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We didn't start cobedding until he was 6 months old. He could roll over and lift his head so we felt safer with it. We started by nursing and I would fall asleep. He would just be Curled up with his head on my arm. Now as a toddler he moves a lot more but we still nurse and snuggle.

I think some babies are just different. My LO isn't into cosleeping either. If we're in the same bed she thinks it's play time, not sleep time.

Same here. I've tried (swinging and jiggling too!) and they just don't like it. Oh well. I'm totally okay with it b/c I can't sleep when either boys are on our bed. I can't even get used to my dog sleeping on our bed anymore which is why she's been sleeping in her crate beside our bed for 4 years now.

I started co-sleeping out of pure exhaustion when my LO just wanted to nurse FOREVER and I was falling asleep with him in my arms. Pretty much I lay on my side and he lays next to me and nurses from me just by turning his head. I keep one arm under my head and the other arm around him. But my LO can only fall asleep while nursing so I think that's why cosleeping works for him - if I didn't have the boobs I don't think he would enjoy cosleeping as much.

I would side nurse him to sleep, and he would usually sleep curled up next to my chest. I would usually sleep on my side with my bottom arm under my head/pillow. Occassionally I would sleep with his head resting in the crook of my arm. He never required motion to fall asleep though - just boobs!

@lisa1783: I co-sleep the same way.

We do have an Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper that LO used to go down in at bedtime and then when she woke up in the middle of the night I would bring her into bed with me.

At 6 months her sleep is regressing and that sucks! So, we can't seem to even put her down without a major fuss. I feed her and she falls asleep in my arms and then lay her down in the middle of our bed. If she wakes up I lay down next to her until she falls asleep. She kicks me throughout the night!

The kid's slept between me and mesh bed rail, on my left side, with my right arm holding them close to me. I usually laid on my left side, with my right arm under my pillow. When they would fuss, I'd kind of wiggle them in bed and shush in their ears. After the first week or so, I didn't even wake up to do this; I'd wake up already wiggling and shushing, lol!

ETA: I had to the vigorous bouncing (more like jogging/jumping in place!) when they were little, to put them to sleep. After a few months I moved to rocking to sleep first. DD was probably 18 months before she would just lie and fall asleep with me (I still had to pat/rub her back), and DS (7 months) still needs rocking first. So I have never been successful with putting them into bed (ours or theirs) without putting them to sleep first.

Oh, it sucks that LO doesn't like being in the bed - co-sleeping is the only way we get through most nights. We have an Arms Reach co-sleeper like @mrsjazz, which DS sleeps in until around 3am. After that, he usually has an upset tummy/gas/is straining to poo, so I bring him in bed b/c it calms him.

DH or I will lay on our side, with DS on his back tucked up against us. I angle my pillow so I can rest my arm/head on it and put the other arm around DS's body. Other times I fall asleep sitting up, with DH on my chest after nursing/burping. The hardest part is keeping covers away from DS, but still staying warm while we sleep!

He loves sleeping with us, when he was little he slept on his side, with his head tucked in my arm and his body stuck in my armpit (LOL) now he will sleep between us, but he always wiggles around until he is wrapped around my boob.

I sit up and nurse her in bed, once she's asleep I move her right next to me, and she will usually fall asleep on her side curled next to me. When she wakes I scoop her up, nurse and move her back to the side! We would be completely sleep deprived if dd didn't co-sleep!

My way sounds similar to @lisa1783. At 3 days old, I was exhausted. I pulled him into bed with me. He lays on his side facing me and usually nurses to sleep. I sleep on my side with my arm straight out over his head. When he is done nursing he usually will put his head on my breast and use it like a pillow. LOL.

By reading everyone's posts it seems as though the people who are doing it successfully are the ones who have always done it this way.

I hated when people told me to just bring TG into bed with me. It didn't work, she got all excited to see us and wouldn't sleep! Now that she's older she has slept with us a couple times when we're away from home.
Wonder Baby is more snuggly and nurses a lot more at night, so she has ended up with us on rough nights. I think it's a personality thing.