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How to get cosleep baby to sleep in cot?

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YawnyOwl · 11/06/2021 21:21

What it says on the tin... In the day his naps are on me or next to me or in pram. How do I actually get him to go to sleep in cot? If I put him in the cot he thinks it's playtime and stands up and crawls around before getting upset and crying.
He's 10 months, breastfed...

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ZooKeeper19 · 12/06/2021 19:21

I'd start by letting him sleep next to you but not on you. Add a blanket/soft toy/ muslin something to comfort him (dummy if he uses one). Then make him fall asleep and leave (just leave the bed see if he stays asleep).

Once he can fall asleep on his own or with you helping him but not actually on you, you put him to the cot drowsy after the sleep routine and hope for the best I guess. (my ones are in a cot with one side taken off which created a sort of next-to-me and when the 2nd one arrived I just popped the side back on the older one's cot and moved the cot aside to add the younger one next to the bed, we all sleep in one room).

gemwhitt · 12/06/2021 19:29

I am in this extract same position. My baby is 3.5 months. Has co-slept since birth due to really bad wind which meant he would never settle in the cot. Unfortunately he wakes often at night and we both have a very poor quality of sleep, but when I put him in cot he just cries until I pick him up. I'm just too tired to do anything else!
I should say, I have a 2 year old as well and we also co-slept but he was a much better sleeper. Then at 7 months I put him in his own room and did 3 nights of sleep training and he has been a great sleeper ever since.

heroineinahalfshell · 12/06/2021 23:18

I got my co sleeping 7 month old sleeping in her cot through gentle sleep training. I stayed next to the cot & shh'd/patted her bum when she cried,, and gradually sat further away from the cot over the course of a week. Naps were definitely tougher than the overnight sleep but she caught on quickly and her sleep improved immediately.

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YawnyOwl · 13/06/2021 10:07

Is it best to start them off in the cot for naps or in the cot for sleeping at night?

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