I feel like I am at a breaking point.
My LO (4mo) and I have been bedsharing since pretty much birth. We both got so much more sleep and with BF it just made sense.
Now, she has a nurse to sleep association, but more importantly, a “contact” to sleep association (needing me or her dad to fall asleep & stay asleep).
After about a month of struggle I finally got her doing independent naps during the day in her bassinet (she refuses her crib). Now, I don’t know if it’s the sleep regression hitting or what, but she absolutely refuses independent naps. I’m feeling such frustration because I worked so hard to get her to nap independently.
Along with the feelings of “I’m doing everything wrong”. I’m a FTM (obviously LOL) and I just can’t shake the feeling of it. I feel like everybody has it figured out, but me. And my instincts tell me one thing - bedsharing/contact napping/feed to sleep etc, while everyone else says routines/ independent sleeping/etc. I feel like I’m at such a loss.
And on the other hand, I DO want my bed back with my partner. I want to transition from bed sharing but am having zero luck, because she wakes literally every thirty minutes or less when I try to put her in her bassinet at night.
If you’ve somehow made it through this lol, I would love to hear any advice/suggestions/encouragement because I really feel I’m hitting my breaking point. I just want independent naps and independent night sleep. Ugh.