co-sleeping in winter

[Tuesday's Child]

Just wondering how others do it. How do you dress bubs? Where in the bed do they sleep (in between you, on one side etc)? I'm after some ideas to see if there's something we could be doing better.

DD tends to sleep towards the head of the bed to keep above the covers. This means she gets cold though and will sleep on my head or on DH's to keep warm. I trialled a grobag which made a big difference to her sleep (she now sleeps through ). So I now know she's warm enough. But she still sleeps above the covers which doesn't leave a lot of head space for DH or I.

[Arcadia]

I am between two kids. DD (2.5) has flanalette jarmies and sleeps generally acorss the bed with her feet kicking my back all night! DS (10 weeks) is in a grobag and starts off in a side car cot, but ends up in bed with me, and I put him in line with my breasts, but with the covers folded under (so they don't flick up onto him). I dress faily warmly, but tend to snuggle under the doona and have my head in line with both kids once DS has finished feeding.

Cosleeping in winter is the best...but poor DH is on his lonesome in a single next to DD (which is technically her bed!)

[appletree]

Ds is in flannel jammies in between df and I, at the top of the bed. I scoot down so my face is where his feet are, df is 6 foot 6 so takes the whole bed, we each have our own doona. If ds is cold he wiggles closer to one of us. When dd comes in she will usually put her head down the other end of the bed and go between df and I, feet to feet with ds.

It was soooo much easier and more comfy with just one child! Lol.

[Eenee]

DD is in a grobag and starts off in the cot which is right next to bed without the side and she ends up in bed with me and lays on my chest and once DH has gone to work she sleeps on his side on her belly. Although when she was younger I found her under my pillow once!!! Bad mummy!!!

[Babyluv]

DD is in a long sleeved sleeping bag by babykids and has quite a few layers underneath. We have just started her sleeping in her cot but every morning, early hrs she ends up in bed next to me, not in the middle. She snuggles next to me, level with my boobies and I sleep with my arm around her.

[onthefly]

i have tended to wear a jumper or dressing gown to bed so I don't need to pull the blankets up so much.

[Heaven]

I have her on either side depending on what boob she had last, lol. If I am awake at the end of the feed I try to move her up so she's away from the doona a bit and I wriggle down so I can have the covers up to my neck! But more often than not I end up falling asleep and she just stays cuddled up to me and I wake up cold.

[Starlite]

DS wears long pj's. He sleeps on both sides as he often wakes me so he can swap boobs for a night feed. He stays level with my boobs with my arm around him, which results in me having cold arm/shoulder from being out of the blanket. But at least bub is warm...

[HotI]

I have her on either side depending on what boob she had last, lol.

I do that and wondered if i was the only one.

[bec293]

She snuggles next to me, level with my boobies and I sleep with my arm around her.

I do the same with my DS, he is snuggled next to me, and I swap sides when I feed so he could end up on either side.

He wears a onesie, but his hands have been getting very cold during the night so I have started to put mittens on him. I have the blanket over my shoulders, then diagonally across him so they are not covering his face.

[luna moth]

I do that and wondered if i was the only one.

I can't imagine any other way?!

Our DD is a little icy pole of a sleeper, so she's in two layers and a sleeping bag, with her blankie wrapped around her, over or u nder her arms depending how she's feeling. We both sleep in l/s tops to keep us warm, and have the doona pulled up to bellybutton level.

[onthefly]

I used to switch and sometimes still do, but also tend to just roll over to give her the second side. Just depends

[Jellybean29]

I have bubs in a bonds wondersuit with a singlet or similiar under, the wondersuit lets you fold the sleeves over the hands, keeps them warm and stops him scratching his face. I have been trying a few different sleep methods, like the OP I had him towards the head of the bed and in his own blankets, but he'd only sleep 2-3hrs at a time like this.
Last two nights i've swaddled him in a muslin wrap, and then wrapped a blanket around him and had him snuggled up against me on his side, whilst i'm in a warm dressing gown with my arms around him. I make sure there are no sheets/duvet/blankets that could smother him and give him as much skin to skin as I can. This has resulted in 4-5hr blocks of sleep both nights (yeeeeeha!) and also, I am very very sensitive to him this way, and can sense when he's stirring and ready for a feed or just stirring because he's farting/pooping.

Knowing the difference has made a HUGE difference to our nights. Sometimes i'd wake because he'd stir,i'd roll over, look at the clock (sigh! only an hours gone by!), drag myself out of bed to feed him.... and then he'd just kick and squawk and detatch and fuss for an hour or more before finally feeding and then sleeping and then repeat repeat every 2hrs.... Now I know better because he's so close and can tell better if he's just farting/pooping and wanting comfort or okay he's awake and wanting boob for food. Also, because he's snuggled and skin to skin, he's not getting so worked up over gas and just passing it with minimal fuss and settling himself back to sleep because I think he feels more comfort and secure - which has resulted in the 4-5hr sleeps!

[willow5]

I have her on either side depending on what boob she had last, lol. If I am awake at the end of the feed I try to move her up so she's away from the doona a bit and I wriggle down so I can have the covers up to my neck! But more often than not I end up falling asleep and she just stays cuddled up to me and I wake up cold.

I do that and wondered if i was the only one.

Not alone this is us too

DS is a restless sleeper, all over the bed, on the floor or like your DD on my head I spend a lot of the time chasing him with blankets which he hates having on. Last week I got out the Grobag as it's getting sooo cold here. I feel better knowing he's warm no matter where he is, but when he wakes up and can't walk he's not happy! (Not sleeping through either ) When he wakes for a feed I roll him to the other side. I keep the very edge of the doona on me but not on him and tuck it under my arm so it doesn't go near his face. (DP doesn't sleep in bed with us as he is worried he might hurt DS he's also a restless and heavy sleeper)

I've just ordered 2 Snugtime blanket sleepers, 2.0 TOG rating. That way I'll know he's warm, I can adjust his clothing underneath to suit, and he'll be happier as they have legs so he won't fall on his face when he tries to walk