why is co-sleeping supposed to be easier for bfing??

[CamperFan]

By this I mean baby sleeping in the bed, not in the room. I would much prefer DS2 settled in his cot next to my bed, which he does during the first half of the night, not so much the second part of the night and often comes in my bed. What I don't understand is why people recommend sharing a bed to make bfing easier - you still need to wind baby, get up and change nappies, go to loo, swap sides, mop up copious amounts of sick all over the bedding, clothes etc (he is particularly pukey which is another issue entirely). So why is it better to share a bed, rather than feed in bed and transfer back to cot??

Actually the one down side to co-sleeping for me is that you do sleep very lightly - I'm always hyper-aware of the baby so you don't have that deep, snuggly sleep of the pre-baby days.

I co sleep, but not by choice! My ds starts off the night in his cot, but at around 2am will start waking every hour or so. The only way i get enough sleep is to have him in with me.

He's 14m and just hates his cot. I'm hoping once he's in a bed it'll get better. I never had this problem with my DDs!

which is why I feel that new mothers shouldn't have to do much else for a few weeks.

I never drink.

I sleep better without getting up and having to spend ages trying to settle my baby in a cot they don't want to be in. Quick feed every 3 or so hours and then back to sleep for us both. I have had no alcohol since this time last year where I had one g&t at my work's Xmas do - the only alcohol I had while pg. I vomited it and my entire Xmas work's dinner up about an hour later - the joys of hyperemesis.