pillows. I had little problems
nursing
lying down with our 1st baby Sarah. However, for some reason, I
did
find it difficult getting comfortable with our 2nd baby Daniel.
Eventually,
I found it easier to nurse get into position by slowly sliding down
from
my sitting position, and slowly slowly moving him with me in my arms.
After
a while, I got the hang of it, and of course, Daniel also "demanded"
being
nursed lying down, especially when he was very tired &
sleepy!
For our youngest, we did find that using a sleep
positioner helped a lot in positioning a young newborn on the bed
when
co-sleeping and also to latch on at night for nursing. Once you
can
get comfortable while lying down to nurse, you'd be sooooooo relieved
because
you can then handle night nursing much more easily.
After
sleeping with your baby for a while, your sleeping patterns will be
such
good "co-ordination" and in tune with your baby's sleep patterns,
that you can sense when he needs to nurse. You can then let him
latch
on in a semi-conscious state. For me, I mostly don't wake
enough
to even remember "how many times" the baby nursed at night! And
the
baby doesn't even need to cry. I would be nursing him even before
he did! Because of this, his Daddy doesn't get woken up
much
by the baby at nights. More often than not, if the Daddy gets
woken
up, it'd be by the older kids!
