help on bf reqd. mears are you there?

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Know how you feel E - newborn novelty worn off here too - prob due to ds1 sleeping better by 11 week - 7/8 hours. ds2 only 3/4.

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mears - I am not criticising you at all here and this is a genuine question, not a picky dig - I read your post just now about latching the baby and then falling asleep yourself as i way to get some rest. Sounds sensible to me but when I was bf my midwives went on and on at me that this was a really dangerous thing to do as baby could suffocate etc. apparently there was a case of this happening in the news a while back. Is there an official line on this or (as I suspect) my midwives were yet again playing it safe and worrying me unecessarily ?

Stripymouse - I was interested in this too as I fed all four in bed. Obviously without problem but that's no proof. Wondered how the statistics on "babies smothered by bf mothers" compared with for example cot death.

I did read somewhere else (and not wishing to antagonise bottle feeding mums) some research conclusion that it was safer sharing a bed with bf babies rather than with bottle fed - something to do with the way you lie next to them. Don't know whether that's true or not.

Stripymouse - you can actually find a bedsharing policy on the site www.babyfriendly.org.uk

You should not bedshare if you are under the influence of drink or drugs ( including partner in bed). There are other reasons such as being a smoker etc.

I personally was not concerned about sleeping with my babies - I had seen a few programmes that showed how parents actually moved about in their sleep to accommodate a baby in bed.

The hospital has a concern that babies may fall out and parents mught sue. At our hospital mothers are not dissuaded from having their babies in bed with them and cot sides are provided for that purpose.
There is a difference made between bedsharing and co-sleeping though.

You do what you are comfortable with. For me, it was a way of sleeping but you are always on the alert to some extent.

Mears : There is a difference made between bedsharing and co-sleeping though
What is it.... for me it's the same.... so maybe I am missing a English language nuance.
Thanks

Bedsharing is just for feeds really. Co-sleeping is sleeping together whether feeding or not - I think.

I'm always feeding on my side in bed now and wake to find ds2 fast asleep - unsure how much he had but it definitely helps to catch some sleep where you can - I never seem to be near enough to endanger him either and make sure my arm is arched around him

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He is 11 weeks now and no I dont wake him but when he does finally wake he usually gives a burp when I lift him

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Not sure about the solids - with ds1 I weaned at 15 weeks and he was really ready and loved it - thrived after that weigt wise - but ds2 is already a big lad so I dread to think what a spoon full of carrot will do for him.

One of them is quite cute actually which helps!!

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My boys are gorgeous - of course !

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Lots of sympathy E - I know how you feel! We will have to stop meeting like this!

It is good to see you two being able to support each other. I hope you keep your breastfeeding threads to look back on in disbelief when your little ones sleep all night. It will happen sometime, honestly

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10.30 - 2.30 but kept putting dummy in every half hour to avoid feed until 4.45 trying to persuade him he dooesn't need feeding every time he wakes. Better...? - not sure still knackered!

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Is my bigger ds1 or dh?? Ha ha! No only on Monday of course but ds1 will be in nursery from Wed - Fri

is he an autumn baby then? Ds1 august - just slipped in and ds2 is sept 5 th - will be bang on 5