dts are 12 weeks old. we cosleep at night. dt2 is happy to be rocked to sleep and held in arms/sling for naps. he stirs often, and I just jiggle about a bit and he goes back. but it's a bit wearing with dt1 and ds1 too, and it would be fantastic if one would nap in a cot.
dt2 most likely candidate, and today I rocked him in arms till he was sleepy but calm, then put him in cot and kept rocking his bum till he was asleep - success - the first time he has ever fell asleep not in someone's arms! but he woke 30 mins later. normally he naps 1-2 hours. so I went in at first sound, tried jiggling again. he got more upset so I picked him up and rocked. in the end, I had to put him in sling (his favourite place) to calm him down enough and he's having a very fitful sleep there now (more so than normal).
ideally I would like to be able to get him back to sleep in the cot. what should I do? I was wary of leaving him in the cot once he got upset because I want it to be a positive association for him, like the sling is, but thinking perhaps I was too keen to pick him up. not sure what's best to do. ds1 didn't nap in cot till about 1 year old. any advice from people experienced with cot napping?