[sophiasmum]

I used to feed DD2 in her room & I set up a little tv in there so I could watch & not fall asleep from boredom.

[Cranky Kitten]

Even though he's in a cradle next to my bed, we wander out to the lounge with a dim light on. I have my laptop for entertainment or the tv and hard drive with downloaded tv (because infomercials suck). I occasionally snuggle him into bed for his 5am feed and sometimes I'm lucky enough for him to go back to sleep till 7-ish.

[trishalishous]

i had dd laying next to me in bed, in a safe cosleeping position and boobed while i slept.

[opethmum]

I night fed dd in front of tv, turned down low. I tried one feed in the chair in her room and it made me go batty, isolated and depressed for some reason. I never fed in bed, I did not want her associating our room as a rest/food outlet. Even in hospital I never fed my dd in bed. Bed is a sacred space for me and my DH and I do not want that invaded but that is just me.

[Blingy]

I do the same as you OP ... My little one is just over 9 weeks old and is waking a zillion times a night... So its just easier ... I either browse the net on my phone or iPad or play draw something or another simple game

I can't see us changing this setup anytime soon .. I'm too tired to move him to his own room and be traipsing Round the house during the night

[Tiamo]

When my children were in a basinette in our bedroom I would feed them in bed lying down ( (following safe co-sleeping guidelines as I would sometimes fall asleep). Sitting up in bed is really bad for your neck, back and shoulders. Ouch!


Once they moved to their own room, a comfortable armchair in their room. DS is now 12 months and I use the chair for all feeds. I use to bring him back to my bed for any wake ups after about 4am but he sleeps longer in his own bed. I travel with the children a bit and often have to feed sitting on beds etc and really long for the armchair when I am away.

[MAGS24]

I BF my DS2 in the lounge room on the recliner chair while I watched TV at night time. It was one of the few times that I could watch what I wanted to on TV because everyone else was in bed, so I didn't mind having to get up in the middle of the night most of the time. I didn't want to feed the baby in my room because I didn't want to wake my DH up during the night.

[ifaith17]

I always fed in bed at night as our bedrooms are all up one end of the house and the lounge up the other - I hated walking through hte house in the dark! DS was also in a cradle in our room until he was 3 months as well - I just sat up (or slumped half asleep when he fed every hour ) - and as he got older I would sometimes ask DH to shove right to the other side and lie down and feed DS - he always seems to sleep better when I do so - but he's very cuddly so that oculd also be it as well.

[MrsW87]

I feed in his room, on the glider chair in that we have in there, but he sleeps in there, the changetable is in there and there is a dimming light in there so its a whole 'environment' that I have set up. It also has, spew rags, water bottle, my phone on charge and snacks, all within arms length from the chair, makes life easy

I have always felt like our bed is exactly that. Our bed. Its the one space that we have that is ours and sacred. I know others don't think this way though. I also detest having to change the sheets more than once a week because there is breast milk all over them from him spewing, and me spraying



This post has been edited by MrsW87: 18/03/2012, 08:48 PM

[Lil Chickens]

I fed DD in the lounge for the first few months then after a whle I got so tired I would get her from her bed and lay in our be (DH sleeps through anything).

With DS I have fed him laying in bed from day 1 - I often fall asleep while feeding and wake an hour later because he is restless, he hates sleeping in our bed so then it's back to his bed. I out a sick rag under his head to keep the sheets clean

The only drawback - he likes to feed lying down all the time!

This post has been edited by Isabelle Thomas: 18/03/2012, 09:04 PM