Co-sleeping

[sailormoo92]

My little girl 7 months (corrected age 4.5 months) for the last few weeks will only sleep on me.

As soon as you put her on her back she wakes and screams until I pick her up and put her back on me.

Anyone else have this problem?
What age did your little one sleep in their next to me or cot?
What did you do to help the transition?

The duration she sleeps when on me is good from 7pm to around 5 am before a bottle, just need her in her own bed and struggling to do this.

DD1 started cosleeping at 6 months. We stayed doing iit until she went into her own bed at 22 months. DD2 and I coslept from her second night and she still is cosleeping 2.5 yrs later.

We co-slept. I read loads of literature and made sure I was doing it safely. It was wonderful (baby cuddles all night ❤️). And yes, there were stages when she just wanted to sleep on someone. It's a personal decision so it's entirely up to you OP but I would definitely recommend it. Can't remember when we stopped co-sleeping but she's 15 now and absolutely wouldn't do it today

@Duracellbunnywannabe

DD1 started cosleeping at 6 months. We stayed doing iit until she went into her own bed at 22 months. DD2 and I coslept from her second night and she still is cosleeping 2.5 yrs later.

Crikey that's a long time, I'm back at work when she's a year so need her in her own bed before then ,I'm really hoping she'll go in her own bed soon - I'm just worried as it's not following safe sleep guidance with her sleeping on me, tried with her next to me but she just screams.

My baby was like this and she co-sleeps for part of the night now. I’m back at work and she’s over a year old. Co-sleeping is much easier than battling to keep her in her own bed.

Unfortunately babies don’t just magically sleep through the night at 1, some do but others get worse when maternity leaves end.

My daughter started to sleep in her next to me at about 10 weeks old (this wasn't for the whole night though). We started with a few hours and then built it up when DD was ready. It took a few weeks for her to go a whole night in there, I didn't force it but just kept trying so she got used to it gradually. I think laying her on a tshirt that I wore all day helped.

My dd didn't last a full night away from me. We still co-sleep two years later. When she was wee I'd sleep in a onesie and have my legs on her blanket so it couldn't cover her (she hated sleeping bags).

Just following the thread as having the same problem with my 4 month old!

Update

my LG is now 14 months (1 year adjusted) and has been in her own cot since around 10-11 months, mostly sleeps through only occasionally comes in with us If we’re really struggling to settle her back down in the cot.

i think she outgrew sleeping in with us and wanted more space; as when we did put her down in her cot she just got comfy and went to sleep