I am trying to get DS into his own room/bed! He is 18 months in a week or so and still BF (lots!).
We moved house a few weeks ago so that my bed is in a new configuration and it's not safe any more to bed share. In one week he has fallen out of my (high) bed three times. We were bedsharing since the 8 month sleep regression as he started getting separation anxiety and wouldn't go in a cot. He's never been a good sleeper but it was sort of manageable whilst cosleeping. However I am keen to get him into a toddler bed in his own room (I don't have a cot although the toddler bed could be changed to a cot, however I think it was the fact that the cot was a confined space which upset him in the first place, and I physically can't transfer him into a cot whilst asleep as he's huge).
This week I thought we'd give it a try. The first time he woke after 1 hour when a light went on and wouldn't go in the bed again. The second time I got him down to sleep in the bed and he woke at 10, 12, 2 and 4. The third time was last night and he woke at 12, 2, 4 and 5. Each time I have gone in and fed him back to sleep and he hasn't got upset. But I am SO tired. Am at work today like a zombie!
I honestly thought (hoped) that he wouldn't wake up so frequently once he was in a different room and couldn't smell the milk but now I'm not sure why he is waking up so much? He does still have some reflux which he didn't quite grow out of but it's fairly well under control with Gaviscon. I'm keen to avoid just leaving him to cry though as he won't fall asleep; he would just scream until he throws up which is horrid.
Any advice/words of support?! Have I done this at the wrong time? He is a couple of days away from the end of Leap 10.