Myleene Klass talks about co-sleeping and pregnancy brain

In an appearance this morning on the British talk show GMTV singer Myleene Klass raved about life with Ava Bailey, turning 6-months on Saturday, her daughter with fiancé Graham Quinn.  However Myleene, 29, said that — as is common after a baby arrives — Graham is occasionally the odd man out in the equation. 

He does feel a bit left out sometimes, which I try to avoid. But it’s inevitable, it really is. The first thing that happens when you wake up is you’re looking after the baby. And you want to as well.

The young family is currently co-sleeping, and Myleene says that in the morning their bedroom resembles a scene "out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" because "all our feet are hanging out the bed."  If Myleene isn’t pushing Graham aside to tend to the baby, Myleene says that — at night, at least — it’s often the baby pushing Graham aside to get some sleep!

And [Ava] sleeps like a starfish. Graham definitely has the bad side because she just kicks him in the back.

Myleene also revealed that she "forgot everything" while she was pregnant with Ava, and that her ‘pregnancy brain’ even led her to forget where she and Graham live.

I had my keys color-coded for me. Usually I’m supposed to be able to sit down and play a sonata, and there I am thinking, ‘Should I use the yellow key to get in through the front door, or the green key?’ I couldn’t remember, it was really frustrating.

Ava is the first child for the couple.

Source:  My Park Magazine

Comments

correct me if i’m wrong, but i thought you were not supposed to sleep with babies in your bed for health/medical reasons???

Sarah’s note: It’s fine if you do it as safely as possible. Here are some guidelines.

- lena on February 14th, 2008

Thanks Sarah, I just remembered seeing a commercial and it was so against it and I just figured that I wouldn’t do it whenever I had children of my own, but I’ll just use common sense and the guidelines listed.

- lena on February 14th, 2008

How lovely that they are cosleeping, particularly as she is working, a time for them to bond.
Contrary to popular belief if done safely (see UNICEF for guidelines) cosleeping is very safe for baby, beneficial in fact for both mental and physical wellbeing.
Many studies prove this. Those that say otherwise, when you look further have “interesting” funding or have been found to be poorly carried out. The media is great at scaremongering too and misreporting. Baby dies face down in a cot, position is blamed and not the cot…but baby dies on a sofa they blame cosleeping, not the fact safety guidelines were broken. Have a look at the work of Professor James McKenna for more information.

- Tracy on February 15th, 2008