Own room, unsettled baby :( ?

[QS90]

Does anyone have any advice? I moved my 5 and a half month old out into his own cot in his own room 4 nights ago. Prior to that we bed-shared, but when he learnt to roll, we started waking each other up, and more worryingly I was unable to stop him rolling on his face to sleep, which seemed unsafe on my squishy adult mattress.

When he slept in with me, he used to sleep through from 8pm to 7am with one feed somewhere between 2 and 5, and not wake much other than that. His first night in the cot, he did much the same, albeit with an earlier 1am feed.

Since moving, he sleeps lovely until 1am, then wakes for the now normal earlier feed, but won't settle afterwards. I put him down and after about 15 minutes, he starts crying. In the end I sleep on sofa cushions on the floor next to him, so that I can settle him more easily. I have white noise in the room, same as when we collect, and a dim, amber light. He naps well in the day in the nursery, and gets enough sleep (13 - 14 hours). Does anyone have any experience or advice? Am I making it worse by sleeping on cushions in the nursery by drawing the process out? Or is it a sensible transitional measure? Thanks for reading.

I should say too, there is no room in my room for a cot.

Could you bring the cot next to your bed? That would be an easier transition from cosleeping than new cot and new room.

Well it's a massive change - he's gone from sleeping in bed with you, to being in a cot in a separate room! Start with keeping him in your room in the cot, it's all far too much far to fast for him to understand

I know you said there's no room - but can you rearrange and make the room? Or get a space saver cot

@QS90

I should say too, there is no room in my room for a cot.

Missed this bit.

Do you have a chest of drawers in your bedroom? That's about the same floor space as a cot. So is a single wardrobe.

You could move your furniture out of the bedroom (turn the nursery into a temporary dressing room - put everything in there, both wardrobes, drawers, dressing table, the lot). That way you have more space in your bedroom for the cot.

Thanks for the replies :) Have had some exhausting days and nights!! Looks like the culprit might have been teething (or illness?) in the end - now he just cries and pulls on his ear regardless of whatever else is happening, or whatever room he is in. Once it's over will try your suggestions if he's still bad. Will entail a fair bit of furniture moving as his cot is a massive one which turns into a toddler bed - seemed like a good idea when buying lol!