I’m not giving this lady excuses but I also almost killed my baby on the 3rd day. All the books say never sleep with a newborn because you could accidentally lay and suffocate your baby. So I avoided the bed but instead I was holding my son in my arms while on the couch and passed out from exhaustion and I found him stuck between me and the couch. I’m so lucky that he could breath and I wasn’t completely crushing him.
Since that day he has never slept in the same bed with me and always slept in a crib or his own bed.
It’s also worth noting, you can get bed attached cribs. You can’t fit in, so you can’t roll onto the baby. At the same time, it’s possible to lie down, skin to skin. Best of both worlds.
I’m not giving this lady excuses but I also almost killed my baby on the 3rd day. All the books say never sleep with a newborn because you could accidentally lay and suffocate your baby. So I avoided the bed but instead I was holding my son in my arms while on the couch and passed out from exhaustion and I found him stuck between me and the couch. I’m so lucky that he could breath and I wasn’t completely crushing him.
Since that day he has never slept in the same bed with me and always slept in a crib or his own bed.
It’s also worth noting, you can get bed attached cribs. You can’t fit in, so you can’t roll onto the baby. At the same time, it’s possible to lie down, skin to skin. Best of both worlds.
Ya, that’s what we did after. I think it was called cosleeper or something along those lines.
I woke up once with my hand/arm on my son but it wasn’t enough to suffocate him. I was patting him when he woke up and then left my hand there.
Thank you for the suggestions. I’m sure other new parents will appreciate that.
“next to me” cot