1st night in his own room.... With mummy LOL

Last night DS and I slept down the other end of the house in DS's room for the 1st time :( I wasn't sure how I'd feel about it but it went pretty well. DS will be 9 months on the 18th and he started crawling right on 8 months. At that stage we felt he had better go onto a mattress on the floor as he was even having his day naps in our bed as he wouldn't sleep in a cot for them. We ended up getting a video monitor so that we could keep an eye on him. He slept well on the floor on a 'queen' size mattress LOL Yes the little man needs lots of room to roll around. Anyway he slept the same on the mattress, waking every 3ish hours. I've stared to feed him less milk during the night and popping his dummy in as soon as his pops off the boob the 1st time. Usually he would go back on and keep feeding but the dummy breaks that cycle and when I put him down he falls asleep. in an effort to get him to sleep longer periods without milk we had been trying a few things like Dh comforting him back to sleep... NOT working, DS would get more upset and then it was harder for me to settle him. Then I was trying to just hold him without feeding. Sometimes that was working, other times I'd pick him up, hold him and he'd fall asleep but when I put him back down he'd wake up again crying, then I'd have to pick him up and feed him to get him to sleep again.

Anyway dh and I decided that we would put the mattress down the other end of the house and I would sleep down there with him so that dh could get some sleep. DH has been awake for most of the feeds since ds was born and if ds is ever actually awake for and hour or so during the night dh always gets up with him so that I can keep sleeping. dh is also working so I think he's really been a super dad. He is a bit sad that ds and I are now down in ds's room as we all LOVED co-sleeping.

So now I'm wanting to get ds sleeping through the night as soon as possible so that I can get back to my own room with dh and then...... make another baby! :lol:

I do not have the heart to ever let ds cry when there is something I can do about it. I have read the no cry sleep solution book and yet I still don't do anything from the book :rolleyes: I have shortened his feeds, that is it. He loves the dummy so I don't want to fight that either. hmmmm maybe I should try the finger under the chin thingo to break the suckling to sleep habit?

ARGHH help!!! What has worked for you??

Unfortunately nothing worked for me except time. She started getting better just after she turned one and was sleeping through every night by I think a bit before 18 months. Hang in there :hug:

my friend recently got the pinky mckay book 'sleeping like a baby'. they have been met with success without the stress that some books can give IYKWIM. she works on the basis that people are co-sleeping (or as close to ITMS) etc etc. so i reckon could really suit your family :)

Hello Cass :hello: I miss you hon. Thanks for the info I will look that us.

Heaven knowing that time is also something that will help is in fact a relief! knowing that this too shall pass is kind of keeping me sane.

Tonight he went down pretty much by himself.... kind of :think: He had a feed then about 15 mins later went to sleep after a bit of sitting up, crawling and laying done in between all that. A bit of a cuddle and then when I thought he was asleep I left the room. I had no sooner put the monitor on and he was crying a bit and I thought he had woken up due to me leaving. Maybe he did but he self settled so I'm hoping that we have a good night :crossfingers: