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[mellybrelly]

Not much sleep last night. Tim put the crib beside the bed and it's awesome. He bought high density foam to go under the mattress to bring it up to the same level as our mattress, and more foam for the side of the mattress so we are pressed up tight. The crib is all bungeed under the bed.

The thing is, Paxon is used to sleeping in my arms, he's used to a softer mattress. His crib mattress is rock hard, and I was trying to lay him down without my arms being around him. He didn't fall into a proper sleep till 5:30 am, but surprisingly I stayed in good spirits all night and just tried to make it as stress free as possible. I want him to think of this as a positive thing, even though he's only 2 months old.

He laid there in the night, staring at the crib, talking to it. We had lots of 'just smiling at each other' times in the night. Lots of breastfeeding. He's back asleep now at 10:45. I'm skipping church and Tim is taking Reagan to Sunday school and then picking up groceries for Canadian thanksgiving.

I still feel like crap, so I'll try to nap while the tylenol is working.

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[pyxiwulf.livejournal.com]

I found more often than not, I kinda slanted into the crib and either had her in my arms or we faced the middle of the bed and she was on the bed, lol

[popchex.livejournal.com]

I was going to write pretty much this exact comment. hahah

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

I've had a Tim elbow in my face too many times for me to feel comfortable with Pax between us, but he seems to be settled in now. I lay right at the edge of the bed, and he lays on his crib mattress, so we can still snuggle. And when Tim is in bed, I can roll over and snuggle with him till the little Pax man discovers I'm away ;)

[kastinkerbell.livejournal.com]

So funny, we changed up our sleeping arrangements last night, too! Cecile is now in a crib-crib about a foot away from the bed. It actually went really well. She didn't nurse until 5:00! I'm trying not to get too excited because we haven't hat a repeat performance yet.

Are you still swaddling Pax? That was the only way sleeping on the mattress worked for Cecile at that age.

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Awesome!! I hope it did repeat!

I haven't really ever swaddled him, we did skin on skin for the first 4 weeks and by then he hated his arms being swaddled. To be honest, I kind of love feeling his little hand touching (or hitting) me to wake me up. :D

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

I love my baby in my arms. He still sleeps in my arms for part of the night, but part he just lays beside me. It's just so nice having extra room in the bed now!

[viridescence13]

Sounds like Tim basically made a co-sleeper that works just like mine did. Cool. I'm sure it'll take Paxton some time to get used to it. Are you swaddling him? I know the hard crib mattresses are supposed to be better for SIDS prevention but it is hard to imagine that it's comfy, right? :P

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Thankfully Pax seems to be all settled into it now! Yay! I don't swaddle him, we did skin to skin for the first 4 weeks and he hated having his arms swaddled.

[viridescence13]

I'm glad he's settled in! I've heard of some babies not liking swaddling...and then with other babies you have to wean them off. They're all different! We swaddled Emilie for the first few months and she loved it. But when she learned how to put her hands/feet in her mouth she got angry when you swaddled her. So that was the end of that. :)

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Paxton was very tactile when he was born. He would lay on my arm, running his hands up and down the underside of my arm, or when he was at my chest, he'd slowly move his hand back and forth across my chest.

I know some women swaddle for nursing, but he kneads my breast with his hand, it just seems like an instinctual thing to do. I was so torn between swaddling to be like the womb and skin to skin with the touch, but because of my birth situation and my fear of postpartum depression, skin on skin won.

He seemed content being swaddled in the hospital, I probably annoyed the nurses, they'd swaddle him after a check and I'd immediately unswaddle him and snuggle him. One said to me "You can't hold him if you are tired". I just ignored her. hahah

[viridescence13]

Well, I'm all for doing what feels natural to you! Emilie was trying to nurse off/on for 10 hrs straight when I was in the hospital, and a nurse kept trying to convince me to let her take Emilie so I could sleep. I had the sneaking suspicion that she would be given sugar water at the nurses' station so I kept saying no. :P

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Good call ;)

[viridescence13]

It meant I was up for about 36 hours straight, but oh well. ;)

[vitainpalus.livejournal.com]

I got sick but not nearly as bad as you. Both Isabel and I are coughing this morning and coughed a bit last night. No fever though. I had a sore throat in NC but a salt water gargle fixed it and my neti pot came in handy. :)

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

lol, you would not believe all the things I did. Gargled salt water, neti pot, breastmilk in ears, oil in ears, drugs, tea, throat spray, prescription throat gargle, cough drops, vitamin c, vitamins.