How to safely sleep with a newborn and a 3yr-old (for some of the night)

[Snowy Love]

My DH takes DS1 back to his bed & then falls asleep with him in there. So me and baby in the Queen bed & DH & 3 yo in the car bed (with sides, there's not alot of room). DH took over the putting to sleep duties when I was pg, 'cause I used to lie with him 'till ha was asleep & at about 6mths pg I couldn't get out of the car bed

[Melody7]

Meow, I have a side rail that I used with DS when he was a bit younger (1yr+). Interestingly I thought of your idea after I made this post - I just wasn't sure about the safety of bubs being against the rail... but that seems to be a good option to at least try. I might try practising sleeping with my back to DS.

Snowy Love, love your ideas too! Only thing is, DS's bed is a cot mattress with a cot bed frame (we used the mattress w/out the frame next to our bed as a transition from full co-sleeping) - so can't really sleep in there with him And fortunately, we have a KS bed, so hopefully we'll all fit comfortably (although it will be getting hotter with summer - sticky!).