New Sleeping Arrangements

Sep 06, 2011

Well, last night was much better (once Sweet Pea’s bad spell passed and she finally settled).

You want to know where she slept??

In our closet!

Yep, in our closet.

With me basically not sleeping at all with her in our bedroom and not feeling comfortable yet to move her to her own bedroom because of her tummy issues, the closet seemed the most logical solution.

So, last night we gave it a shot.

After Sweet Pea settled last night, Dave brought her into the bedroom and put her in our closet (in her inclined seat), which is vented and big enough to put a full-sized crib in there if we wanted.

You have to go through our bathroom to get to our closet, so Sweet Pea was just inside the walk-in closet with the door from the bathroom to the closet kept wide open. We pulled the door from the bedroom to the bathroom to instead of closing it because I wanted to be sure and hear her.

When I heard her for the first time last night I looked at the clock and it was 5:30am!

I jumped out of bed, made a bottle and brought her to our bed to feed her. She ate 3 ounces. I held her upright for quite some time and then was able to lay her back down in the closet. I then had to wake her at 8:30am for her first morning feed!

I have no idea if she grunted all night or not! It doesn’t matter. I heard what I needed to hear and we ALL got a good night’s sleep!

I never pictured our closet as a good sleeping place for a baby, but…whatever works!

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<p align="center">This picture wasn’t taken in the closet, but this is the inclined seat that Sweet Pea sleeps in! A friend of mine is letting me borrow it! This seat really does help a baby with tummy troubles. Thanks, Holly!!</p>

- Elaine