. And watched all of your videos. And I also wanted to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! For making the video about postpartum items. I just had my baby on Thursday and ive already had used the pants and the belly bands together and they worked wonders!! When a couple friends had picked us up at the hospital yesterday, they comment that i looked really good! So again, thank you for recommending them!!! Keep up the good work! You are doing awesome mama!!😁😁 I will be rewatching all your videos from the time that Knox was born 9 months ago! I love your videos!! And again, thanks again for recommending them!! Keep the videos coming!!
I've heard that Mama's brain actually goes through changes that make it hard for them to actually roll onto baby when next to them.... Not that it eliminates the possibility... But I think it's so amazing how we just adjust to baby in ways we don't even realize when it happens.... I've also heard our sleep cycles match baby's in the begining....
I absolutely love when they wake up open their eyes and just smile the biggest smile, I’ve co-sleep with all 3, not so much my second, as I didn’t have a big bed then, but even though crib is 2 feet from my side of the bed he just sleeps so much better when in our bed.
Knox is totally the same!
We have a sidecar crib but our 7 month old sleeps with us instead lol! Definitely been great. I've done research on it and the history of baby sleep, just did more research last night. I find it interesting!
From what I understand, before electricity, indoor heating, ect. it was normal to sleep with your baby. People didn't have their own specific bedrooms, houses weren't as big as they are now. So sleeping in a separate room from baby is a pretty new invention that started maybe 100-200 years ago. Personally I feel like we as humans are still hardwired to sleep with our babies and baby with momma. We try to work our way around nature with pacifiers and such (not that I'm against them! If my baby would take one I'd be using it lol, makes life easier for mama). It's still common around the world to share a bed, for example in Japan and Korea.
It feels very natural to me to sleep with my baby and we're happy with it!
I was so afraid at first when I fell aslepp with my baby because I was so tired(it's my first baby) and now I co-sleep with her when she wakes up for food in the middle of the night. Love breastfeeding laying down 🥰
Yes mama!! Been sleeping with my baby and we're all so much happier this way. We're 4 m in and I've started doing bedtime in the crib once she's ready to eat we side lie. I think once she's able to make it through the night then she will be in her room. I love the snuggles soo much. I wondered what this would look like as she gets older but for our breastfeeding journey this is the way we trive 🥰
Thank you for this. My babe is a week old and I have been co-sleeping because I had a csection and haven't been able to get up and out of bed by myself. All of the info you shared has helped me immensely as I went into it not knowing a whole lot. Thank you for normalizing it!
I also just had a csection too. I’m glad I’m not the only one ☺️.
@@Kiki-ck2fg sorry I am just now seeing this comment. I hope you're doing well and feeling recovered at this point! I have so much more respect now for anyone who has a csection 💛
We started at the 4 month progression and it has been a gameeee changer!!!!! Baby is now almost 7 months and we all sleep so good😌😌😌Definitely will do it again with baby #2!
Thank you for making this! I love co-sleeping with my baby 💕
Ty for this video and sharing your journey. Our family has decided to co-sleep in the mornings after 4am if the night is going roughly. My husband makes sure I don’t sleep with her but he’s comfortable with co-sleeping with her. Side lying BFing is the best and it’s restful for all of us including baby girl. It’s definitely a team effort!
yesss thank you so much for sharing!! i almost lost my mind when babe was 1-2 weeks old and the bassinet was NOT working. i couldn’t find hardly any resources on co sleeping but finally had a friend help me figure it out and we haven’t looked back 💕
My 4 week old baby won’t sleep in her bassinet at all. How’d you do it?!
We didn't plan to bed share but baby wouldn't sleep in her bassinet. At all. It's like that thing had thorns. So I ended up having her next to me after the feeds. It was amazing once I started to do that while laying on my side. I got so much sleep while she was on my breast. She was a poor sleeper for a very long time but this set-up definitely helped me. I didn't force anything at any stage and now she falls asleep in her crib after she has a bottle (20 months old). Other times she jumps in my bed and falls asleep cuddled next to me and then I move her to the crib. She sometimes wakes up for a bottle in the middle of the night but that's fine for me. Trying not to stress as I'm pregnant again!
