How to co-sleep with a baby with super light sleep

[dance]

Hello,
My 11 month old has been in our bed since birth. My husband loves it, I do too. We have no desire to kick her out of bed. She still BF several times a night (this I could however do without, and I will start Dr. Jay Gordon's night weaning plan as soon as she turns one if need be) so another reason to keep her close. The problem is that she wakes up almost every time I move a limb. Even if I rustle the covers sometimes she will wake up and then I have to nurse her back to sleep. So obviously this is not optimal because we end up losing a lot of sleep.
Does anybody have a similar experience? What is the solution?
If I put her on a mattress next to the bed, she'll still end up coming in our bed after the first wake up.

Thank you

[giraffee]

My DD was like that and she outgrew it just after 1st birthday. Right now she still sleeps in our bed, but I usually can get in without waking her, DH too. But getting out of the bed in the morning is another thing - that she almost never misses, so if I'm up - she's up (and that's my excuse to stay in bed for extra 30 min)

ETA DD is 20 months old now

[reezley]

My ds1 was the same way. I used to just be verrrry still. And definitely never got out of bed in the morning before he woke up! The only advice I have if you don't want to nurse every time she wakes up is to try just putting her on top of you and jiggling or patting her, or even getting up and rocking with her. It's more work, of course, that you don't want in the middle of the night, but it may help in lessening the nurse/sleep connection. You might try just patting her back (or rubbing - but my sons never took to that) to see if she can get back to sleep that way too. Another idea we used to do is to each have individual covers, if a separate mattress is not practical yet. Oh, and over time, ds1 became a deeper sleeper - so there's hope!

[Beauchamp]

My DD has always been an ultra-light sleeper. I second the idea of separate covers for your LO. I also got to the point where I could turn away from her and move my body away, i.e. she does not lay on me or against me. She sleeps better with a bit of her own space. (Now she takes up about half of our king size bed. She wakes less with her own space and not having my nipple "reminding" her to wake up every 15 mins.

[columbusmomma]

My DD is like this too! We sidecar and what is working for me is the seperate covers and once she is asleep(I nurse her then lie her down in the crib)lying her down and then placing a pillow right next to her(that she can't roll over). This keeps her off of our mattress(at least until she wakes and nurses)and she doesn't feel it when DH and I get into bed.