co sleeping safely and warmly

[Fritha]

Well, now I've managed to breast feed lying down I'm considering having a crack at sleeping in the same bed with Celia until we get over this chuffing thrush! I've had a decent amount of sleep last night so I'm not worried about exhaustion!

But I would like tips on how to keep me warm (I'll put her in her sleeping bag) and general safety advice (like: how do I stop her escaping out of the bed? I don't think all three of us would easily fit in the bed although I can give that a go!)

The instructions I read on how to feed lying down said to put a blacket behind her back to stop her rolling onto her back, should that be there if she's going to sleep like that or should I leave it out so she can roll on to her back!

[Justt]

We co-sleep and Dp usually hogs the quilt up to his ears, Ellie has her blanket to keep warm and i will cover myself to my waist with quilt and then use blanket or robe to cover my arms and back. This is more to stop my back from seizing up than cold actually as the 3 of us in bed can get very warm indeed.

Our bed is against the wall, 2 pillows are jammed between matress and wall to prevent any holes she culd get stuck in. She either sleeps between us or against the wall ( i swap breasts during the night). She usually falls asleep on her side and i just leave her.

Im aware of what the safety is, they should be on their back but she doesnt like it and if i roll her to her back she rolls back to her side so i may aswell leave her how she is.

In your case i guess if shes happy on her back then remove blanket and allow her to gently lay back.

[Nics n Jeevan]

The best thing about co-sleeping in my house is the size of my bed:Dqueen size...there are times were all 4 of us are in the bed(when jeevan wakes up i the night n sees ria in bed he tends to jump in next to his dad)but as well we have a big duvet too... im realy bad i can't sleep unless the covers are all the way up(even in summer) n we have enough to go around me completely n dp and even some to tuck behind ria while she feeds...

From 3 weeks both have slept on there bellys or side... i just leave ria the way she is (with the blanket tuck behind her same way)... if she wasn't comfortable she'd have woken up...

[Boom]

I fed both my eldest children in bed at night. I would hold them while they fed, then (if I was still awake) shuffle them up a bit so they didn't get smothered by the duvet (which I like to have up to my ears).
I didn't use anything to keep them on their side, if they rolled onto their back they were done feeding!
If I was scared of them falling out of bed, I would put a flattish pillow between them and the edge of the bed.

[mummyhill]

DS has always liked/s to sleep in the middle of the bed, I just used to hoik him up out of the way of the duvet

[saraveg]

When dd was tiny she was in the middle on top of the quilt and I stuck a pillow behind me so I was at a slight angle towards her. I then put my arm under her head when feeding.It worked a treat.

[Laura@FYP]

We co-slept right from birth an still do at 2 years old. We have a super-king mattress on the floor so that there was never any danger of her rolling off and she has always slept in between us. We have our pillows angled with a wide space in between that she sleeps in and when she was small she was always put right up high on the bed with her own seperate blankets. We slept with multiple blankets on the bed for ourselves at that time, and they were always low on her as she was so high up. Now we have a duvet and she sleeps lower into the bed and we can all snuggle up together, lovely :happy72:

[Mumof2boys]

Whenever I tried, or rather resorted to co-sleeping when my boys were really tiny, usually because one of the children wasn't very well or we were staying at friends and they wouldn't stop crying in the night otherwise. I always found I didn't sleep too well. One way or another I would find myself clinging to the edge of the bed, trying desperately not to fall out as my child was lying spread-eagled across the bed, taking up all the room and the duvet! Plus I'd be really conscious they were there and just not be able to get into a deep, deep sleep. I just don't know how people are able to get a decent night's sleep, sleeping like this night after night?

[Milhilmat]

I found it easiest to let partner have duvet and for me to have a blanket to myself so the baby was kep away from our bedclothes.