Hi Cass,

You sound like I did with my son when he was first home. I was scared as hell to have him sleep on his own. He slept between my husband and I, otherwise when he was in his cradle I was up all the time making sure he was still breathing.

It wasn't until we got the angel, basically a monitor that sits under his bed and if he stops breathing an alarm goes off. I slept better at night after that, but then there was the struggle of getting him to sleep on his own. My biggest mistake was having him sleep in our bed, he is now 15 months and I do struggle every now and then with his sleeping patterns. I made two mistakes 1. I should have put him straight into his cot and not the cradle (bigger than a bassinet, he was in it till he was 6 months). 2. He should never have sleept in our bed.

My son always kicked off his blankets at night, I ended up getting him a sleeping bag with arms and now he is warm all night.

Your little one will get better in time, my neice always had colds when she was little - she was a winter baby but got over them as she got bigger. You are doing everything right, just trust your instincts and you'll be fine.