"Don't cosleep if you are very tired"..so should i not be co-sleeping with newborn? MW says no....

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would welcome any advice..dd3 is 5 days old and i'm breastfeeding. i've had her in bed with me, with pillows,duvets etc away from her..and have been feeding on demand through night..with other children already and tired from the birth it seemed easier at this stage than trying to settle her in moses basket which she hates..

community midwife has been and said i should not be co-sleeping and new mothers are too tired to co-sleep an may well roll on baby..

i'm sure this has been discussed before..any advice?

i do need to get her to start settling in her basket during the day as i need to be running after my two pre-schoolers, but i dn't have the energy at night just now to be spending hours trying to settle her in basket..

I co slept with all 4 of mine from day 1.If you are lying on your side with your knees up and arm out above facing baby, I think it would be very difficult to roll onto your front on top of the baby.If I was ever very tired i used to put a hair brush in the bed between us in the hope that it would wake me up if I rolled on it

I'd have been more tired if I didn't cosleep, it gave me the opportunity to sleep more and I responded to her by instinct in my sleep.

I think the others have said everything.

co-sleeping helps me get more sleep. i am always v aware of DS and cannot imagine rolling onto him. plus i love it, it's gorgeous

This is an excellent source of current research on how breastfed mothers naturally share sleep with their babies.

You could always considere one of these if you want your baby close enough to touch, but not actually in your bed.