Co-sleeping mamas - how much do you cuddle your LO?

I find myself wanting to cuddle my LO in bed, particularly if she seems a bit distressed while in active sleep. For example if I hold her hand she will calm down and stop frantically moving around and seem more settled. I also love cuddling her while feeding her in the side lying position. I feel like I should aim to get her successfully cot sleeping soon but co sleeping feels really special to me. 🩷

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I lovelovelove cuddling my son! We bedshare and honestly I plan to for at least his first few years. I'll reassess once he's old enough to tell me what he wants. I figure getting to sleep with him will be such a blip in our lifetime, that I want to soak up every second of it. And contrary to popular beliefs, sleeping with our children typically creates kids who have a good relationship with sleep, and will be more confident sleeping on their own later!

My friend said today we don’t have this time for long with our babies so enjoy it and do what you feel is right xx

Lullaby Trust is a good website that talks about safe co-sleeping:

https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/co-sleeping/

My youngest is one next week and still in my bed. My husband is in the spare room which isn't ideal, but the baby won't sleep without being cuddled. He's starting nursery soon so I'm not going to change everything in his life all at once but eventually I do want him in his own room. He has a lovely floor bed in there 🙈

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