Bedsharing question...

gina8177 · Aug 28th, 2010, 14:49 PM

When your little one sleeps in the bed what do you cover yourself in and what do you cover your little one in?

Kaiden always snuggles right next to me when he sleeps in the bed. If I put him far away from me he literally wiggles until he is right up against me. It's super adorable. But I'm wondering how to work out the blanket situation.

Thanks!

Pops · Aug 28th, 2010, 15:00 PM

Iris quite often wont settle in her moses after her second feed so I lie her next to me on top of the quilt and we don't have any pillows. She sometimes goes in the crease of my arm and right up next to me, sometimes she just lies next to me and is happy as larry.

If it's a bit chillier we pop a cellular blanket over her but the rest of the time she is warm enough in her sleepsuits xxx

bky · Aug 28th, 2010, 16:59 PM

She's just in her sleeping bag. I tuck blankets under my legs and either have no blankets on top or tuck one over my shoulder but under my arm if that makes sense.

gina8177 · Aug 28th, 2010, 17:47 PM

Is she able to sleep on her side in the sleeping bag? Can she snuggle you? A sleeping bag would be great for Kaiden cause he either kicks his blanket off or throws it over his head, eek!

DueMarch2nd · Aug 28th, 2010, 17:56 PM

Sleeping bags are great for cold nights. He sleeps on his side as well, however at his stage he likes to get on his front in his sleep and then he wakes himself up because he gets a bit tangled in it

TBH I usually just cover him in my covers (i know! its a no-no) Its not a heavy duvet and I do it in a way that I have covers and then theygo under me and the excess goes on him, almost like 2 completely separate sets of covers... its hard to explain, but yeah, a sleeping bag, i would reccomend!

gina8177 · Aug 28th, 2010, 20:02 PM

The past few nights I've also done the no no and shared my sheet with him (its to warm for a blanket), that way he can't kick it off. But I definitely want to try a sleeping bag now!

lynnikins · Aug 29th, 2010, 03:24 AM

my ds1 climbed into the bed last night so i ended up bed sharing and he just pushed the duvet away from him and allowed me to curl up in it the way i normally do lol. when i was co-sleeping with ds2 i just put him on top of the duvet or wore warm pj's and had the covers from my waist down and he would be up by my chest and my legs would be curled up slightly so he couldnt slide down the bed and my arm above his head so he couldnt go up into the pillows as i cant sleep without a pillow

pinkandfluffy · Aug 29th, 2010, 03:43 AM

Mine is the same, feeding him can be hard work as he seems to burrow in closer to me lol - he won't have any blankets on etc usually justa sleepsuit. Also sleeps on his sideor sometimes

sneaks onto his front

Have you seen the leaflet on how to position yourself? I usually sleep like that, because with my knees/legs under his feet like that he can't scoot down the bed and under the sheet IYKWIM?

http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/pdfs/...bedleaflet.pdf

JASMAK · Aug 29th, 2010, 10:05 AM

I put a reciving blanket around Kelana and she sleeps on her side away from me, or her back. I put my duvet up and over me (under my arm though) and tuck it either behind her back (on her side) or under her legs (on her back). When the temps get cooler here, I will use a sleep sack.

Celesse · Aug 29th, 2010, 13:06 PM

My LO has a sleeping bag, and I tuck the duvet around me and between me and LO up to between waist and boob height. We currently have a very thin summer duvet on and I have had it over both on us....not sure how I will work things as the weather turns colder.

Aug 28th, 2010, 14:49 PM	#1
gina8177 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Port Coquitlam, BC Posts: 1,949	Bedsharing question... When your little one sleeps in the bed what do you cover yourself in and what do you cover your little one in? Kaiden always snuggles right next to me when he sleeps in the bed. If I put him far away from me he literally wiggles until he is right up against me. It's super adorable. But I'm wondering how to work out the blanket situation. Thanks!

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Aug 28th, 2010, 15:00 PM	#2
Pops Other BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Surrey Posts: 9,350	Iris quite often wont settle in her moses after her second feed so I lie her next to me on top of the quilt and we don't have any pillows. She sometimes goes in the crease of my arm and right up next to me, sometimes she just lies next to me and is happy as larry. If it's a bit chillier we pop a cellular blanket over her but the rest of the time she is warm enough in her sleepsuits xxx
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Aug 28th, 2010, 16:59 PM	#3
bky Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Christchurch, NZ Posts: 4,009	She's just in her sleeping bag. I tuck blankets under my legs and either have no blankets on top or tuck one over my shoulder but under my arm if that makes sense.

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gina8177 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Port Coquitlam, BC Posts: 1,949	Is she able to sleep on her side in the sleeping bag? Can she snuggle you? A sleeping bag would be great for Kaiden cause he either kicks his blanket off or throws it over his head, eek!

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Aug 28th, 2010, 17:56 PM	#5
DueMarch2nd Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Grangemouth, Scotland (originally from MI,USA) Posts: 3,418	Sleeping bags are great for cold nights. He sleeps on his side as well, however at his stage he likes to get on his front in his sleep and then he wakes himself up because he gets a bit tangled in it TBH I usually just cover him in my covers (i know! its a no-no) Its not a heavy duvet and I do it in a way that I have covers and then theygo under me and the excess goes on him, almost like 2 completely separate sets of covers... its hard to explain, but yeah, a sleeping bag, i would reccomend!

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Aug 28th, 2010, 20:02 PM	#6
gina8177 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Port Coquitlam, BC Posts: 1,949	The past few nights I've also done the no no and shared my sheet with him (its to warm for a blanket), that way he can't kick it off. But I definitely want to try a sleeping bag now!

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Aug 29th, 2010, 03:24 AM	#7
lynnikins Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: East Midlands Posts: 15,436	my ds1 climbed into the bed last night so i ended up bed sharing and he just pushed the duvet away from him and allowed me to curl up in it the way i normally do lol. when i was co-sleeping with ds2 i just put him on top of the duvet or wore warm pj's and had the covers from my waist down and he would be up by my chest and my legs would be curled up slightly so he couldnt slide down the bed and my arm above his head so he couldnt go up into the pillows as i cant sleep without a pillow

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Aug 29th, 2010, 03:43 AM	#8
pinkandfluffy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 4,355	Mine is the same, feeding him can be hard work as he seems to burrow in closer to me lol - he won't have any blankets on etc usually justa sleepsuit. Also sleeps on his sideor sometimes sneaks onto his front Have you seen the leaflet on how to position yourself? I usually sleep like that, because with my knees/legs under his feet like that he can't scoot down the bed and under the sheet IYKWIM? http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/pdfs/...bedleaflet.pdf

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Aug 29th, 2010, 10:05 AM	#9
JASMAK Other BnB Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 13,371	I put a reciving blanket around Kelana and she sleeps on her side away from me, or her back. I put my duvet up and over me (under my arm though) and tuck it either behind her back (on her side) or under her legs (on her back). When the temps get cooler here, I will use a sleep sack.

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Aug 29th, 2010, 13:06 PM	#10
Celesse Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 6,720	My LO has a sleeping bag, and I tuck the duvet around me and between me and LO up to between waist and boob height. We currently have a very thin summer duvet on and I have had it over both on us....not sure how I will work things as the weather turns colder.

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