Hi, I'm 28 wks pg with 1st and have done a tiny bit of reading around co-sleeping and am now open to it. Just wondering where yr baby slept if you co-slept - between parents? I am a bit concerned about the smothering/getting too hot thing and our bed is a Queen size so it's roomy but I don't know where the baby would lie if it had to go in the middle,if there are 2 pillows and a duvet. And do you swaddle them in a sheet or are they ok in a sleepsuit if protected by yr warmth? I think I'd want to cuddle them near me but facing the edge of the bed so that air could circulate. Also my hubby is a very hot bodied man(!) and I don't want him to make the baby too hot. He's not keen on co-sleeping at all but I completely understand how people might fall into the habit/end up trying it if it makes the nights easier, which from what I've read is true.
Finally, did you do a mix of co-sleeping and cot? I think I'll try to use the cot during the day and be more flexible at night about whether it sleeps with me or in the cot - is this realistic? Do small babies show a marked preference for one or the other when they're v small? ie do they scream in the cot once they've had a few nights next to mum?
SORRY for ramble but am rather confused and I don't think I'll be able to embrace the continuum stuff fully, but would like to do a bit of it...