As I read about the advantages and risks of bed sharing with a new baby, I kept thinking "Why can't someone just invent something that protects the baby and her space while she's in the bed?"
The Snuggle Nest does just that.
We tried having Peanut in a cradle by the bed, but I couldn't see her or touch her without sitting up. I had to get out of bed and reach into the cradle to get her for feedings. I would wake up panicky because she wasn't with me, even though she was only a couple feet away. So we bought a Snuggle Nest. Now I see her the second I open my eyes. I can sleep with my hand on her stomach, ready to soothe and massage her if she stirs in the night. She falls asleep looking at me, and she can hear and smell me as she sleeps. There is a womb-like white noise option to help her fall asleep, which also helps this overtired mother clear her mind.
During the day, we put the Snuggle Nest in her cradle. That way she naps in her familiar bed, but there is the added safety of the cradle railings. This assumes that she sleeps in the cradle and not on me, which is only true half the time.
We both sleep a lot better since we got the Snuggle Nest. I just don't know what we will do when she outgrows it (which is any day now!).
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