Co-sleeper for 6 week old

[carringtonm]

Our baby is six weeks old and has been sleeping in a Tutti Bambini co-sleeper since birth. The first two nights he slept with it attached to our bed, but my stitches 'down below' got infected which meant I found it painful to get into bed with the co-sleeper in position, so we moved it against the bedroom wall, away from the bed. He has slept in there ever since.

I'm debating bringing his bed back to where it was now that I can move more easily and we have also established breast feeding properly (baby was originally only taking expressed milk from a bottle, and I was expressing through the night - all due to a tongue tie). I'm no longer needing to take the baby downstairs at night.

What I want to know is whether putting his bed next to ours would have benefits after six weeks. He currently sleeps very happily in his bed away from us, and will normally go in there awake and settle himself to sleep, not needing to be rocked to sleep by one of us. If I put his bed back next to me, will I find it harder to get him into his 'own' bed again at a later stage? Does anyone have experiences to share?

If it's not broke don't fix it 😊 wish my wee one was as good a sleeper

We used the Tutti Bambini Cozee for our 9 month old DS. We also had difficulties feeding so I express all the time and stitches too so can definitely relate to you OP! For what it's worth we had the CoZee next to our bed from day 1, and whilst I dreaded the day when he'd go into his own cot at 6 months he was absolutely fine. As pp said, go with whatever works for you! X

That's what I'm thinking, @NotSoThinLizzy. We are very lucky that he does love his bed (at the moment!!)

@mummabubs Sounds like your story is similar to mine! It's been tough but as of Thursday I am no longer expressing and he is fully breastfed all day. It's been a long journey. Hope you get there too - we got loads of help from a private lactation consultant and she's been amazing.

@mummabubs Sorry, I read your post as if you're still expressing but not sure that you are!

I am still expressing 9 months in. 😊 Despite input in the first 12 weeks from the NHS, La Leche League, lactation consultant and a cranial osteopath DS just never took to it, no tongue tie but was a forceps delivery which might have impacted on initial latching ability... we'll never know. Bizarrely he fed from me once on Christmas Day and that was it, but I'll always treasure that one feed. Really glad to hear your difficulties with it are behind you, nothing can prepare you for the potential challenges!

Hope the transfer to his own bed goes smoothly when the time comes :)

@mummabubs You deserve a medal for still expressing after so long! You're incredible!

Sounds like he's an incredible sleeper.

I have DD in a co sleeper and I love that for night feeds I don't even have to get out of bed. I also like being able to settle her by reaching out and putting a hand on her belly. It might be that neither of these are issues for you since he's such a good sleeper.