How can I co-sleep in a queen??

[Dixielane]

My 4mo DD sleeps so well with me, and I love her co-sleeping since I EBF, but the problem is we have a Queen bed, and according to my hubby, I get pushy and kick him when he gets close to me in my sleep when she's on my side. I think its because I don't like him pushing against me, when I am trying to give DD plenty of space.

So, does anyone know of a way to better co-sleep in a queen? I don't know what to do. My crib for her, also, is not very co-sleep friendly, I dont think there is any way to turn it into a sidecar.... this is a pic of it broke down to toddler bed: http://www.storks1ststop.com/images/ser1b1.jpg


I want to do it safely obviously... I just don't think we can get a King sized yet

[waiting2bemommy]

just put up a bedrail on both sides of your bed. then rotate where baby sleeps throughout the night. your side, between you guys, on daddy's side.

with my ds I was single and we coslept in a twin daybed for the first year of his life.
dd is now five months and shares a standard size double bed with her dad and I. We do not own a crib, bassinet, or pack n play that can be slept in (we have a really old hand me down one that is super bumpy and only for occasional playtime). She naps on our bed, alone (we have a bedrail on one side) and sleeps with us at night. ds comes in and sleeps with us as well many mornings.

You don't need that much space! it's ok to get cozy, as long as the baby isn't overheating from all the body heat (so a simple onesie and socks is probably all you need for sleepwear), and you make sure to keep the covers light, breathable and a safe distance from her face. or, you can put her on top of the covers between you while you two sleep under them. trust me, you don't need a king size bed to cosleep!

[Dixielane]

Originally Posted by waiting2bemommy

just put up a bedrail on both sides of your bed. then rotate where baby sleeps throughout the night. your side, between you guys, on daddy's side.

with my ds I was single and we coslept in a twin daybed for the first year of his life.
dd is now five months and shares a standard size double bed with her dad and I. We do not own a crib, bassinet, or pack n play that can be slept in (we have a really old hand me down one that is super bumpy and only for occasional playtime). She naps on our bed, alone (we have a bedrail on one side) and sleeps with us at night. ds comes in and sleeps with us as well many mornings.

You don't need that much space! it's ok to get cozy, as long as the baby isn't overheating from all the body heat (so a simple onesie and socks is probably all you need for sleepwear), and you make sure to keep the covers light, breathable and a safe distance from her face. or, you can put her on top of the covers between you while you two sleep under them. trust me, you don't need a king size bed to cosleep!

Well I dont trust hubby to sleep next to her, he sleeps heavy. And she nurses ALOT all night long, sometimes stays latched half the night without actually eating, lol. So she has to kind of stay with me... Which means, in a queen, she is on one side, and I am always on my left side facing her, or my back. We are trying to figure out what to do - get a twin sidecar, keep it how it is.... her bassinet has a 30lb weight limit so I guess we have time, and for now it IS kind of nice that she has her "own space" in her bed, 5 inches from my side. She sleeps there from 7pm till she wakes in the middle of the night and then she sleeps the rest of the night and morning with me.

[sunnygir1]

We have one bedrail so that I don't have to worry so much about ds getting too close to the edge of the bed. I can put him (or me) right up next to the rail, and that gives dh a little more breathing room. I can't imagine our lo sleeping on the other side of dh for any reason at this point (he's 1).

[moondiapers]

That crib would sidecar just fine. You just remove the toddler rail or the side and push it up against your side of the bed, then attach it to your bedframe. After that you push the crib matress and your bed matress together snuggly and stuff the space left on the other side of the crib matress with some sort of a dense material.

Here's ours....
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...ia/nusery2.jpg

and here's the cutie that resides there at night....
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...a/4515da0c.jpg

[candycat]

I dunno, XH and the kids and I all comfortably co-slept in a queen without bedrails or any other issues... So guess I'm not much help other than to say that it can definitely be done! (And OK, I guess "comfortably" might be overstating it, but it wasn't due to space issues, rather the position how I curled around the babes gave me a stiff neck after a while. It wouldn't have made a difference if the bed was larger though.)