Re: Anyone Co-Sleeping with a FAB'er?

[Guest guest]

Hey ,

We went through this too, honestly, dh ended up sleping in the spare

room for a couple of months until I put her in her crib. For the

first few weeks, we started out all in bed together but actually

getting some sleep soon made that spare bed look very appealing to

him lol.

I probably could have moved her into her crib sooner as she really

did end up sleeping just fine there, think it was more my thing to

want to have her close, she was just a couple months old then.

If I come up with any ideas of how you might pad the bottom of the

bar with somethin, I'll share. I was thinking a bigger blankie wraped

around the shoes maybe and you could tie it on around the metal part

of the bar with an old Tshirt or something, sorry couldn't be more

helpful.

& Grace

>

> Many restless nights and bruised legs later, Hayden is STILL in our

> bed (not for a lack of trying on MY part to get him OUT!) It wasn't

> so bad when he had casts on, although I had some pretty bruises

then,

> but it is even scarier with the FAB on - he swings his legs up over

> his head and I find myself doing the " duck and cover " most of the

> night so he doesn't bring the bar back down on my face! I've woken

up

> in the night with something digging in my back (the bar again) and

he

> likes to sleep with one leg up on me.

>

> I've thought about using a sleepsack, but he is such a warm kid I

> think he'd roast all night in it. I've been using receiving

blankets

> to wrap around the bar and various small pillows to pad my body, but

> they don't stay in okace for long because he moves constantly. Of

> course, I could always kick my husband out of the bed - he snores

anyway.

>

> Anyone else dealing with this issue? What have you tried? Thanks

in

> advance!

>

[Guest guest]

,

Forgive my asking, but how old is Hayden again? I know what I did

with Jakob as he got a little bigger (and am doing currently with our

younger son ) was to put his crib in our room against my side of

the bed with one side removed. This way, Jakob had room to move, but

I could still just roll over to nurse him as needed in the night. It

made things easier all the way around for us

Jakob - 2/9/98 bcf done with FAB 9/2001

- 8/11/04

>

> Many restless nights and bruised legs later, Hayden is STILL in our

> bed (not for a lack of trying on MY part to get him OUT!) It wasn't

> so bad when he had casts on, although I had some pretty bruises then,

> but it is even scarier with the FAB on - he swings his legs up over

> his head and I find myself doing the " duck and cover " most of the

> night so he doesn't bring the bar back down on my face! I've woken up

> in the night with something digging in my back (the bar again) and he

> likes to sleep with one leg up on me.

>

> I've thought about using a sleepsack, but he is such a warm kid I

> think he'd roast all night in it. I've been using receiving blankets

> to wrap around the bar and various small pillows to pad my body, but

> they don't stay in okace for long because he moves constantly. Of

> course, I could always kick my husband out of the bed - he snores

anyway.

>

> Anyone else dealing with this issue? What have you tried? Thanks in

> advance!

>

[Guest guest]

That was one of the reasons I left Children's Hospital (besides the obvious

modified Ponseti treatment) The ortho criticized me for co-sleeping. I've

co-slept with all of my kids until I weaned them and the only reason I want

Hayen out now is because I just am not getting quality sleep anymore with him

there. That's why I am majorly grooving on 's suggestion of the sideless

crib next to my side of the bed - he'd be there but separate.

number23 wrote: There's as much vaild argument

for co-sleeping as there is against it...

s.

-----

Despite the flack I get at work (I'm a child protective service worker),

Logan is still in our bed most nights.

[Guest guest]

my kids are all co-sleepers too. The older two now sleep together in

their full size bed and have since I moved them out to make room for

their sister when the younger was 3yo. He still comes to us many

nights though, last night it was really windy and he came... left

the light on and his sister upstairs crying though he was so scared lol.

The past week or so all three have been in this bed together. One

with brace lol! She's been in her own bed since a bit over 2yo but I

still have to get her and bring her to me many nights. She is the

youngest to leave and the longest night nurser so I still don't get

full sleep every night (night nursing off now, phew! she's nearly 3

though so it WAS time lol). She still wakes up, I traded nursing for

getting up and going upstairs and bringing her back to me for

snuggles. It's all good.

Some kids are all over the bed though. my middle child was like

that, if he was in the brace it would have been much different than

with his sister, who hasn't really hurt me too many times with her

shoes. They're all going to be different these kids and with brace,

I can totally see how it'd come time to end for safety reasons!

Kori

At 11:06 AM 2/4/2006, you wrote:

>That was one of the reasons I left Children's Hospital (besides

>the obvious modified Ponseti treatment) The ortho criticized me

>for co-sleeping. I've co-slept with all of my kids until I

>weaned them and the only reason I want Hayen out now is because I

>just am not getting quality sleep anymore with him there. That's

>why I am majorly grooving on 's suggestion of the sideless

>crib next to my side of the bed - he'd be there but separate.

>

>

>number23 wrote: There's as much

>vaild argument for co-sleeping as there is against it...

> s.

>

> -----

> Despite the flack I get at work (I'm a child protective service worker),

> Logan is still in our bed most nights.

>

>

[Guest guest]

As others have said, the sleep sacks have worked well for us. I have found that

I don't get banged up with them on, not yet anyway, since we are new to this FAB

thing. We will graduate to a Halo sack this week since the sleepsacks are

becoming tight at the bottom. is three months old, BTW.

Carol

Anyone Co-Sleeping with a FAB'er?

Many restless nights and bruised legs later, Hayden is STILL in our

bed (not for a lack of trying on MY part to get him OUT!) It wasn't

so bad when he had casts on, although I had some pretty bruises then,

but it is even scarier with the FAB on - he swings his legs up over

his head and I find myself doing the " duck and cover " most of the

night so he doesn't bring the bar back down on my face! I've woken up

in the night with something digging in my back (the bar again) and he

likes to sleep with one leg up on me.

I've thought about using a sleepsack, but he is such a warm kid I

think he'd roast all night in it. I've been using receiving blankets

to wrap around the bar and various small pillows to pad my body, but

they don't stay in okace for long because he moves constantly. Of

course, I could always kick my husband out of the bed - he snores anyway.

Anyone else dealing with this issue? What have you tried? Thanks in

advance!