How do you cosleep with a wiggle monster?

[sunshynbaby]

I am SO TIRED today! Usually, I side-lie nurse DS, fall asleep, wake up wanting to change position or go to the bathroom, swaddle him in the sidecar crib (an arm's reach away) so I can do those things, then unswaddle him and pull him back over when he wakes for the next feeding. That routine was exhausting me, so last night I tried to cosleep without getting up to swaddle, put him over in his sidecar, etc. He wiggled and moved his arms around in his sleep so much that it woke me and everytime I started to fall back to sleep he wiggled some more. I know that even if he were swaddled at that point, he would get out of it. He was just moving so much! I also couldn't get out of bed to pee without waking him up and having to nurse him back to sleep again. What do those of you with wiggly sleeping babies do? I can't sleep like this!!!

[Amatullah0]

i totally get it. ds is a wiggly little kick monster. does he still wiggle when hes completely asleep? what if you get a bigger blanket to swaddle him with? i'm still trying to figure this out, but ds is getting bigger now too... the swaddle keeps his arms and feet together, but he can still wiggle... i side-lie nurse ds, and sometimes i have to hold his legs down until he just gives up trying to wiggle. or, if hes not wiggling when you are done feeding him, why don't you just leave him next to you? i used to do what you do, (i didn't unswaddle ds though) but now, i put him in the side car crib in the beginning of the night, and he spends the rest of the night right next to me.