Thirty Six Weeks. 15 Sleeps to go…
Who knew…
So many different opinions, so many different thoughts, where ever you go who ever you talk to everything is different, everyone has been taught different things.
Before saturday we hadnt even thought about so many things, we hadnt really even heard about all the options, but as the midwife spoke in our baby classes we realised that there are things that we really should consider and things that we really should think about.
And like everything with parenting – each to their own… You have to find out what works for you, and what doesnt…
One of the things we began to wonder about, one of the things we thought ‘this may be something that we may consider doing’ was Co Sleeping.
Not something i personally ever considered, but now i am not so sure it isnt a good idea….
Apparently it reduces the risk of SIDS… Something i dont personally even what to think about, but the nurse mentioned and the statistics point out that a baby who is in the same room (wether in a bassenet or co sleeping) for six months have a reduced risk… Now that is something to think about…
Apparently it makes for more peaceful feeding times…. When the baby stirs, the mother wakes and feeds her child, and the baby doesnt have to get to the point of crying before the mother wakes and then has to settle baby before feeding.
Apparently it is safe so long as both parents are in the bed.
Apparently it is less tiring for mom and dad, as the mother is not constantly getting out of bed, and the father is not being disterbed by crying and a mother hoping in and out of the bed.
But these are all apparently things…. There are still those what ifs that i wonder about as well…
What if after 6 months you cant get the baby into their own room?
What if you cant sleep anyway? Or if the baby cries anyway, or if you dont wake when the baby stirs?
So many things to consider, or maybe just something to give a try and see if it works for us? Or maybe i should just consider a bassinet instead?
To be honest, it seems that there are many things my husband and i have not considered, and so many things we are yet to learn, and so many things that we may have no idea about until we cross them.
I wonder what else we have no idea about, what else that the nurse has not pointed out that we may have overlooked?
I wonder why after so long i suddenly feel so unprepared?
Do all new parents feel so confused and unprepared?
It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and ponder a little Denis Parsons Burkitt
