How do you cosleep? - Page 2

[SoonToBe]

Originally Posted by elevena true 

this is how we co-sleep in this house......

and like this....

of course, i am right here while these sprawls are going on. my middle kiddo is a wild woman in bed. she ends up in the craziest positions. i wouldn't trust her asleep in the bed alone with my baby for 5 seconds. she is even acrobatic in her sleep. the other night, no matter how i moved y or her while they slept, she would move again until her feet made a 90 degreee angle with her head. omg!

i will echo what other folks have said.... we are mostly sleeping tummy to tummy. i sleep shirtless too, which makes the night time nursing soooooo easy.

That is the cutest picture with the dog!!!
 

[Agatha_Ann]

I sleep topless too and I hold him while he nurses. When he is done, I slide him up so his tummy is level with my face. That way, I can get under the blankets, but not have to worry about them being close to him. Lately though he will only nurse if I am sitting up which is really hard 4-5 times a night! I've been taking the laptop to bed with me and picking a movie on netflix. Each time he gets up, I latch him on and hit play and pause it when he falls back asleep. It's the only way I can stay awake sitting up to feed him. Hopefully he will start feeding on our sides again soon!

[Beckily]

I sit at the side of the bed with My Brest Friend to feed him most of the time. If I have trouble staying awake, I snag my phone and pay Soduku.

[nald1]

Originally Posted by earth-mama 

Mostly we sleep tummy to tummy on our sides, but sometime DS lays on his back.  I usually wear a LS shirt because I get cold and put a prefold on the other boob to catch leaks.  

I am planning on ordering a snoogle pregnancy pillow because I need some more support while side lying--my back gets pretty sore.  have any of you used one of these pillows?

Ive been putting a regular old pillow to support my back- still pretty darn sore these days though...

[RileyAnn]

Originally Posted by egmaranian 

Tummy to tummy on our sides. Works great and we both sleep all night. I just leave a boob out for him to latch on to when needed.

I do the same and my little one basically sleeps all night. I usually wake up before she latches on b/c she grunts and squeaks, but I've woken up to her nursing a couple times. :)

[nald1]

Originally Posted by RileyAnn 

I do the same and my little one basically sleeps all night. I usually wake up before she latches on b/c she grunts and squeaks, but I've woken up to her nursing a couple times. :)

that's so cool- i feel like my LO still needs help latching on- how old is your LO?

[Baby_Cakes]

Finn is getting better at latching but still needs a lot of help at 4 weeks old.  He slips off if I don't hold him there.  And we have such a spit up issue that it's basically impossible to side lie yet.  Sigh.  Soon it'll be a lot easier.  Soon.

[egmaranian]

Alexander does need help a lot of the time still at 5.5 weeks. He is getting better at doing it himself though. At night, I usually wake up when he's rooting for my nipple and help him latch on. Then go right back to sleep!

[RileyAnn]

Originally Posted by nald1 

that's so cool- i feel like my LO still needs help latching on- how old is your LO?

She's a month old. She still needs help sometimes that's why I think it's so neat when she does it herself. :)

[greencarnation]

I sleep with him pretty much the same way my mother did with us.  I lie fetal position on my side with him on his side or back in the crook of my arm, and his head at breast level.  I always put him on top of the blankets.  When he wakes to eat, I switch him to the other side, latch him on, and we both go back to sleep until the next feed.  He is odd in that he has started only waking 2-3 times at night now.  

[nald1]

do your babies stay on their sides?  I feel awful when DS moves to belly and i have to move him- he looks so comfy!

[kylaskye]

Liam will pretty much stay on his side, but if he moves to his belly, his hands are under his head and he's facing off to the side. Sometimes I change how he's laying and sometimes I don't. It depends on how close it is to real stomach laying. He usually only goes halfway between the two.

[greencarnation]

I have him face me if he is on his side, so there is no way he can roll on his stomach, as he is against my body.  He will sometimes roll on his back.  I do have some control over it, as he is in the crook of my arm.  Sure, my arm falls asleep a lot, but my mum did it for four kids, so I think I'll manage. 

[Baby_Cakes]

I can't be the only mama who lets her babies sleep on their tummies?  Hmm...

[nettles]

Mirah sleeps on her tummy on my chest quite often when nothing else works. It makes me wish I had a recliner for us to sleep in! We have a co-sleeper, but some nights she just won't do it. DH gets really nervous about her sleeping in the bed itself, so unless I'm napping with her alone, it's one of those two options. 

[nald1]

Originally Posted by Baby_Cakes 

I can't be the only mama who lets her babies sleep on their tummies?  Hmm...

nope - if Im right there I do.  He's actually great at neck mobility and I am always aware of him.  My chiropractor says it's really good for them

[nald1]

Originally Posted by nettles 

Mirah sleeps on her tummy on my chest quite often when nothing else works. It makes me wish I had a recliner for us to sleep in! We have a co-sleeper, but some nights she just won't do it. DH gets really nervous about her sleeping in the bed itself, so unless I'm napping with her alone, it's one of those two options. 

that's why this time around I went to the guestroom with the co-sleeper vs trying to get through these nights with DH there as well.  DS ends up in the bed after the first feeding of the night.  With DD I was so uncomfortable and would get up and go to the rocker in the nursery.  I got NO sleep those early days.  Im resentful in some ways that DH gets to sleep all night, but it works best for all so far

[greencarnation]

I let him sleep on his tummy on my chest for naps, but not if I am sleeping too.

Originally Posted by Baby_Cakes 

I can't be the only mama who lets her babies sleep on their tummies?  Hmm...

[ursusarctos]

Originally Posted by Baby_Cakes 

I can't be the only mama who lets her babies sleep on their tummies?  Hmm...

DD sleeps on her tummy when she sleeps on me. I have no problem falling asleep like that either. She isn't at all interested in sleeping on her tummy otherwise though - usually I put her on her side and she rolls to her back anyway, it seems to be her preferred position.

As for the original question, DD is in bed beside me. Usually I am on my side with my arm up above her head - makes for easy breastfeeding. Not usually touching her that much though sometimes we end up snuggled up and we do lay pretty close together. Other times I am on my back with my arm sort of awkwardly encircling her from the side. Then she tends to inch towards me till she's practically sleeping in my armpit. I move her to my other side when I need to give her the other breast. I lay a clean cloth flat under her head to catch milk and spit up.
 

[Inali]

I like her to sleep on with her head on my elbow, it seems comfy for both of us but most of the time she sleeps at my side.  I don't love that because we have a futon and my body has made an indentation that she kinda rolls into and ends up facing my side (if I'm on my back) or my tummy, the part I don't like is that she kinda gets wedged in there and I can't keep her rolled on her back....  If she is fussy in the beginning of the night she sleeps on her belly on my chest.  I'd like her to sleep in the cradle next to me (because my back hurts so bad being confined to one position with her in bed) but she usually is pretty finicky right at bed time.