Can you do a video on how you started your youtube journey and how long it took for your videos to get monetized? Your tips and tricks etc. Thank you💕
Don’t apologise for your kids. We get it :)
Kudos to you for being a momma and doing RUclips at the same time. I really admire people like you
Aww well thank you so much. I always get worried ppl won’t watch cause they can’t stand kids being kids 🤷🏼♀️ but I try my best thank you for the love and support ♥️
Thank you so much for this awesome video! There is so much negativity around co sleeping and it’s so nice to see someone open up about their journey! I co-sleep with my 6 month old and love it. Do you lay down for bed when Knox is ready for bed? Or does he sleep independently until you are ready?
Thank you. It depends on the night and if I’m ready for bed too. Most of the time we lay together but sometimes I need to get work done so I’ll get him to sleep and then get up and do what I need to do. He usually stays asleep as long as I breastfeed him first
I love this, I co-sleep with my baby. We both sleep better.
🙌🏼 me too mama
I love co sleeping with my baby girl. My anxiety is super bad and having her next to me help so much. When I was pregnant it made me wake up to turn over and now that all I do now. I tried breastfeeding but I lost my milk supply and so we just bottle feed.
As someone from a culture where cosleeping is the norm, and children are not pushed into their own rooms, most of children ASK for their own room and space around 8yo. Could be later but definitely by the end of primary school, nobody wants to be in the same room with their parents anymore.
By western standard maybe that’s late, but I think it’s how children develop naturally. Bottom line is no body will want to be in their parents’ bed when they are teens
We started co-sleeping at about 5 Mos. Baby hit the 4month sleep regression and then teething back to back 😅. At first I was set on sleep training but it just never felt right and was stressing me out so much. Once we started bed sharing, EVERYONE started getting a lot more sleep and I feel so much more bonded with our little one ♥️ co-sleeping / bed sharing can absolutely be done safely! I wish it wasn’t so looked down upon. Thank you for sharing your journey!!
Exact same situation! 4 month sleep regression hit hard. My daughter starts out in her crib but after about the third wake up I’m too tired to keep getting up and down. Also breastfeeding and can’t stomach the thought of “sleep training”. I am a little worried about how we will switch to her being in the crib full time in the future though.
@@cscherff7795 we’ve ended up setting up a floor bed in baby’s room and that’s where he starts off and then we did a side car set up with his crib up against our bed (gives us all more room☺️). We may end up doing some sleep training in the future (18+Mos) but at that age is so different bc they understand so much more, but we also may not 🤷🏻♀️ keep doing what you’re doing mama and try not to worry about the future!
@@kimberlylois4855 thanks so much!!
Thank you and we mamas gotta do what we gotta do😜
I tried and tried to get my baby in the bassinet because everyone terrified me about cosleeping. Flash-forward almost 3 months and we cosleep because not only does he sleep better - so do I! ❤️ mother’s have been sleeping with their babies for centuries❤️
I've semi co slept with my kids, I sort of did a combo. But I'm having baby #4 and more sleep is priority just wondering how you will manage to transition to their own bed? I thought this might make that process very difficult.
Thank you for this, I'm.enjoying your content your a super mumma x
Edit: sorry I wrote this message half way through your vid and you addressed this after I wrote. Bless you 😊
I think it depends on the baby and situation when it comes to transitioning to a crib. It may take longer since Knox is very close to me but I usually start by putting baby in the crib for nap times during the day for a month or until he seems comfortable in there. Then start doing it at night.
Thank you so much for making this video!! I’ve safely co slept with all 3 of my babies and loved it. There’s not enough info out there about doing it safely.
I think so too mama. It’s def not for everyone but I dont think we should be called bad moms if we choose to do it.
I love your videos, thanks for sharing this with us. Please share your breastfeeding and pumping schedule thanks 😊
If a baby falls into deep sleep, they can stop breathing?? Can someone explain this please?
I wish we could co sleep!!! We unfortunately started the bad habit of allowing our dogs to sleep in our room before I got pregnant and they often jump onto the bed. Wouldn’t trust the dogs to not hurt baby! If the dogs are locked out of our room they scratch at the door and bark…
not for me, too dangerous.