Some perspective on infant sleep :)

It's funny. As we prepared for the birth of DD 2 years ago, we were not big co-sleeping fans. Then she was born. And the only way she'd fall asleep and stay asleep at night was to sleep in between us. Our little bugs need us close. We all slept better and it was so much easier to breastfeed her. I'm glad DD was able to change out minds.

Just as follow up: She co-slept with us for maybe the first 2 to 3 months, then we were able to switch her into the cradle we kept in our room bedside. At 6 to 7 months she moved into her big crib in her own bed room. Co-sleeping doesn't have to be forever. We just followed her lead.

Same here. I would sit up and use my Boppy pillow to nurse her then we'd go back to sleep. My breasts are large to begin with and huge while nursing. Not only does nursing require 2 hands, I just didn't feel safe side nursing with the fear that I'd fall asleep and smother her.