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I do in the glider when she starts to look sleepy and wants to lay on my stomach. It helps her sleep since shes a tummy sleeper. We didn't really use it until she was around five months old. We had lots of latch probs and I was afraid to try anything new until we really got everything down. Since I didn't use this position until much later, I can't really address whether it would have helped in the beginning.

We didn't really use this position much. I loved the football hold when she was tiny, so much easier to get her in the right position!

football was way easier! he was so small and my boobs so big that nothing else worked- he couldn't breathe in any other position. Even now at 8 months he doesn't like the laying down position, but he loves side nursing.

Yes, but it didn't work well for us until he was a few months old. I think he had to suck harder and didn't like it until he got bigger. Now I mainly do side-laying and cradle (9 months).

i would be afraid of falling asleep from being too comfy and the babies suffocating. it happened to a dad holding a baby over his shoulder after a middle of the night feeding. (sorry if i freak you out!)

@Mrs. Tricycle: i would just be cautious when they're little babies and can't move their necks. i fall asleep in the glider with olive almost every single morning and have been doing so for a while! i don't worry though since she's older. and i need to get more sleep so i don't pass out while nursing her all the time.

The laid back position for me was SO good for me when I was having trouble breastfeeding. It was the only way I could get her to latch on when it didn't hurt. I usually only did it on the couch, thus during the day.

I read what Mrs. Bee said and honestly, I never had a problem being tired when feeding M. It wasn't easy for me, so I stayed wide awake when feeding her. No chance of falling asleep. Now that she's older, we do the lying down in bed feedings overnight and that is amazing and YES I worry about falling asleep in that position!

I use this position a lot because of a forceful letdown. I've only dozed off in that position once during the first weeks of feeding in the middle of the night.

Mrs. Bee, that's the reason I don't do side lying for night feeds!

We sort of morph into that position sometimes now that she moves all over the place. I feel like we're a circus team nursing at all angles anymore, she's rolling around and flopping all over, then looking for the boob again!

I agree, football was the best for me when she was brand new. I also found that because I'm left handed, I hold her in football for my left side, and cross cradle for my right side so that my left hand is the one supporting her most of the time.

I can now that Sawyer is older, but as a newborn he would have suffocated on my boob (I have H cups boobs) I suspect it is better for smaller busted mommies. I also have very flat (borderline) inverted nipples, so I had to be more active in getting him latched.

I do the cradle hold, but once he's latched I lean pretty far back in my recliner, so I kind of end up like that, except still holding him across my chest, so I can still use my boppy! It seems to help him not choke on the milk