Loni,
  I feel very obligated to answer your post as I go through this several times
a year.  I work nights for one or two months about 2-3 times a year just for
this reason.  When I have a mom who hits the wall at 1am I show her how to put
the baby in bed with her and nurse him to sleep.  No one has to move and
everybody gets rest.  I tell the mom to continue this at home when she needs
to sleep and is exhausted.  Then I  tell the nurse how I handled the situation
and hope I have role modeled for them.  I tell the nurses we are teaching the
mom coping skills because tomorrow night we won't be with her and she needs to
learn some parenting skills now. So far I have not had any resistance and the
nurses actually seemed pleased they can do something to help the mom.  Then we
go through the usual night shift turnover and I have to start over again.  I
just hope the nurses that leave take this with them.

Vicki Pena IBCLC ( and still waiting to hear when my RN  boards are scheduled
)