Sleeping Babies

Our journey through co-sleeping with our babies

I will always remember that very first night with my new baby girl who I had grown inside of me for 9 full beautiful months, who was a part of me for that long, and I remember thinking there is no way I will let that fragile baby girl with her cute button nose and tiny fingers sleep anywhere but on or next to me.

It was the loudest instinct I had ever felt. I couldn’t ignore it. Anything else felt wrong, and so on that first night in hospital I held her close to my heart, and nestled her on my chest. She slept soundly only waking to look for a nipple and have a warm nourishing drink.

Co-sleeping was not on my radar, it wasn’t something I planned for, I even did a famous sleep training course when I was pregnant with L. But once she arrived — everything changed. That motherly instinct kicks in…