Sleeping is such a popular topic amongst all new mommies.
People always ask how are they sleeping? Are you getting any sleep? Every baby is different. I personally love sleeping with my babies. I love having that extra time with them at night and love how easy it makes breast feeding. For the first few months, I do get up and sit in my glider to nurse, and have those special precious moments at night. You only live once and I love to cherish every precious moment while I can, which is why I adore sleeping with my children.
There are a lot of tips that I strongly recommend for co-sleeping safely if you are going to try it. Watch the video for my tips!
I also recently discovered Sleepyhead, (which I don’t believe is available yet in the US). It is very similar to the Snuggle Nest, which I used last time. This time I have been loving the Sleepyhead. Amazing for sleeping in different beds (traveling), etc… I also am using the Arm’s Reach co-sleeper this time around, which is wonderful! I love the safety aspect of it and also the accessibility and closeness it provides.
I recently have been reading some of Dr. Sears books (The Attachment Parenting Book and The Baby Sleep Book,) which offer lots of tips and advice on co-sleeping as well as many benefits (helps prevent SIDS and lots more!) Dr. Sears’ website also lists some quick safety rules as well if you don’t have time to read an entire book.
Happy cuddle sessions and sweet dreams!
I can’t watch any video of you
just because im from Mexico.. that’s so sad!
Your Mommy blogs/videos are awesome Kourt! I love the advice you give and what your favorite items are. It gives me tons of ideas on what to buy for my baby. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Margie A.
I love co-sleeping with my two year old as well. Its such a natural thing to do that millions of parents around the world do every night. Thank you Kourtney for helping to normalise co-sleeping and breastfeeding, you are awesome! Its also great that you are explaining safe co-sleeping because a lot of people want to do but dont know how to go about doing it safely.
Sweet dreams with your babies. P.S I’m not breastfeeding anymore but I totally agree that co-sleeping makes night nursing sooooo much easier
CAnt view it in scotland either! Good ideas though!
I love how you give advice on co-sleeping safely. I am currently co-sleeping with my baby girl who is 8 months and use a co-sleeper too. I love doctor Sears and try to be as natural a mama as possible. Kudos for spreading the word wisely. I saw the episode on Birth Control on KUWTK and was wondering how that was working after having your baby. I am also feeling the same way after having my baby girl and have looked into the creighton model which is natural, but the resources are pretty limited in my area. Do you know anything about this natural method of birth control. I hate taking hormones and using condoms, I’d love to know more about this.
So the AP fairy came to visit you and now you want to taint the most naive crowd out there, new Mom’s. Cosleeping is lazy parenting, and it has a serious potential to disconnect a woman from her spouse. Some of us actually enjoy sleeping with our partners in general and especially baby-free. I’m a married (11 years today) Mom of 3 children 4 yo, 2 yo, & 6 months and they have always had their own rooms and I’m able to breastfeed and spend quality time with my babies during the day. I’m with my children most of the day so nights are devoted and should be devoted to my husband. We all need healthy time away from our children even when they are babies. A woman should not expect her husband or partner to be ok with her bringing the baby into the bed especially after she most likely spent most of the day with them. When my husband comes home from work, we get the children down to bed and we spend time in the bed together alone as a couple. We give eachother undivided attention, key word being undivided, no babies or children. Sure when the babies are sick or scared our bed is there and I will snuggle them and let them sleep with us, but only then. That’s the way it should be. This is why Scott sleeps alone, because he doesn’t want children in the bed and you kicked him out of the bed in favor of “extra time”. This idea of babies sleeping in the couple’s bed is a result of laziness and helicopter parenting. If you want to check up on your babies, get a monitor or get up and check on the baby in their rooms (yes that requires some effort). A couple’s bed is for intimacy with your partner not breastfeeding and “cosleeping with a baby. ” I’m trying to imagine my husband trying to get it on with me and then my son crying and grabbing at my shirt to nurse, that’s just not ok. You need to think sbout your man & get those babies into their their own room. Sleeping is a skill that children need to learn and it is your job as a parent to be the boss in that relationship and teach them, not to be a clutch. I’ve avoided this and (unlike you) have a healthy relationship with my husband to show for it. AP wants you to think if you dont do thus you’re missing out on time with you’re baby, but all you’re missing out on is that much needed alone time with your partner when children come along. If you keep prioritizing your babies over Scotts needs as your partner you will never have a thriving relationship.
I use the same co-sleeper except in cherry.
You are completely right about it. I love it and I have used it with both my children. It is so much safer and the side that is removable is amazing. It makes you feel comfortable with laying your baby down without worrying about their safety at all. As for the last comment you received above mine, she is so wrong. Co-sleeping does not hurt a relationship if you put time in and get creative. I am a stay at home mom and my children are on my schedule and go to bed and wake up around the same time as me and I have been married 6 years with a very happy and healthy marriage. Everyone knows how to maintain their own relationships and you seem like a great mother so do not listen to ignorant people who only believe their way is the right way. I believe the baby years are only around for a few years and you have the rest of your life for adult relations with your significant other. I love watching you guys on tv and follow everything you do. I respect you the most for stepping up and being an awesome mom that your little boy and now girl deserve. Thanks for supporting breastfeeding also. I too am a huge supporter of that because my first child was allergic to milk and soy formula and I had to be his only form of nutrition. Which also just shows how much you care about your children by doing the best things for them in every way. Thank you so much for the blogs and please keep them coming.
Marie is absolutely correct, 100%. The idea that a woman should expect her partner to suck it up & let the baby sleep in the couples bed because the child is “only a baby for a short amount of time”, and that you have “many years” to have relations with your partner is complete nonsense. What is “likely to last a short amount of time” is your marriage or relationship, with this child centered parenting style. Women have these kids & forget how they got there & who will be your partner raising them. Some of the men that I work with come into work complaining about this very often. They say that they can’t wait to come into work because that’s the only time they get to be around adults because their wives want their babies to sleep in their bed at a time when a couple should be connecting. They go along with it because their wives will otherwise resent them. Bonding with our babies is important, I agree but I mean, it’s not enough for a Mom to take time off work spend quality time with your baby or even SAHM for hours on end during the day, you need to have them in your room or bed at night with your husband too? Then you wonder why hubby doesn’t want to come home at night. This parenting is not biological, otherwise women would not need to read books in order learn about this way of parenting.
When does this stop? If scott cheats I would not be surprised. If baby needed a cuddle, I went into his room and stayed until he went back to need but made sure to return to my husband in our bed. My husband would not have taken that foolishness and I would have never put him in that position. All Kourtney cares about is sleeping with and being with her children and she forgets to make her relationship a priority. He also said the last time they got it on was when she got pregnant. So in summary she allows her childnre’s presence to kick scott out of the bed and deprives him of intimacy (not to mention her constant nagging), and to top it off now she wants to teach other women to do the same in their relationship. Did anyone else catch when Khloe said that Kourtney pretty much threatened Scott into getting her pregnant by saying ” if you don’t give me another one someone else will”, wow. I don’t condone cheating, but I would not be shocked of he cheats on her.
Im from Peru and I cant see your videos, please do something!!!
OMG!! If she says “UMM” one more time! Had to turn off.
The tips are very good. I would like to add one more that whenever you co sleep with baby, ensure that you use cosleeper so that bay is safe in the bed. This will make your baby to get physical as well emotional boost from parents.