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OP here. I’m very anti co-sleeping. I don’t believe it’s safe and I will never do it.

I feed in the chair during the day and before bed. It’s not torture for me because I have a big comfy chair. I also sit on the couch and feed. He sleeps in the Snoo during the night and I do feed him in bed, he has no issues sleeping and goes right back to sleep once he’s fed. I’m the one with the issue of falling back to sleep.

I’m not anti-formula. I said in another reply that we might start supplementing if my supply decreases. [/quote]

It's not about your chair comfort. The point is that some people - especially people who are insomniacs or sensitive about sleep - find it very hard to get up, go sit in a chair, stay away while feeding the baby, put baby down, get back in bed, and then fall asleep in a reasonable amount of time before baby is up again. Cosleeping can make it easier to fall asleep when your baby is done eating.

But I get it, cosleeping has risks. It's just a suggestion.

But also, you don't really seem to be considering the risks of feeding in a chair or on the couch while sleep deprived. Even your plan to have husband do a night feeding is going to leave you sleep deprived if you're trying to recover from childbirth and you're not napping or going to be early. One of these days, you're going to fall asleep feeding in the chair or on the couch, which is honestly much more dangerous than falling asleep with a baby in bed.

I just think you need to think about your circumstances more. You sound like you are just trying to somehow fit a newborn baby in to a normal childless person's sleep schedule.[/quote]

Stop with the scare tactics. I nursed both my babies and never did co-sleeping. I had huge sleep issues but I never once fell asleep in the chair or on the couch. She said she feeds in the bed at night and puts him back in the Snoo. OP will be getting a 5-6 hour stretch, which is way more than most at this age. She will be fine. [/quote]

I’m not really telling her to cosleep. I’m just sort of annoyed that this is yet another thread where a poster is having an issue but refuses all standard advice. I’m not sure why she even asked the question bc yes, there is a chance her supply will drop if she drops feeds at 2 weeks, obviously, but if she’s not willing to try any of the other ways breastfeeding moms get more sleep, then oh well I guess her supply might drop and she’ll have to use formula. Which she is fine with, so that’s cool. It just seems like a pointless thread.[/quote]

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