I love side-by-side nursing at night, with either DS curled up against me or splayed out on his back with just his head turned towards me.
When we're not lying down I usually nurse him in a cradle hold, although sometimes I have him at such an angle that he's more sitting on my lap (diagonally across my body), or on a Boppy.
What's your favorite nursing position?
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honeydew / 7968 posts
cradle hold if i'm feeding one (with a pillow under the head) and football if i'm feeding both.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
Cross cradle was all we could do at first. Now I like regulate cradle more.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
cradle hold on the boppy. when i first started, football hold was the easiest though.
i would do side by side but never coslept, so when I've tried, she had no idea what to do and just rolled around everywhere.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
what is the different between cradle and cross cradle?
I side lie a lot and love it. I do it every morning for sure, and if he wakes in the night. I also do it if I'm feeling exceptionally tired.
Others I do cradle. But until he was 4-5 months I did football a ton - he nursed better and had a better grip that way. We continued as long as we could until he got too big.
honeydew / 7968 posts
@Coco Bee: cradle - if u have baby on left boob, head is on your left arm. Cross cradle holds body with right arm. Something like that.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
We basically always cradle, but we did do lots of cross-cradle as a newborn before he had good head control.
blogger / pomegranate / 3300 posts
I did football with my twins but cradle with my single.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@tequiero21: I guess I do a combination of both! I often hold him with both arms!
coconut / 8305 posts
I love side-lying! Up until she hit 4 mths it was the only way I could get a real nap out of her, nap with her & nurse her to sleep side-lying. Otherwise we usually do the cradle more with DD sitting on my lap, like you described. I also liked sitting up the one time I tried it but DD still isn't great at grabbing & position my boob do it was kind of difficult since she sits higher than my nipple. Lol
nectarine / 2163 posts
Start out as cross cradle to latch, then switch to cradle. On a boppy, unless we're out.
I can't do the football hold, and he doesn't like side lying 
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