Transfering back to cot after feedings in bed

[LeggyBlondeNE]

We've just switched from moses basked to ArmsReach co-sleeper cot and also due to ?sleep regression? I'm feeding her in bed a lot because sitting up is to tiring.

However once she's fallen asleep and come off the breast, getting her back into the cot is triky - it's too short for our bed so on a different level.

Anyone got any tips for how to move baby from lying at breast back to cot after a feed?

Some mothers find it helpful to have their baby on a towel or separate sheet. Once your baby is asleep you can just slide the towel/sheet across with them still on it so they are still on their nice warm spot and you aren't moving them as such
HTH

can you raise the cot up to bed level? books under the legs maybe?

I have an Arms Reach co-sleeper as well, and sorry if this sounds patronising, but have you adjusted the height? Maybe you just have a very high bed! I don't know...

But the Arm's reach is very adjustable in terms of height - you need to take the cot top off the base, and then fiddle with the 'cross beams' on the base. It will say in the manual. It goes up and down a fair way in either direction.

(sorry if you know this, It is the kind of thing I wouldn't have noticed with a newborn and sleep deprivation!)

That said, I've always found it hard to put DS back in the cot anyway unless he's totally comatose, he knows he's being moved.

WoTmania - I may have to try that f I can get us on the same level.

gloyv - we must have different models. The Universal has 4 heights according to the manual achieved by using two different heights on the suspension poles and two different foot heights and only reach a maximum of two feet. No crossbeams to speak of (you're not getting confused with a bednest are you? apologies if I'm now being patronising! )

May visit B&Q and get blocks of wood to act as extra leg raisers!

Good point - sorry! I should have thoguht of that!

I have had a similar issue with moving the wee one back to the three sided cot next to me, the small sheet under him helps as he does not notice as much he is being moved but unless he is very very asleep he ends up awake and sniffling to be in next to me (he is 10 weeks old ebf) So far he has spent 20% night in crib at best and 80% in beside me and DH which we are fine with as the bed is big enough and we are very careful.