Co Sleeping Help

[Taza300]

Hi am breastfeeding have a 7 month old wondering what I can do about sleeping sleeping arrangements we’ve been sleeping in my bed following the safe sleep 7 from she was about 2 weeks old I have a next to me bedside crib but she’s a bit big for it now so wondering what the next plan of action Is to try and move her into her own space she still wakes every 2/3 hours sometimes hourly so don’t want to move her into her own room because it will just make the sleep deprivation harder on me but I do want to move her into her own space beside me but it will be convenient to be able to feed her frequently is a full size cot with a side removed and attached to the bed the way to go ? What are your recommendations

In my experience, they knew the difference between next to me and a side car crib. No real solutions as I chose sleep and they were in with me for nearly three years. You can try though. Your child might be easier than mine in that way.

We were told never to co-sleep if a parent was very obese (for the reason you describe), influenced by medications that might disturb their normal wake response, or had been drinking, or was a smoker.

If you're happy to continue night feeds then I've know people just attach full size cots to the bed with the side removed. The basic ikea one seems to be popular. There's also an XL next to me cot.

You could also do the opposite and put her in her own room in a cot and you have a mattress next to it.

I co slept from birth almost but was fed up of hourly wake ups at 8 months and sleep trained. Night weaned, moved into cot in own room all in one go. Was very easy, used Lucy wolfe so never left them alone and the night weaning was the easiest part.

This reads as your ex husband paralysed your baby and then you abandoned him 😨

Ignore the troll, they’re pissed, probably very sad and lonely and posting all over the place.

😂 thank you, genuinely sounds bonkers and was trying to be supportive but omg.

We have a full size cot bed set up attached to king size bed, with 1 side off. I have an emperor size sheet across both mattresses. Adult bed is on the mattress frame containing slats directly on the floor rather than screwed into head and footboard. Cot is on the lowest setting with 2 inches wood fixed underneath each leg. It's brilliant!
Far easier for me to lie half in and feed to sleep at bedtime than it was with the next to me pre 6 months. Baby sometimes falls asleep and rolls away from me or sometimes remains stuck to me, so we have options.
I will not be moving her out until night feeding has reliably stopped and she's STTN. My son couldn't nurse and night wakes walking around for hours were tedious and back breaking. I will not be losing the swift ability to put baby back to sleep until I cannot, ie it doesn't work.

Hi thank you so much I have a divan base double bed was thinking if the cot with one side off was the way to go I could secure it to my divan base using the straps from the next to be crib im kind of stuck at the minute as she still is waking to feed so often and will only feed to sleep or I’ll be walking up and down the halls rocking she is a comfort feeder to so can remain latched on for a while so I do want to find a way to be able to keep her close for frequent feeding if she wants them but still be able to have her in her own space but it still remain convenient for the both of us to try and minimise further sleep deprivation

Cot with the side off, right next to the bed worked for me. They are close enough to you that they can still hear your breathing and you can respond to them quickly. But they get used to being on a separate sleeping surface. It can improve the quality/length of sleep (hopefully!).

Just aim for getting them in the cot for a few hours a night to start with and gradually build up. See how it goes - my first baby was impossible to put down sleeping, you had to do these weird ninja moves to get away. Luckily second baby just rolls over and stays asleep 😴

Thank you so much I think I will get a dot and remove a side and give that a go

We did a floor bed (aka "mattress on the floor") in baby's room from 6 months or so. We coslept pretty much from birth due to BF and found the floor bed helpful to allow him to associate his room with sleeping. Now 16 months old and sleeping through most nights in his cot, the floor bed is still there in case I need to use it (I can't handle no sleep either)