Sleeping and studying

[IAmTheCookieMonster]

My DS is 9 months and we co-sleep. He wakes a few times in the night to feed, I actually have no idea how many times as I barely wake up.

Everyone keeps telling me that I will need to get him to sleep through in his cot before I start my PGCE in september.

I say that its fine as it is, but they tell me that as he gets bigger and starts to thrash around I will get no sleep, rod for my own back etc....

How important do you think it is for me to do this?

How would I go about doing it?

Thank you!!!

I don't think him moving around will cause any problems. If anything my two have stopped moving about now they are bigger.
When were you planning on moving him to his own bed? If you were planning on doing it soonish I would definately do it before your course starts or the extra stress will drive you mad.
Itt doesn't sound like you want to move him to a cot. If you are happy to share a bed until your course finishes then I would ignore everyone and carry on as you are. One of the main reasons I breastfed was the ease at night, i couldn't imagine getting up and sorting out bottles!

I know that when dh was doing his PGCE, he was working until midnight and getting up at 6 or before, and being disturbed by a wakeful lo in between those hours really wouldn't have helped. Didn't have to compromise on the cosleeping though because dh ended up doing his in a different county and so staying away all week!

Ds2 we shifted into his own bed when he was just 1. He's not on his own though as he shares with his big bro. We nightweaned him first, loosely following this. He was ready for it, and after he'd been getting me up every 2 hours at night until then, so was I!

It was when I started my first OU course that I got DS out of my bed (15 months) with 1 week to go until the course started! I only moved him into a cot next to the bed, but I had been breastfeeding in the night and he was becoming increasingly attached to me while I slept. I planned to do the'controlled crying' but instead found it less traumatic to just leave him - he was asleep within 10 minutes. But with DD I went for the 'No Cry Sleep Solution', i was a much nicer method and the one I would recommend really.

But I am afraid I agree that it is better to get your DS into his own bed before you start to help with juggling everything once you start.

I spent two years at uni whilst co-sleeping with my son. Now doing a third year with two of them in bed! Haha