Okay so this happened last night and the night before, and a few times in the past but I was never as certain as I am now about it.
I am picking my baby up out of her cot and putting her into bed with me for her 2am(ish) feed AND I DON'T REMEMBER IT AT ALL. I don't even notice that I don't remember until the morning when I wake up properly. I vaugly remember helping her attach during the night at various points, but don't remember getting out of bed, walking across the room and picking her up.
I'll admit, I'm at little freaked out and worried that I'm not picking her up properly etc. I can't know what I'm doing because I can't remember and it freaks me out!!
Any other mothers do this?? Please tell me I'm not the only crazy sleeping lady picking up babies out there...
You should be more worried that you will roll over her. Babies can die from suffocation this way. I wonder if you can set up a motion sensor or something.
I've done that except I remember getting up with the baby but I don't remember putting him back and going to bed. I just wake up freaked out about where I put the baby. I did it with all of mine. Thankfully, my 4th and 5th started sleeping through the night right at 6 weeks so I wasn't as exhausted for as long. Try going to bed earlier if you can. That might help. Good luck!
I know that the morning that I woke up to find the baby (3 months old or less) that I was supposed to be nursing behind me instead of in front of me, I vowed that I would never put him back in the bed with me to nurse ever again. It scared me bad. I have heard many a story about babies smothered to death in the parents bed and I did not want him to be next statistic. I nursed him in a glider rocker in our room instead and my husband many a night would wake me up and order me to put the sIeeping baby back in the crib and get back into the bed myself for some real sleep. I did nurse both of me next two babies in my bed, but I was not near as deprived of sleep with them as I was with the first. I also kept them in the bassinet beside the bed rather than in a baby bed so that I could easily take them out and put them back rather than having to get out of the bed and walk across the room to get them. All of my babies moved out of my room at 3 months and I nursed them in their room and put them right back to bed. By 3 months old they nurse a lot faster and the process did not take long and they also wake for feedings less often.
I did that all the time with my first! I'd hear him cry and then look into the cosleeper to pick him up, only to find him in our bed instead!
Ah yes, I did this when my son was a baby. He was a terrible sleeper and after months of not getting a good night's sleep I turned into a walking zombie! See if somebody can give you a break, sounds like you need it!
This could be exhaustion. Your post certainly brings back those memories to me! But why don't you call your doctor's office and make an appointment for a checkup? If the doctor says you're fine, then you won't need to worry. Just make sure you're in your own house with your own baby - otherwise it could get a bit awkward. :^)
You are not the only one!! I used to do that all the time. I would wake up and the baby would be in bed with me.
Very normal! I've done things many times in my life and only vaguely remembered them afterwards. This is caused by sleep deprivation and/or stress. Your baby will be OK. You know what to do and therefore are able to do it without being consciously thinking about it.
I suggest it means that you are sleeping while you care for your baby; a bit like sleep walking. It's not a problem but probably means you need more sleep.
You say you work until midnight. Are you working outside the home? Perhaps you need a mother's helper in the mornings so that you can get more sleep. If you're not working outside the home, know that all those household chores can wait and go to bed to sleep while your baby sleeps.
