We've been doing partial co-sleeping with our DS (now 21 months) for over a year. He goes to sleep in his cot, in our room, then when he wakes (as he invariably does once - or occasionally more often - in the night) at around 1 or 2 am, we move him into our very large bed between us and he goes back to sleep until the morning. This is an arrangement that everyone is happy with, but I'm worried about what will happen when the new baby arrives.
(The grand plan, previously, was to move him gradually into his own room during my pregnancy (early enough so that he wouldn't associate it with his new sister), but we're doing building work, which has been delayed and delayed (grrr), and now his room is not going to be ready until after the birth.)
So, he has to be in our room anyway, at least for the first few weeks of his sister's life. Would it be easier if he stayed in his cot? Does anyone have any experience of breastfeeding a newborn with a toddler in the bed? I'm not intending to co-sleep with the new baby at the very beginning, as I'm a bit frightened when they are so teeny, so she will be in her moses basket pushed right up against my side of the bed, but of course I'll want to bring her in to feed her.
Any thoughts?