i also found it took time getting used to. the part i don't like about it is that DP & i don't get to sleep together. at the moment he's in our bed & DS & i are sharing a king single mattress that's on the floor of DS' room. previously DS & i have shared our bed & DP slept in the spare bed.
DS is a side or tummy sleeper & how we sleep depends on whether he wants to sleep on his side or tummy. when he's on his side, he tends to chase me round the bed. on his tummy, he just does his own thing
i'm not sure what to say about the lying down to BF - it took a long time before i found a position that was comfy & i tend to think that it's a matter of trial & error till you find what works for you
I also found it took a few weeks to get used to - but once you find your comfort zone then you're laughing.
I actually still swaddle missy so she is wrapped all night. When she needs a feed, I pull her into my tummy at kind of an angle so that she is under my breast and she attaches that way. Then when she is finished, I wait until she is sound asleep again and move her back to whichever position she was in. I prefer her to lie at the side of the bed (with the rail) as opposed to in the middle - no real reason, it's just that I like to lie on my left hand side and can face her that way.
DH enjoys having her in bed with us too. We have always said though, that if it came to someone having to leave the bed for whatever reason, then it would be missy moo. We have a cot next to our bed and we did use it for a while when she was around 3 months old but that was because of outside pressures which I won't go into here. I found it way too disruptive getting up and down all night for feeds when we had been so used to co-sleeping.
I also LOVE co-sleeping and feel that as a family we all get much more sleep.
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