Co-sleeping with a newborn - what do we need to know?

[naturelover]

We'd prefer her to be in a Moses Basket by our bed but at night she just won't settle at all unless she's on the bed with us. We never set out to co-sleep but if I could be reassured that it's ok and safe and won't mean too much trouble evicting her at some point then I'm happy to consider it. It's only day 4 and we're having problems establishing breastfeeding so are pretty desperate for some rest and keen to bond etc.

Any experience/advice you can offer would be much appreciated.

hm, could put him up by my head, then what? drag him down alongside when he feeds?

oh, and what about a guard? we've been using roll of towels as a bolster (under the sheet), but that's got to change now he's learned to roll himself! But I saw a thingy that said bed guards are only suitable for over 18m babies - so what do others do? (nb the wall isn't an option - radiator on one side and cupboards on the other.)

that's what i do, well when i don;t just drop off to sleep after a feed and not put her back again that is. dd has her own little grobag though so i can grab that and yank her down a few inches
i'm not entirely sure it's worth stressing about, but i haven't read up on all the evidence for overheating etc so that is an uninformed gut instinct decision

thanks morocco, hadn't thought of his grobag, could try that I spose - but he is heeeeavy and I am a 90-lb weakling. well, a weakling, anyway