We fell into co sleeping around the 3 month mark. DD (9 months) is now only happy to nap and sleep in our bed. I'm pretty much a hostage during the day and also from early evening until she decides to wake in the morning. She is a good sleeper with this arrangement, so it's hard to muster the enthusiasm to change and I hate seeing her upset when I know there's another way where she is blissfully happy. She will also nap in her buggy, car seat and sling but not as peacefully or for as long as in our bed. She's generally asleep between 8pm waking for feeds (but not crying and going straight back to sleep) at 12, 3, 5, sometimes 7, waking for the day between 8 and 9. She also bf's a lot in the day and feeds to sleep for naps. I'm starting the 'Pantley Pulloff' at night and she'll go to sleep without a nipple in her mouth after the 3rd or 4th pull off, with no fussing. But only in our bed. To be frank, I've had enough of her in our bed. I need some time away from her and some time with DH. She screams and cries and fusses terribly in her cot at bed / nap time and is visibly relieved when I take her to our bed. It's driving me nuts! I've managed to get her to nap once in her cot by feeding her through the bars in desperation 
. Tonight we've put her cot mattress on our floor next to the bed, I snuggled up and fed her with pillows from our bed, her teddy and a muslin we've had in with us to 'scent' for a couple of days and still no joy. Just a very excited baby keen to explore. Result: over stimulated and not asleep until 11. Now on the boob after a sleep grizzle. 
. Anyone have any tips to get their co-sleeper into their own bed?
Join our Sleep forum for tips on creating a sleep routine for your baby or toddler.
Sleep
Staunch cot refuser.
PrincessChick · 20/03/2014 23:34
Hi Princess 
both of mine were cot sleepers from the get go (one great sleeper, one rubbish) was I'm not in the best place to comment, perhaps, but I have an observation..
When you say you are a hostage for naps and bedtime do you mean that you are stuck in the house because that's where she needs to nap/sleep or that you are actually in bed with her? What I'm wondering is, if it's the later perhaps bed to cot is missing the point a little? She knows how to sleep with you more than in your bed right? Less the location than the company (therefore a bed with you in her room may just move the issue to another room?). My guess (sorry) its a pretty big deal for her to change this way of sleeping, and so may be hard going. Hope an experienced co-sleeper comes along with reports of spontaneous easy transitions. I believe this happens but perhaps a question of the timeframe? Good luck.
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.