Mamas, your body doesn’t become dangerous to your baby as soon as they are born.
Your body was the safest place for your baby when you carried them in your womb, and your body is still the safest place for your baby after your baby is born. It is unnatural for your baby to be separated from you after birth. You and your baby were designed to thrive by being with each other.
You and your baby were designed to sleep next to each other.
Your body naturally positions itself around your baby in a protective position that protects your baby and naturally keeps everything away from your baby and keeps your baby near you.
Your hormones are rewired and become sensitive and attuned to your baby (even if you were a heavy sleeper before your baby’s birth).
Your baby smells the scent of your skin and your breastmilk and stays near you.
Your baby’s tummy is small, perfectly designed to cause your baby to wake frequently to nurse, thus keeping you and your baby aware of each other, keeping your baby safe.
Your body helps your baby’s body to regulate their heart rate and temperature as their body is developing and adjusting.
Your warm breath (carbon dioxide) stimulates your baby to breathe.
Your body produces melatonin and your baby receives it from your breastmilk as they nurse throughout the evening and night, helping them sleep.
You hear every little noise your baby makes. You feel every move they make. You are so aware of your baby.
Your baby dream feeds throughout the night and you simply leave your breast out for them as you both sleep. You rarely find yourself deprived of sleep, for this design was created with you and your health also in mind.
If you aren’t thriving, how can your life be simplified to prioritize you being with your baby? Instead of removing baby, how can things around us change to support our natural design of babies being with us?
For a deep dive into safe infant sleep, read Safe Infant Sleep by Dr. James McKenna
Want kids in the future? Doing these things now will prepare your lifestyle for kids ahead of time. You’ll thank yourself later:
Build your life based on your husbands income.
Buy a firm king bed, ready for bedsharing.
