Sleeping Babe
In contrast to my previous posting, last night Adelaide slept through the night (according to all of our How-to-Baby Books, "sleeping through the night" is defined as five consecutive hours of sleep). She slept soundly from about 11:00 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. How did two novice parents manage this feat at Adelaide's tender age of 9 weeks? After the three of us enjoyed an evening of conviviality at the Millers', Adelaide promptly fell asleep on the car trip home, and Joel and I opted to tuck her into to bed, still securely buckled in her carseat. When Adelaide awoke this morning, I was reminded of all the times growing up that I fell asleep on the car trip home from a family gathering, only to find myself snuggly tucked in bed the following morning, still wearing my party clothes. This morning, I thought how cool it was to see the other side - the parenting rationale to let a sleeping babe lie - of that cozy memory.
Comments
Just wanted to let you know that you may not want to do this anymore. I did it once out of desperation then my friend told me that children have died being put to sleep in their car seat in their crib. It has something to do with being in that crunched up position and the neck slumping to the side or front and stopping breathing. I have not further investigated this but just decided to never do it again. It was around the same time our friends baby died from sids and I didn't want to chance a thing. Just thought you may want to know it could potentially be very dangerous. I was very greatful when someone told me about it.
Sincerely,
Momma Val
Posted by: Momma Val | April 2, 2008 10:44 AM