Co sleeping

[PuddingxButt]

Before I start, I know all the risks and this isn't a perfect solution or something we plan on doing every night.
Our 5 week old sometimes sleeps well in her side cot, but some nights she won't sleep at all unless she's held or lying next to us in bed, and on occasion she's slept on one of our chests while we dozed. I think it'd be safer to plan for her to co sleep instead of winging it out of desperation. Any tips for the safest way to do so?

Don't do it until she is over 6 months.

• Duvet only up to your waist
• Baby under their own blanket/sleeping bag
• Pillows away from baby
• Baby next to you, not dad, and never between you
• Curl around her in a c shape, so arm above her head and knees bent underneath her
• Don't cosleep after drinking alcohol (applies to all in the bed, even if not next to baby)
• Don't cosleep if baby was prem
• Don't cosleep if you smoke
• Wear a long sleeved top over a nursing vest to keep your own arms warm
• I prefer it if DH is in the spare bed because I can switch baby sides without waking him to swap sides in the bed (I find my arm starts to ache!)

OP I'm in a similar situation to you except baby is 4 weeks old. The last few nights she's only settled if she's held and I'm exhausted!
I'd love it if she slept OK at night times but I got 2 hours undisturbed sleep last night and about the same the night before. Daisy169 thanks for the advice 😊

We had a Chicco Next 2 Me crib and I had him next to me with the side dropped down. It was brilliant.

I’m exactly the same! She is 5 weeks and although I try my best to put her back in the snuzpod, she wakes straight up. I’m breastfeeding, so I tend to feed her lying down on the bed & then we fall asleep. I don’t want to co sleep as it worries me for safety reasons & I think I will make a rod for my own back & it will be harder to move her later. I want to be able to put her down to sleep awake in her cot & for her to fall asleep on her own in the next few months. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