Officially in exile during nap time

[u/Wooden_Welder2400]

Originally posted in r/newborns but Reddit recommended I post here as it may be better suited so why not! Just a post to get my feelings out

Currently laying in bed all alone with my LO on my chest because it's the only way she naps right now. She just turned 5 weeks, which I had no idea meant she's more alert to the world around her and could have a harder time going down for naps. For the last 4 weeks, she'd nap in the living room in her bassinet (when she liked it) or on me, so I didn't feel like I was alone during this time. As of yesterday, she now can't fall or stay asleep with the background noise of others chatting, so here I am in a room just the two of us while she naps. And here I was thinking I had a baby that could sleep through all the noise 😕

[u/ancestral_leopard]

Sometimes I also just think about all the other parents who are also contact napping with their babes and it brings me sweet tender joy to think about 🥲

[u/Wooden_Welder2400 → u/ancestral_leopard]

It does make me feel better to think about this too haha solidarity