DS2 is nearly 7 weeks. I want to follow the FSIDS recommendation to keep him with me for all sleeps till 6 months. At night we co-sleep and in the day he sleeps in the sling (which is most of the day - he usually only has a couple of proper awake spells per 24 hours).
However, in the evenings he's now becoming sensitive to light and finds it hard to go back to sleep in the sling when I'm in a room with the main lights on. I spend the evening mainly in the kitchen trying to catch up on washing / washing up / getting organised for the next day, so sitting in a darkened room to get him to sleep is difficult.
We do have a carry cot, but if he's in the room with me, the lights presumably would still disturb him - and (during the day at least) he only sleeps for short periods if put down, whereas when he's in the sling he'll sleep for a long time at once.
DH has no capacity to take over the household jobs as he's really busy and is having to go to bed early/get up late so he can cope with DS1's night waking (DH has insomnia so this is a big issue). I'm limited in how many of the jobs I can get done in the day as DS1 needs lots of time & attention at the moment following a distressing medical procedure & traumatic aftercare.
How can I give DS2 dim lighting levels for sleep while keeping him with me and still being able to get on with jobs in the evening?
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AngelDog · 01/12/2012 10:17
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