We are having a truly awful time of things with our 7 month old dd. She just will not sleep for longer than an hour at a time in her cot and every night ends up with her sleeping on DHs chest downstairs on the sofa. This has been going on for four months and I'm truly exhausted and actually suspect I would be diagnosed with pnd if I saw the doctor.
We are not prepared to even try CIO or CC so were wondering if co sleeping was the way forward. Seeing as it's been kind of happening anyway, albeit on the sofa. Our bed isn't very big so i had thought of blowing up the airbed and then having dds mattress by the side so she can see me and touch me. Would that work as a set up do you think?
We only want this to be a temporary measure though so would we be setting ourselves up for an even bigger nightmare when it comes to her moving back into her cot in her own room? I had read another thread where one dc had decided at 11 months she was ready to sleep alone as she started self soothing and going longer spells when mummy wasn't next to her.
I appreciate co sleeping isn't for everyone and I don't want to spark up that debate or the fact we are not trying CIO - although I'm clearly crap at helping my dd to sleep, I do know this parenting thing is very personal and everyone has their own thoughts on what's right or wrong.
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Co-sleeping - does it have to be long term?
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broodylicious · 08/11/2012 06:43
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