co-sleeping - babygro or nude (with nappy!)

[nickymorris]

just wondering what others do....

at the moment ds sleeps in his cot until first night feed. then comes into bed with us. i take off his grobag but not his babygro but was wondering if this should come off too for maximum benefit?

How old is he? And how cold is your house? Mine always stayed in babygrows but I didn't co-sleep until they got to 2 months or so.

I co sleep with my dcs from birth to 3-8 months (depending onthe child). They wear vests and babygrows as we (not DH) share a couple of baby blankets, never my grown up ones.

DS is 5 months now - we started 'officially' co-sleeping at 4 months when he became impossible to get back in his cot at night and I was a total zombie. I read '3 in a bed' and became a convert! I now am probably getting more sleep than I ever have in my life which is hilarious! Before that I used to fall asleep with him at the breast or on my shoulder burping him and he'd happily sleep for 2 or 3 hours before rustling around and waking me up for the next feed .

House is pretty warm although cools down overnight as the heating is off then. DH is pretty warm at night - seems to give off a lot of heat - although not always there due to work committments. I sleep just in bra and pants. DS sleeps under our duvet with me holding it in such a way as to not go over his head/face in the night which seems to work.

I find skin-on-skin makes us sweaty and uncomfortable.

Firstly I think that a baby that young should not sleep under a duvet maybe you could switch to blankets. Both my ds's slept with me from birth and the younger one now 2 still does but I have always used blankets since they started sleeping with us.
Once you ds is a couple of months older he will probable mover around alot more and may move out of the blanket/duvet and get quite cold if he is only wearing a nappy.

DS sleeps with us in what we call a "onesie" here in Canada, it's like a T-shirt but it has flaps that button at the crotch, is that what you call a babygro?

In spring and fall it was s short-sleeved onesie, now in the cold it's long-sleeved, but his fat little legs are always bare. He gives off oodles of heat like my DH. I love feeling his hot little feet against my legs or tummy at night! We had a very hot summer and some nights he just slept naked with a nappy.

Quick update. Tried naked last night and he found it WAY too exciting - reminded him of morning. Won't be trying that again!

He also wriggled around more and kicked at the duvet making himself (and me) cold. When he's in his babygro he's pretty still unless he's rustling around trying to get my attention for a feed

Separate question - what is the extra danger/concerns of using the duvet versus blankets.

I don't actually have any blankets but could be convinced to go to the shops.... Would also resolve DH's grumbles about DS and me stealing the duvet....

They are heavy and babies can suffocate.

Don't actually think mine is that heavy - he merrily kicks it about when he has a mind to.... Surely blankets can be as bad?

I think one of the problems with duvets is they are so puffy and mouldable that it's easier for them to (eg) get trapped face down in one and not be able to free themselves

I kept the duvet at my waist level (ie below dd) and wore a cardigan - I always left her in her babygrow as protection against her toenails clawing my tummy...

Blankets are usually easier to push off even my 2 year old prefers a blanket as he finds them easier to wriggle out off if he is getting too hot. my ds sleeps on one side of the bed with a bed rail on the other to stop him falling out and I am in the middle with dh on the other side. Dh and myself use a duvet and ds has this own blanket but when he was younger we just had a couple of blankets on the bed and ds slept in a grobag if irt was really cold.