It's the Birch Show.

So Tracy and Scott here, producer Tracy and Scott here, have struggled and struggle and struggle with some decisions going on with, how old is, Ellen now?

She'll be eight months in a couple days.

Eight months.

Do we bring her in the room with us at night?

Does she have her own room outside?

Do we keep her in our bed with us?

Do we keep her on the side of the bed and something

else? And the last time I think we checked in with you, was she in her own room? She was in her own room, but she wasn't sleeping very well in her own room. So it was just a constant struggle back and forth. You know, I was up all night. Scott was up all night. And because she wasn't sleeping while in her own room. We kind of compromised and

she was sleeping in the living room like in a

baby seat with Scott because she seemed to sleep well there. Um, but I still struggled with the fact that I wanted her close to me. So I was considering co-sleeping, which if you don't know, because if you're not a parent, co-sleeping is actually sharing your bed with your child and then at point, once they get older, you know, you move them into their own room or their own crib. So like I said last time, I really, I felt like that was right for our family. You know, I said, I don't think it's right for every family. I don't think that you're a bad parent if you don't do it because obviously that was not my first choice. my first choice was to have her in her own crib, but that wasn't working for us. So I was considering letting her sleep in my bed. The only reason I hadn't done it is for safety reasons. You know, I knew that there was the chance that you could roll over on her. You know, she could fall off the bed. Like there's just so many different reasons why I was a little nervous too.

So, you know, I put it off and put it off and nothing was getting any better. So we finally made the decision to move the crib back into our room. And now the crib is in our room, pushed

right up next to me. How's that been working out so far? Awesome. Yeah, and what way?

She's still waking up sometimes through the night, not as often, but she just seems to sleep so much better and so do I. Like, I don't know if there was something instinctually in me that was telling me you need to be close to your baby. I mean, you guys know, like, I don't like being away from her. So the fact that she was all the way, you know, in another room by herself, like, just made me really uncomfortable. So just the fact that I know she's right there. And she just kind of like wiggles herself, like, right up to the side of the bed, like as close as possible to me. And I just do it too. Like, we both wake up in the middle of the night and we're both right there.

Is it going to be weird to you, do you think, on prom night when she comes home with her date and she's got a bed set up right next to you also? Because she's not capable of sleeping in her own room. I think her prom day would be like, oh, right. Right. Mom and daughter. That's right. There we go. That would be my biggest concern right there is that you're not allowing her to sort of fight through her own fears, even as a little baby, and handle things herself. You're so coddling with her. I know. And I just can't, I can't bring myself to, you know, I mean, I know a lot of people say it's self-soothing. And yeah, maybe I need to let her do that. But to me, it's just, I don't know. I can't do it. And something in me feels like it's not the right thing to do for her. I'm not saying it's not the right thing to do for every other baby. But I just can't bring myself to do it. And it makes me feel better to have her there. It makes her feel better to have her there. She's waking up in the middle of the night. So I don't have i don't have to get out of bed like she's right there you know i can feed her i can do whatever

i need to do with She's waking up in the middle of the night, so I don't have to get out of bed. Like, she's right there.

You know, I can feed her.

I can do whatever I need to do without having to get out of bed in the middle of the night.

Hey, Krista, good morning.

You're on Q100.

Hey, love you guys.

Thank you.

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