My little bub is only 3 months old, and has been co-sleeping with me and DH since he was 3 weeks. (If he is put in a bassinet or cot to sleep, he wakes up hourly and screams. If in bed with us, he sleeps from 9pm-9am with only one wake-up at 4am for a feed!) We have used a 'First Years Safe and Secure Sleeper' which is one of those little beds you attach to the big bed mattress, and it's been awesome! However, he's now too tall for it, and i'm not confident about having him sleep in the bed just with pillows etc - fear of him being rolled on or smothered with the doona.
Any suggestions about how I can safely have him co-sleep? Any products similar to the safe and secure sleeper that keep him from squirming down under the doona, or being squished under a tired parent?
i have really no idea as i dont 'co-sleep' persue/ . when in cot is your bub wrapped and/or cold or too warm ? Is bub sleeping on his back and prefers his side ?? Does bub sleep in cot during the day for sleeps ok ?
I have an arms reach cosleeper, which attaches to the side of the big bed and gives bub their own sleeping space...you can get them from the aba website mothers direct. BUT dd always ended up in bed with me anyway...I liked the cosleeper being there so she couldn't roll out, and she slept under a blanket with me, while dh had the doona. As for pillows etc, I always slept with her in line with my boob, and then a knee up, so she wouldn't wriggle down. I have never felt fearful of rolling on dd, because you are so hyper aware of them anyway. I didn't put her between dh and I until she was crawling, and by then she could wriggle herself and make herself felt if she was squashed (which never happened). Even now, dh is just as aware as I am, and if he drinks alcohol he has to sleep in the other room. It works for us.
We now have the cot with the side off attached to the side of the bed which is awesome. We've only been doing that for a month or so now but wish we'd done it sooner.
DO you have a cot? Is there a way that you can attach the cot to the side of the bed?
I co-sleep with DD & DS (DF normally falls asleep on the couch) I have the toddler bed rails on each side of the bed. I sleep in the middle with DD on one side & DS on the other
We have co-slept with our DD since she was 6 weeks and DP will cuddle her but then she ends up being in the middle of us and we have never had any troubles she will snuggle up to our backs or just sprawl out it works well for us
When DS was little, I would lie with him in teh crook of my arm and dress warmly if it was cold so I could push the blankets down.
When he was older, we'd sleep seperate from DH so there was more room, and he could just sleep nearby, clear of blankets & pillows. I don't think there's real need for special devices (a cot or something next to the bed might be handy if you're pushed for room in the bed, however).
Co-sleeping advice needed please!
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it works well for us 
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