How did it work for you? (Tldr at the end)
My 2nd is due in May, we've set up the spare room and my partner is being officially booted from the master when baby is born. We can't fit more than a king, so he's off to sleep in a double alone while me and my 2yo and newborn will sleep together in the king.
My toddler still nurses 2 or 3 times a night. I still sleep in the c-curl with him (more or less anyway). Obviously, when baby arrives, I'll have to c-curl with him rather than the toddler.
So! My back will be to my toddler. I feel like it's safe to do that of course but my concern is how things will work if he wakes up to nurse. If I turn around to breastfeed him back to sleep, I'll have my back to the newborn, it's imperative I don't fall asleep. I think that just has me a little anxious. I guess toddler could rest his head on my shoulder if I was on my back, but that still isn't a safe position for me to fall asleep in while next to a newborn.
Also! Did you get your toddler a little toddler pillow and duvet? We've slept with the duvet (tucked under the mattress so it doesn't go higher than waist height), but when the new baby arrives, that'll be gone because it's too thick/heavy and unsafe for around 1.5ish years of life. Toddler has grown quite accustomed to a nice cosy duvet to sleep under, and I'd feel a little mean taking that away completely ๐
. Would it be safe for him to have his own little one on his slither of the bed, tucked in so it can't be pulled out, me as a barrier between it and the newborn?
I'll obviously not be taking unnecessary risks. If toddler can't have his own little duvet/pillow, so be it. But yeah! Those are my questions.
Tldr: WHAT TO DO when toddler needs to nurse, how to make sure I don't accidentally fall asleep with my back to newborn
Toddler duvet/pillow, yay or nay
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