Help! How can I transition from co-sleeping to crib?

[MamaPix]

Hello,

I wondered if I could ask for any tips or advice what has worked or hasn't worked for you if you've faced a similar issue?

We've been co-sleeping for approximately 1 month, baby was poorly with flu like symptoms and then teething so we co-slept to allow for everyone to get some sleep! However I don't want it to become the norm before the 4 month sleep regression she slept well and would only wake at 2am for a bottle and go back down in her snuzpod/next to me. However she is six months old in two weeks and almost outgrown the snuzpod, so I think transition to the crib would make more sense than go to the snuzpod and then the crib. I don't want to rush her if she's not ready but anything that can make the transition simple or less stressful for everyone would be great, dad has to get up for work very early so disruptive nights take its toll on everyone 🤦🏻‍♀️.

I have read about the controlled crying method, and I appreciate all parents are different and have there own methods but it's not something I'd be comfortable with trying, dad agrees aswell.

Any help or advice would be so appreciated 🤞💕

((Ps the crib is in her own room, there isn't space in our room to sidecar the crib unfortunately!))

We started cosleeping when the 4mo regression hit us HARD.

We now do a bit of a halfway house where DS does his first stretch/es of sleep in the cot and then joins me in bed.

We started doing this at 6mo, and being totally honest, at the beginning it meant cosleeping for most of my night, as DS would wake up wanting only boob a couple of hours after being put to bed.

Now at 10mo my partner can rock DS back to sleep (which he does if DS wakes pre-11pm) and he's also doing longer stretches, so I am often only cosleeping from 2/3am. Whilst this might sound like a nightmare to some people, it's much better than what we were doing and I am happy that it works best for everyone in the family.

Thanks so much 🙏
Yeah co-sleeping is working for us at the moment too, and I think I'll speak to other half about being more involved in the night time!

I’ll be blunt, if you’re not comfortable with some level of crying, going from cosleeping to own cot is pretty tricky. You’ll probably have to wait until they decide to go on their own, which usually is between 3/4 years old (can be more of course, but rarely earlier than this). If you’re not comfortable with controlled crying, start with settling baby in cot (putting him down awake and sushing and patting, or stroking, whatever you prefer, until falls asleep). But don’t think there won’t be crying, there’ll be loads (more than with CC because they can see us and our presence is too stimulant) but you’ll be there comforting him all the time. Do that for bedtime and all other wake ups which are not feeding time (a 6 month old needs 1/2 feeds overnight). Once he’s comfortable with this new way of falling asleep start doing less and less of the shushing/stroking etc. Until there’s no stroking! It can take weeks of even months but it works in the end. Controlled crying is much quicker, with mine 2/3 nights and they were good to go but I appreciate is not for everyone. Good luck!

OP I co slept with my baby from birth until 9 months. Put him in to cotbed last weekend. Not
a problem. I think he was ready for it as he wanted to roll over and sleep on his tummy.

It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Some mornings he wakens at 5/6. I take him in to bed with me for a feed and he might fall back asleep for another hour. We also still have the odd co sleeping nap during the day together.

Just give it a go and see.

If crying, going from cosleeping to own cot is pretty tricky. You’ll probably have to wait until they decide to go on their own, which usually is between 3/4 years old (can be more of course, but rarely earlier than this).

Where have you got this from @FigAndOlive ?