CoSleeping Positions

Google the “Safe Sleep 7.” What I am noticing is you are trying to sleep in a cuddle curl (or he is defaulting to one) and this is safe, however the blankets and pillow in proximity to him are not safe. You should be wearing clothing to keep you warm enough and only using a blanket up to your waist, and making sure your pillow is away from his face with him pulled down near your breast.

Your mattress must be quite firm. We ended up not cosleeping for long after he was born, we sleep trained when he was ready instead, but we initially stated cosleeping on a mattress I bought especially for cosleeping that is comfortable but also met the standards of being firm enough as well (there is a test you can perform to assess if the firmness is appropriate). The mattress is called the SleepEZ Roma mattress and was one of the cheaper options given the firmness requirement and not being horribly uncomfortable. It has a firm side and a medium side which is nice as you can flip it as desired.

The safest position under a year is the C curl

You’re doing it partly right- the cuddle curl is right, but you should not have a pillow under his back or your arm under his head. Just lay him flat on the mattress on his back, you beside him lying on your side curled around him in a C shape.

C curl! I got a thin Japanese mattress and sleep on the floor with it.

So the surface is quite firm.

Thin blanket for myself, I don't wear a shirt and have a tiny pillow for my head.

My first loved chest to chest and never moved, but it sounds like you're describing how my second boy was. Like others are saying, you're halfway there, either keep repositioning baby back onto your chest or move him into the c curl position. Try looking up happy cosleeper on Instagram, you'll quickly see what's being described here 🙂

Thank you everyone I feel a lot more educated and glad my maternal instincts were pretty close to doing cosleeping the correct way!!