Hi, my DD is 16mth old sleeps in a cot but a couple of times she has woken up and wont settle with a bottle. This is not often but it does happen. At these times I have brought her into our bed for a bit of a cuddle as I figure she may have a tummy ache or be teething and want to soothe her not let her cry.
The only problem is that as soon as we bring her into our bed she is in full "party mode" and starts laughing and crawling all over us, now while this is really cute (minus the eye gouging) I was wondering for those who co-sleep how do you prevent bed time being play time?
When my DS was a baby, we would put him in bed and he would cuddle up and fall asleep but Ruby is like a circus monkey!
Lol oh, the eye-gouging is awesome, isn't it? We never co-slept with DD1 (I'm doing it with DD2 because it's easier to BF in the middle of the night, with DD1 I had to get up and drag myself to the kitchen to make a bottle anyway so it didn't matter that she was in her own bed), but there are times when she wakes up in the middle of the night and comes into our bed and then decides to start jumping around, yelling and playing...
DH and I just turn the lights off, roll over and try to hold her down on the bed... usually she gives up and lays quietly (she may or may not fall asleep, as long as she's not kicking me and rolling over my head I don't care), I'm sorry that's not much help but that's how we do it :/
DH is a pain because if she comes into our bed he will start laughing and tickling her and stirring her up, but usually once the lights are off and she's told, 'Nigh-nigh time now' and given a kiss, she settles.
I hope that helps Sorry I haven't got any productive advice!! I'm sure the full-time co-sleepers will have some better tips for you
Even the regular co-sleepers get like this sometimes. Its quality time with mum and dad and they really don't like to waste it.
Lights out, lay them down, put the blanket over them and do as you do every time you put them to bed. If it takes putting them on their belly and patting their bum to get them back out like a light then thats the magic button.
Lights out is the most vital bit though. Then they cant see to play... or go for your eyes when they are closed!
I do recommend opening them when they do that and telling them no. Ignoring it doesn't work. Last time I tried I got smacked in the head with a plastic dinosaur.
the only thing that worked for us was totally ignoring him til he got bored and went to sleep. However there were a few times when we ended up yelling in frustration, or yelling due to DS injuring us with his acrobatics....I think eventualy he just realised that is he didnt settle down adn go to sleep i mum and dads bed, we would make himj sleep in his own bed.
that is part of the reason why ashton sleeps in his own cot most of the time now... I couldn't handle the hair pulling, crawling over my face, sitting up and playing thing.
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Sorry I haven't got any productive advice!! I'm sure the full-time co-sleepers will have some better tips for you 
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