My baby won’t stay asleep in his cot

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My DS is 5 months old, he has always slept in a separate crib. He has always been held to sleep but has settled in his crib when he’s been put down. The past week he has fell asleep on me or my partner as normal but once put in his crib he wakes up. Or he wakes up 20-30 minutes later. When he is held again he falls immediately back to sleep, but the cycle starts all over again. When speaking to our family members they all just think it’s very cute that he wants to held but aren’t offering advice to help. Anyone any ideas how to resettle him in his crib?
To confirm, we have a structured bedtime routine. He has a story, bath, feed and then into his crib and it has always been this way. The room is dark and he has white noise.

I think - unless you are happy to keep holding for wakes - now is a good time to gently help your son learn to fall asleep not being held, because then he can begin to put himself back to sleep after each sleep cycle. You comfort them in other ways.

My baby would get angry if picked up when very tired, so we did the shush pat method - put the baby down awake, and then sit by the cot holding baby's hand, patting tummy etc, until asleep. Later I did the method where you hold their hand untill drowsy, then YOU pretend to fall asleep in the chair next to them (good for separation anxiety and also FOMO babies). Repeat for night wakes if not giving a feed.

Actually the Pampers website, of all places, had some good suggestions on helping babies sleep and tells you what age different methods work for and how long they take to work (anything gentle requires consistency for a couple of weeks but you can see improvements before then).

Another thing to think about is when do you want your DS in their own room - soonish, or later on? I ended up moving my baby to their own room at 5.5 months because we were definitely disturbing their sleep when we came to bed, plus the Snuzpod was getting too small, rolling babies aren't meant to be in mesh side cribs etc. But other friends had their babies in with them until a year plus. You have to do what works for you, and it might depend on if you are breastfeeding and if so, how often.