Co-Sleeping advice for a new mom!

Re: Co-Sleeping advice for a new mom!

• pixieprincss member

  July 2013

  If you plan to nurse, learning to do it side-laying is awesome so that you can snooze while baby slurps away. (Baby will not be able to do this right away. Learning to latch properly requires time for both mom and baby.) I don't know how compatible that is with a snuggle nest, but it works great for bed-sharing.

  

  
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• Emerald27 member

  July 2013

  We got a snuggle nest early on with DS, but I found it much more pleasant just to sleep with him next to me. I researched safe bedsharing techniques, and we've done really well without the nest.
  
  That said, I think it can be a great tool for a parent who isn't entirely comfortable with bedsharing but wants to keep baby extra close.

  
  

  
  

  

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• &orchid& member

  July 2013

  I slept with a thin quilt the entire time I co-slept, so just in case my infant got covered, it wouldn't cover his nose and mouth completely like a fluffy down comforter would.  I also would suggest while you are learning to breastfeed, get out of bed, and sit in a chair.  It was so hard to nurse in bed.  Even to this day I find it the most difficult way to nurse.  (my LO has breastfed 10 mo).  We were able to master the side laying nurse technique maybe around 3 mo?? 

  Enjoy those moments!  I really miss co-sleeping with my son.  I transitioned him to the crib around 6 months because he was starting to learn how to roll.  (I had him on the outside of the bed because my DH is a sound sleeper who rolls like a crocodile, and I didn't trust him sleeping next to our LO.  So when he started to want to roll, I couldn't have him in our bed any longer. 

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