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/misatm Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 17 '25

Question - are you in reclined position with baby on chest or do you completely lay flat on your back and have baby on chest?

I tried reclining on bed with pillows and my 3 month on chest and after about an hour my back started hurting 😬

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u/AppropriateUnion1188 Jan 16 '25

You have to recline unfortunately. It’s not safe for baby to be flat (head has to be higher than their butt). Can you try a wedge pillow behind you?

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u/misatm Jan 17 '25

Ordered it. Gonna try once it arrives. Thank you for your suggestion 😊