No sign of independent sleep - what to do?

[NoviceKnitter]

DD is 6 months and now has regular sleep patterns.

At 10am she sleeps for half an hour but has to be in sling, buggy or car.

1pm same.

3 or 4 she feeds to sleep on lap and naps for an hour or so. Wakes if moved off lap.

7pm feeds to sleep on lap then transferred to moses - wakes every half hour or hour for more food.

11ish we all go to bed - we co-sleep - and she sleeps pretty well but if i get up to go to loo etc she wakes and starts to cry.

I've felt ok with all this as a) as long as I'm not sleep deprived - and I'm not - that's ok. and b) i'm into the whole attachment parenting thing.

But, recently it's started to feel habit rather than need ifyswim and also I could do with just a little time to do my own thing which I think would benefit all of us.

Any thoughts on how to proceed?

We've just started weaning but don't know if that will make any difference...

During the day could she have her naps in her buggy?
For the night could you transfer her to her cot as soon as she falls into a deeper sleep. If she's undisturbed (which she might be if she's in her own cot) then she might sleep through or at least for a good stretch.

weaning did briefly affect sleep for 2 of mine (perhaps 3 actually - memory not at its best), so I would not do anything for a couple of weeks.

after that, I would work on the daytime naps. what time does she get up? perhaps you should try putting her down for her naps earlier, and try either shushing and patting or pick up put down (I found the former best). after she's got into the habit of going to sleep in her cot, you may find it all clicks into place but if not, I'd see what happens if you leave her to it at naptime - with ds1 he went to sleep after 10 mins of crying. night time was a different matter, but good daytime naps make a big difference! then try shushing and patting rather than feeding at night. It's much easier to start with the daytime naps because then you have more energy to do it.

juule, we do try transferring her but she's got into the habit of grazing so i think she'd wake up alot, and she's a light sleeper - as I said if I pop out to the loo she wakes up crying. Having said that it's been a while since we tried her in the cot. It's one that sits against the bed, but even so she wouldn't sleep in it from day one! She does nap in her buggy but we live in a flat so it doesn't work to get her to sleep in the buggy and then come home so I can do jobs while she sleeps.

SenoraParsnip (love your name) yes I should try that again. When she was smaller i gave it a go putting her down in the moses with the bathroom fan on. It was very hit and miss and I gave up for being out on the move, just cos it felt easier to stick to what definitely worked.

Will give it another go...