my son sleeps on my chest at night?

Question

My son loves to sleep on my chest
and lately hes been waking up to eat and change but then wont go back to sleep
hell cry for an hour or two, even with me holding him and nothings wrong with him.

But the last couple days hes slept on my chest and still waking up to eat and change but then will fall right back alseep. I put pillows on the side of me, just in case, even tho hes nevr rolled off, and i dont move.

I love this now because i can actually get some sleep. but i will feed him and put him in his crib until he wakes up for the first time at night then ill put him on my chest, then after that hell want to stay on my chest all night, but then will go in the crib again in morning.
So basically its only really late that he wants to do this,

Is he going to want to do this all the time,
hes only a week and 5 days old! but im just afraid hes going to want to do this til hes way older and sleeping through the night. Has anyone had a similar issue?

Answer 1

For about the first 6 weeks you are safe doing "whatever works" so you both can get the rest you need. Babies will wake frequently to feed during the night every 2 hours or so. I recommend a book entitled Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, by: Marc Weissbluth. I used this book to help me get my son on a good sleep schedule, and it was a blessing. Just know that it is too early for you to put you little one on a sleep schedule just yet.

God bless!

Answer 2

I think just about any method is okay until you hit the 4-6 week range. I did a variety of things.

The key is that you still put him down alone for SOME portion of the nght, and then as he gets older, you slowyl transition over to him being alone. I used a bassinet beside teh bed, and i'd rock it and give her a pacifier, and it started working. Once she could sleep in her bassinet without rocking, I transitioned her to the crib.

She started sleeping through the night at 3 months and at almost 5 months, she sleeps 12-14 hours!

Answer 3

This really isn't a good habit to start... I think the baby is young enough still that this isn't a problem, but you can't continue this for long.
I would suggest every single night that you continue to try laying the baby down to sleep... and not letting him sleep on you... keep showing the baby the right way.
I think this is too young to let the baby cry, so I don't agree with that suggestion, but you should try some different things... maybe the baby doesn't want to sleep in the crib because its cold, or doesn't smell like you.
Work on fixing up the crib better and try to avoid sleeping with him, unless its a special circumstance (sick baby.)
Good luck!

Answer 4

My son is now sixteen months previous yet we had a concern with him not desirous to sleep in his crib at approximately 10 months or so he all started having evening terrors. I surely have a tricky time letting him cry it out so what we did replaced into make stronger his bedtime habitual and make it somewhat longer. we've dinner then approximately an hour of quiet play then a toddler Einstein video then bath cuddle and then tale time. It took some weeks even though it replaced into reassuring for our son and with the predictable habitual he consistently knew what replaced into next. he's doing large drowsing in his own toddler mattress now. desire this helps. good success!

Answer 5

Yes my eldest son (21 months) was the same way and it got to the point he did not want our chest but he had to be right next to us and know he is still not sleeping any where else he refuses. So I try to not do it every single night so he does not get use to it but you will proably be all right doing it till he is 3 months old but then start making him go to sleep in his crib or else you will be kicking yourself in the butt.,

Answer 6

i slept with my daughter like that the first 4 or 5 weeks after she was born it was the only way to get any sleep. when she started sleeping for 2 or 3 hours straight i moved her into her bassinet after she fell asleep. then when she was 5 months into her crib. she had no trouble with the transittion into her bassinet or crib. i asked my dr about her sleeping on my chest and she told me although its not recommended to sleep like that it can make the baby feel more secure to feel you while they sleep.

Answer 7

Please be safe with this. My cousin accidentally killed his newborn about a year ago. Both him and his baby were sleeping in bed. His 2 week old baby was on his chest. He rolled over while asleep and laid on his baby and suffocated him. It wasn't intentional. He'd been sleeping with the baby like that the last week and a half without problems and had always considered himself a light sleeper. Now he has to live with the guilt and pain for the rest of his life of knowing his accidentally killed his baby.

Answer 8

Yes, you are training him to want to be on your chest during dark periods. I loved the feeling of my babies sleeping on my chest but had to stop as my son, after about 3 months of napping on me, wanted to only sleep that way and started to scream in the crib. I had to let him cry it out for a few days but then he got used to the crib.

Answer 9

I don't think it a big deal. You need to do what is best for you. For some idea of co-sleeping doesn't work so they balk at the idea for others. As long as you are comfortable with the situation then it is fine. - however, they sell co-sleepers like this one
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-4/qid=1190825734/ref=sr_1_4/601-0098353-9331304?ie=UTF8&asin=B000BM8FXG

that is meant for parents that co-sleep. This might make it a little safer.

Answer 10

My daughter slept on my husband's chest when she was very tiny and very fussy. It seemed to help her colic. I dont know if it was the heat from his body or the beat of his heart but it seemed to soothe her. When she was a month or two old we were able to stop this with no problem.