Bedsharing and Nursing

Re: Bedsharing and Nursing

• bullybutt member

  September 2013

  I personally flip flop him because I can't lay on one side ALL night long.  I will usually just crawl over him and lay on the other side.  I'm a belly sleeper, so I nurse with the top boob and once I feel his latch loosen, I'll pop him off...sometimes he fusses and wants it back...then we do it again.  Some nights are worse than other on the "comfort nursing". It's just a phase and he won't be this dependant for long.

  

   

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• Emerald27 member

  September 2013

  Like PP, I switch sides throughout the night, but it has more to do with not wanting to lay on one hip all night long.
  
  DS can nurse on both breasts no matter which side I'm laying on, though. I just shift my body so I'm leaning a bit for him to have the top boob. Some days he prefers the top boob, too. Silly kid. :P
  
  When I'm tired of laying on one side, I'll sit up and gently scoot him to where I was laying, and lay where he was laying. Sometimes it jostles him enough that he wants to nurse, but most of the time he just stays fast asleep.

  
  

  
  

  

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• Mrs.AmyDylan member

  September 2013

  I flip over DD. I side sleep and nurse off the bottom boob. I'm a bit smaller in the boob department, so can't comfortably feed the top boob. Even prior to kids I couldn't make it a whole night on one side. I flip when I'm ready, or when I'm feeling engorged on the top boob.

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• mb314 member

  September 2013

  I nurse with me on my back and DS on top of me.  I do try to remember to alternate sides, but it doesn't always happen. 
  

  

     
  

  

   

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• jackersCU member

  September 2013

  I switch DD throughout the night. I lay on my back/side and she lays on her side feeding from bottom breast. If she starts to get really fidgety/fussy I may switch in the middle of a feeding because she wants more milk and doesn't want to wait for another letdown.

  

  
  

  

  
  

   

         

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• PipSqueak0313 member

  September 2013

  Since I try to avoid having ds between dh and I, I nurse the left side while laying on my side and nurse the right side while on my back with ds on top of me. I try avoiding putting ds between us during the night at dh's request since he is afraid of hitting or rolling onto ds in his sleep and he sleeps soundly enough that he wouldnt notice. When I want to roll freely or onto my right side, I place ds into the bassinet next to my bed though I need to decide if I want to move the crib to our room or not since ds is getting too long for the bassinet. At 6 months tomorrow, he isnt sitting or too heavy yet.

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