BF & NOT cosleeping

I am determined to BF this baby. But I'm not comfortable cosleeping.

The crib is in our room, and will stay there till she sleeps through the night.


This won't be a huge issue right?

Depends.  

What kind of issues are you concerned about?

I EBF & refuse to co-sleep. Don't get me wrong, I would love to but I don't trust myself. I am so affraid of rolling over on my son. It shouldn't be an issue. It's just like waking up to give your baby a bottle, except you know...with the boob. Lol.

Not if you're determined. We didn't co-sleep ever and I bfed for 16 months. LO was in his crib in his own room at 3 weeks.

I said the same thing but I ended up co-sleeping with my daughter. We've been doing 4 months now!! I would get out of bed sometimes and bringing her to bed to BF and I wouldn't even remember.

if you dont want to cosleep. do not feed her in the bed with you. sit in a chair sitting up maybe in another room even and feed her then put her down in the crib/bassinet/playpen. lol i did cosleep but not til they grew out of the bassinet. i couldnt deal with the crib thing (never stayed asleep long enough it seemed)

I didn't plan on co sleeping and I EBF but as soon as I figured out how to nurse laying down it was a wrap.... But I don't think if you really don't want to co sleep that it should be an issue. Put a rocking chair in your room too if you can! That way you have a comfy place to feed your LO that's not your bed

I co-slept the first week she was home, out of pure tiredness. But she's been in her crib since (10 months old now)

I did this with my DD. Her crib was two steps away from my side of the bed. I loved nursing her lying down. If I feel asleep for a minute or 10 - I didn't stress. I'd put her back in the bed when I woke up or she was done eating. She was in my room for one year. I think it made life easier.


She is now (almost 3) and doesn't come climb in our bed through the night or in the morning. She doesn't remember it and therefore doesn't "know" she can sleep with us. I'm glad I don't have a kid in my bed everynight. I don't understand how people do it (and get any sleep/sex!)

No I bf all my babies and never co slept... I don't feel comfortable doing it even when I would fall asleep with them my husband would stay up and move them to bassinet

Bassinet stayed in my room on his side till babies were 6 months and then they went to the crib in their rooms

Here's what we do and it's worked so far.

Before ds was 2 months old he was in a basinet next to our bed. When he woke up I fed him. For the first 6 weeks or so I also changed him to wake him up alittle more so he'd eat well. Then rock him back to sleep and put him back in bassinet.

At 2 months he started breaking the swaddle so we moved him into his crib at night in his room. He slept fine in there. He wakes up, hubby gets him and brings him to me, I feed him in bed (side lying), he goes back to sleep in his crib.

DS is 10 months old and we still do the same routine. It works for us.  

I don't trust myself or DH cosleeping.

We can't do without blankets or pillows.

I'm extremely overweight

I have insomnia so i usual take meds to sleep.

And DH even have a hard time sharing our bed with each other.



I do have the.glider in our room and that's where i plan on bf in the night

Quoting Ah TAM:" I don't trust myself or DH cosleeping. We can't do without blankets or pillows. I'm extremely overweight ... [snip!] ... a hard time sharing our bed with each other. I do have the.glider in our room and that's where i plan on bf in the night"

I couldn't have done it without the glider. We still use it before bed every night and LO is 3, lol. We sit in it to read a book before bed.

That's what I plan to do, but I'm sure she's gonna end up sleeping with me anyways lol

I had the same plan. Crib is right next to the bed, but he just won't stay settled in it... and I need sleep. He did OK in it the first week or two until he got more alert. But I've been trying to get him used to it again. So far he stays in there for naps and until I go to bed. But I have to go settle him a couple times til I'm ready for bed.