Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions/comments on my baby issue! I have a 6 month old son who recently has not been wanted to sleep in his cot and will only settle in our bed. As lovely as it is to snuggle with my baby I'm just worried about it becoming a permanent habit.
When he was born he used to sleep in his carry cot (same as a moses basket) and then when he outgrew that we bought a travel cot with a separate thick (7cm) mattress. We bought the travel cot as space is a issue in our flat and couldn't fit a normal size cot. But for the last month we have been battling with him to get in his cot, he falls asleep on us and when the transfer to his cot happens he opens his eyes and crys and needs settling again and this carries on... However, as soon as we put him in our bed, he opens his eyes for a second and immediately falls asleep!
We have tried putting a hot water bottle in his cot so that it's warm for him (and taking it out before he gets in) and we've also tried putting one of my tshirts in his cot as maybe it was our smell... The only other thing we can think of is the travel cot is too low and that is what he doesn't like when he is being placed in it, so we are going to try raising it by putting a couple of duvets under the base, however I'm not holding my breath...
I'm just hoping that this is a phase, he will sometimes go in the cot during the day for a nap, so we are going to keep trying doing that so that he keeps used to it, but we've pretty much given up trying to put him in the evening as he also sleeps a lot better and longer in our bed. Anyway, sorry for the long speal, any suggestions/comments would be appreciated.