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Co-sleeping arrangement ?s

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Okay this may sound dumb...

We have a queen bed that is in the center of our room with space on each side. We are planning on partially co-sleeping with baby. I want to have the bassinett to put baby down in at the start of the night and then bring into bed later. I have an in bed co sleeper thing with sides on it, should I put that in the middle and put baby there? Should I put it on my side and push bed to wall or get a bed rail? Should I forget it all and just sidecar a crib? Any suggestions would be appreciated. We are also a bit paranoid so I will be using a snuza monitor on baby just in case.

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Re: Co-sleeping arrangement ?s

  • PastaFanatic2012PastaFanatic2012 member

    We haven't actually done it yet obviously but we have a king size bed and have a co sleeper that completely surrounds the baby that goes on the bed. We are putting it in the middle because there's very little chance of dad rolling over on the baby while in the co sleeper.

    I would suggest trying it out because I can barely stand it in the king sized bed, no way could I do it in a queen.

    We also have a travel pnp with a bassinet portion that will be on my side of the bed, if the co sleeper doesn't work for us. Eventually, when baby grows out of co sleeper, we will have to either side car a crib or get a rail on my side of the bed.

    I think it depends on how long you think you want to co sleep but right now, im taking the approach of doing this for right now and figuring out the rest as we go along. 

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  • 00jennifer0000jennifer00 member
    I tried a bassinet with my first and didn't really like it, but I was trying all night long.  It was just too detached for me.  We ended up moving our mattress and box springs to the floor and pushing our bed against the wall, and that is where we have our babies sleep.  It's the best for our family, but you might have to experiment and see what you like best.  It takes a bit of getting used to climbing down so low and only having the foot and one side of the bed open to walk around.
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  • aglennaglenn member
    It's good to have options, because at the end of the day the baby will decide how it's going to go.  :)  Both of mine wanted to sleep thisclose to me for the first several weeks, and off and on thereafter.  Those cosleeper things that go in the bed were no good for either of them.  DS slept in the rock and play next to the bed for a while, but he's moved back into my bed at this point. 
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  • MrsGreen620MrsGreen620 member

    imageaglenn:
    It's good to have options, because at the end of the day the baby will decide how it's going to go.  :)  Both of mine wanted to sleep thisclose to me for the first several weeks, and off and on thereafter.  Those cosleeper things that go in the bed were no good for either of them.  DS slept in the rock and play next to the bed for a while, but he's moved back into my bed at this point. 

    I second this!  I think one of those baby nest things that go in bed with you are a bit of a waste - either have them close in a bassinet/cosleeper or have them snuggled with you.  But in the end, you'll experiment with a bunch of various situations before deciding what works best for you :) 

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  • pixieprincsspixieprincss member
    Ditto that baby will decide (if you are open to that). That said, I think the two issues with the nest and bassinet is that you have to pick up baby to nurse and then lay baby down again when done (and lay baby down not cuddled next to you). When you are bedsharing or using a sidecar, you can side-lay and nurse baby and then end it without either of you having to move or really break physical contact. Night nursing will likely not be quite that effortless easy at first, but as time goes on it certainly can be. We have a queen in the middle of our room, so the sidecar works well for us.

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  • terri_doula2010terri_doula2010 member
    We plan to side car the crib. We also have a queen and while it was fine for us when DS was small, it is already too small with DS just joining us sometimes in the middle of the night. I want to have designated space for the baby and I *think* it will help us to have more space for nursing such when DS joins us.
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