Hi,

My 13.5 week DS has been sleeping in an Amby hammock since he was about 9 weeks. This has worked fairly well as he is a poor sleeper and suffers terribly from reflux. The "problem" is he will no longer sleep in a cot or portacot at all. If we even put him in one he starts to scream!! and I mean scream.

I'm also being hammered by my ECN to move him into a cot plus she is insisting that we need to go to sleep school immediately as bubs is a catnapper during the day (45 mins). Now I've been fairly comfortable resisting up until now, but other friends / family have started chiming in about the hammock being "bad" and the "benefits" of sleep school (I'm strongly against controlled crying).

So:
- did your baby have trouble moving from a hammock to a cot
- what sort of age were they when they did this
- is it really such a "bad " option? should I try and transition him out?
- how did you make the transition with your babies?

Thanks