Baby wont sleep in cot

[Jengib]

Hi everyone

I am hoping for a bit of advice even though there probably isnt much I can do. My 7 month old DS has never been a great sleeper but he was recently in hospital for over a week with bronchiolitis and me and dh have moved into my mother and father in laws house in order to save for a deposit for our own house.

After ds came out of hospital we had him sleeping in our bed as he was super clingy and he wouldn't settle any other way. It has now been 3 weeks and I really would like to get him back in his cot. The past 4 nights I have tried him in his cot and he has slept for the first 4 or so hours no problem but then he is waking every 1-2 hours so have ended up giving in and bringing him back to our bed. As we are in my parent in laws house I feel that as soon as he makes a noise I have to go in to him because I am terrified that he will wake them up. I would normally leave him a while to see if he will settle himself back to sleep. I am absolutely exhausted now as I have been up with him every 1-2 hours and I go back to work in 2 weeks so I am starting to panic.

Any advice anyone can offer would be a great help. Thank you.

He's very little and has just been through a nasty illness, it's not surprising he wants some extra comfort from knowing you're there. Could you try a cosleeping crib? One that attaches onto the side of the bed. Otherwise I don't have any magic advice, DS went very clingy at night after he had illnesses as a baby. I'd suggest just Keep on trying to settle him in his cot or co-sleep for the time being.

That said is he in the room with you? I did find at 7 months both of mine slept better in their own rooms, I think we disturbed them & woke them up.

Hi Op

We've just had the same with our little one, was very poorly over new year so had her in our bed. I think the only thing to do is persevere with trying to get her down into her own cot. Know it's really hard when your trying to avoid waking people up. I always think if it's not bothering you too much then go with what makes you all happy and have her with you. If it's causing problems then unfortunately you'll have to keep trying to get her down till she's use to it. Hope you get it sorted either way xxx

Thank you for your advice. He is in his own room as I found that like you we were disturbing him when we went to bed and we would wake him up. We will just keep going with the cot and if he gets too upset bring him in with us. He did sleep better last night in his cot, he still woke up twice but he settled quite quickly and went back to sleep so hopefully every night will get a bit better.