DS is 10 months old & has been co-sleeping since he was brought home from hospital. I've been trying to get him to sleep in his cot but it just isn't happening! I moved the cot into our bedroom thinking that maybe it would help but still the same response. I wait until he's asleep and lay him in the cot but he immediately wakes up and screams until he's picked up.
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas how to solve the issue?
Is he in the cot for his day sleeps? Can you move the cot right up against your bed and drop the side, ensuring the cot is securely against your bed? ie at arms reach. I know with my DD if she is not fully/deeply asleep she wakes up when I put her in her cot, if she is really asleep she doesn't wake up. Perhaps he is not in a really deep sleep? Try covering the cot mattress with something of yours that smells like you ie something you have worn, a rug you have been lying on? Has he got a comforter with him ie a cot teddy, a ruggie etc? Just some ideas...
Also, have you tried giving him playtime in the cot? Just short periods with you there and some favourite toys or books so he develops positive associations with it and thinks it's a pretty nice place to be.
We have just gone through the same thing! Ds still comes to bed with at about 2am but sleeps in his cot till then!
How does your little one fall asleep? Ds is bf to sleep then when he is in a deep sleep i pop him in the cot! So maybe make sure he is in a deep sleep before putting him in? I pat ds while holding him so when i put him in and he is a bit restless i pat him till he drifts off again!
Do you have music that your son relaxes too? We play ds music on repeat so if he does get upset he has something familiar!
It has taken at least a month to get him to where he is now. So keep at it, it will eventually get better i promise!
Deirdre- He won't go in his cot for day sleeps either - he doesn't sleep very deeply during the day and only naps for 30 minutes at a time. I put a shirt of mine in there with him but it still didn't help.
Sacha - Yes he plays in his cot with no problems he loves playing in there
Boomba - Glad someone else is going through the same thing! Its going to take a while I think. DS is bf to sleep aswell its the only way he'll go to sleep. Last night I let him lay with me on the bed for an hour after he went to sleep to make sure he was in a deep sleep and then tried laying him in the cot but he woke up within 10 seconds of putting him down. I left him in there and tried patting him back to sleep but he wasn't having any of it!
Thanks for all the ideas Just going to have to be persistent I think.
Nella *hugs* Make sure you are doing what is right in your heart. I really hope it works out.
Keep with it, but dont let it upset you or him make sure your both happy!
xx
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From co-sleeping to cot...HELP!
Just going to have to be persistent I think.
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