Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice from experienced co-sleepers. My DS is 10 months old and has hit the latest sleep regression HARD. He has always struggled with sleep, but from about 8 months he has slept in his cot from 7pm to 5/6am, up until about 3 weeks ago.
All of a sudden, it’s as though he can’t bear to not be near me. Even if I move slightly out of his sight, he cries and comes crawling to find me. He is the same at night and is waking almost every hour crying for me, and taking a long time to settle back down (last night was two hours, only for him to wake up half an hour later).
DH is keen for me to co-sleep so we can all get some rest (I was extremely poorly with PND and PNA after the birth), and he’s happy on the sofa for now. I suppose my question is - if we commit to co-sleeping at this age, will we struggle to undo the habit?
There’s an added worry for me here. I’m due another DS in September. I probably wouldn’t be worrying about the co-sleeping as much if I knew I had more time to improve the situation, but I’m frightened we will still need to do it by the time the new baby gets here.
The only advice I’ve had from a mum with two babies of a similar age gap is to leave him to cry it out as soon as possible. She promises I’ll regret it if I don’t. This isn’t something I feel I can mentally or emotionally achieve though.
Desperate for advice/reassurance.