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Attachment Parenting
New with ? about co-sleeping and nursing
Hello ladies,
I currently co sleep with my 4 month old and love it! He has started waking up several times to nurse though. He's not hungry and just comfort nurses. I don't mind nursing him because i feel like he needs me but it's making me so exhausted! I'm beginning to think maybe I should sleep while I let him nurse or is that too dangerous? I don't know why I'm so paranoid about it but I am. Any of you ladies nurse and sleep and any tips on how to make sure it's safe and ease my mind?
TIA!
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Re: New with ? about co-sleeping and nursing
I slept and nursed a ton when he was smaller. It was a life saver.
I just made sure I was supported on my "away from baby" side with pillows enough to keep my boob available to him, but sort of leaned away so I wouldn't roll over on him. I never moved in my sleep AT ALL. He spent many, many nights curled in between my arm and my chest.
ETA: I also have a bed rail and it's just me and baby in that bed, so he was by the rail or the wall.
And I did really sleep. Like, I'd wake up an hour later and readjust, but I was out from sheer exhaustion in between.
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If cosleeping is done properly it is safe. DS is still bedsharing and he is almost 3. If you want to nurse in your sleep learn to nurse laying on your side. I always would nurse in my sleep and still nurse DS in our sleep. The one thing I will say is it's not like you are FULLY alseep; it does beat having to get up and sit in a chair.
We put up a mesh railing on our bed and to this day I am fully aware of DS in our bed. Up until DS was about 2.5 he ONLY slept on my side. Now DS is almost three I will let him sleep in the middle. (Sleeping in the middle is rare)
Good luck!
I co-sleep and have nursed my girl twin while sleeping since she was about 8 weeks old. (My boy twin was sleeping through the night without wanting or needing to nurse at night or co-sleep since 8 weeks.)
Make sure you are keeping the covers low so they can't cover babies face and make sure you aren't impaired in any way when baby co-sleeps. Follow those (and the other more obvious rules) and you should be fine. IMO, I feel safer with baby skin to skin with me than elsewhere in the bed- a breastfeeding mom is very in tune with baby, even when asleep. If baby is elsewhere in the bed, who is aware of their breathing, movement, etc? Just my opinion. Follow your gut and what works for you guys.