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Mrs.Umm · March 2012

Co-sleeping and/or bedsharing.

We're debating between getting the Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper, or something like THIS.

Pros? Cons? Suggestions?

AmeliaMarie · March 2012

We don't have anything like those, he just sleeps in bed beside me. I don't think the nest thing would work for us at all-he wants to be able to touch me. The arms reach might work. One of the huge benefits of bed sharing is being able to nurse laying down and without getting out of bed. With the arms reach, that would only work on one side. It might be nice to have the extra space if you have a small bed, but if you have a king, I wouldn't bother. Unless, of course, it makes you more comfortable about bed sharing.

Mrs.Umm · March 2012

AmeliaMarie:
We don't have anything like those, he just sleeps in bed beside me. I don't think the nest thing would work for us at all-he wants to be able to touch me. The arms reach might work. One of the huge benefits of bed sharing is being able to nurse laying down and without getting out of bed. With the arms reach, that would only work on one side. It might be nice to have the extra space if you have a small bed, but if you have a king, I wouldn't bother. Unless, of course, it makes you more comfortable about bed sharing.

This is my biggest issue. We have a queen, and DH sleeps with a body pillow b/c of his hip and back problems. We're almost up against each other as it is.

AmeliaMarie · March 2012

In that case, I'd definitely go with the arms reach. You don't want to worry about pushing baby out of bed!

ryry1977 · March 2012

We have the arms reach co-sleeper and I love it. So nice and easy at night. Will be even better when I don't need to get out of bed to change DD every time she wakes up at night. Then we can stay in bed all night long

tokenhoser · March 2012

If you're tight on space, you want the Arm's Reach. I never stayed awake long enough to put the baby back into the things that go in the bed. With the ARC, you can just set it up on your side of the bed. If you need the space or want to move the baby away, you can. If you fall asleep nursing, you'll know baby can't fall out of bed. It's great.

SnowflakeBride06 · March 2012

I had the turned by DDs crib into an arms reach co-sleeper and in retrospect I wish we started out that way with ARC but we started with that first one you mentioned (bassinet-y thing) and I would fall asleep before she was in and she couldn't just roll to me and nurse which would have been better.

So after my rambles, I would rec getting the ARC to start with, it takes up way less room than side caring and still gives you room in your bed!

sweetpealee · March 2012

Mrs.Umm:
AmeliaMarie:
We don't have anything like those, he just sleeps in bed beside me. I don't think the nest thing would work for us at all-he wants to be able to touch me. The arms reach might work. One of the huge benefits of bed sharing is being able to nurse laying down and without getting out of bed. With the arms reach, that would only work on one side. It might be nice to have the extra space if you have a small bed, but if you have a king, I wouldn't bother. Unless, of course, it makes you more comfortable about bed sharing.
This is my biggest issue. We have a queen, and DH sleeps with a body pillow b/c of his hip and back problems. We're almost up against each other as it is.

we have a queen size bed and had something similar to that little nest that goes in the bed. we never used it because it took up too much space. we just sleep with henry in our bed, but when he was smaller and i was more worried about rolling over onto him, we found that the nap nanny worked better and we could also use it during the day. my dh just uses the nap nanny instead of a body pillow to elevate his hip while sleeping so we have more room.

pixieprincss · March 2012

The nest thing doesn't appeal to me at all. We looked into an ARCS, but eventually just side-carred DS's crib and love it!

boogerbearoriginal · March 2012

Side-car crib here. Even though we have a king sized bed, we like having the additional space so no one feels cramped.

When he was a newborn, I needed to sit up in bed and help him latch to nurse so I would put him in the crib in between feedings. Then when he was about 2-3mos and we got the hang of nursing side-lying he would sleep nestled up to me. Now he'll roll over to me, nurse, and then roll away/stretch out/turn sideways/etc.

Having the crib attached to the bed has been nice because there have been mornings I wake up 1/2 in the crib because LO has himself horizontal lol.

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