Is anyone co sleeping and formula feeding? We fell asleep with our son in the bed a few nights ago, and it was the best sleep we’ve all had in ages. He is teething and so uncomfortable, all he wants is to be near me and he slept soundly. Unsure if I can keep this going or just stop now. We didn’t do it last night, and it was hell
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I co sleep and have done since 2nd night home. I bf but if i go out for a day i give her obe bottle of formula. I dunno if its anything to do with bf or formula but i love sleeping nxt to bub and its nice knowing how close by she is to pop dummy in or feed her etc instantly. I dont have a partner so its me and her in a king bed. I'm a light sleeper and i dont move. Never have . I make sure shes out the way of pillows etc. Sleepsuut seems to work well. I use a nappy nxt size up for overnight too. But still change early morning

I've been co-sleeping about 50% of the time. I tried so hard early on not to as was so scared of anything happening.. realised I was so overtired when we were doing this and I was falling asleep in chairs which was more dangerous.
We were getting more sleep together and just made sure to research safe co-sleeping guidelines.
Now bubs tends to sleep in our bed from 8pm-11pm sometimes all night ( when I go to bed I pick him up and transfer him ) normally he is in a good sleep by then and stays asleep.

We cosleep and formula feed. It's so much easier, as mentioned above, We can pop his dummy in or give him a feed if he's hungry through the night. He gets 5 bottles in 24 hours, and we can normally get 6-8 hours out of him after the last bottle around midnight. We're night owls anyway so this has really helped us. Once we get through summer we'll look at transferring him to his cot in his nursery, but for now I crave him being so close that I can hold his hand. And the mornings are amazing, listening to him cooing and reaching for you 🥰

I co sleep all the time with my 5 month old… he starts off in his Basinet but when he wakes for a feed we then co sleep otherwise it’s an absolute nightmare getting him back to sleep in his Basinet 🙆🏼♀️
I has pillows on either side of me and he sleeps on my chest :)

I sleep like this with my son every night too! I’ve never heard of someone doing it except my mum did it with me. It’s the only way he will get a good stretch of sleep overnight and so easy to BF as well

hahah really?! I’m glad I’m not the only one 😂 it’s soo easy and only way we can all get a good nights sleep! If his comfy and happy then so am I !
I mean my back be aching some nights but hey least I get some sleep in 😂💁🏼♀️

exactly! Yes lol my neck has not been happy these past few days. Glad to know I’m not the only one 🫶🏼

Yes I do this now that she’s bigger, like to try put her down in cot and then after I go to bed and she wakes just bring her to bed with me, soo much easier and both back to sleep faster