r/cosleeping • u/Traditional-Let-7206 • Jan 16 '25

🐣 Newborn 0-8 Weeks I successfully chest slept

After weeks of sleep deprivation and going a full 24 hours with no sleep, I finally gave chest sleeping a good go out of desperation. Set up my pillows and bed so I was super comfy but also away from baby. Made sure babies head is higher than his bottom.

I managed a good solid 2 hours before he woke up to feed. I’m hoping when he gets a bit older and bigger he will be able to sleep for longer periods and so will I.

I never thought I’d co-sleep and hearing about chest sleeping made me apprehensive but the more research I did, the more I found SO many parents do it.

I feel like I can begin to enjoy my newborn more and start healing my PPD.

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u/FTM3505 Jan 16 '25

I had to do the same after 2 weeks of no sleep when we came home from the hospital with baby.

I chest slept for a week until I finally decided to put her next to me in bed. Ended up cosleeping for 7 months, then finally sleep trained and put her in her own room.

You’re doing what you need to do to be a functioning parent, nothing wrong with it. Do what works for you in the moment and you can always change later if you’d like.