My 7mo boy sleep problem

[jackkie]

hello,
Im new to mums net and this is my first post,

Sonny has been co sleeping till now with no problems,he is now sleeping through without need for feeding but has started to become rather partial to waking and becoming very chewy through the night, we tried to put him in his cot (in our room still) though as soon as he is alone he starts to scream, we fear he is too dependent on our presence and cannot seem to break this dependancy, we want him to sleeping in his own room in his own cot, but it breaks our hearts when we try to leave him, only for him to scream and cry..... please help

Hi Jackkie

I also have a DS1 and he hasn't been a great sleeper at all - we didn't go down the co-sleeping route as such but were finding ourselves 3 in a bed more often thatn not - so decided to do the whole controlled crying...

last nioght was the first attempt, and he managed really well, and surprisingly, so did I !!

Have you thought of just doing the whole thing cold turkey and putting cot in his room, and then doing CC? or gradual withdrawal?
its worked for us, but i so understand that each baby and family is different, but I couldn't go on as we were, and really hope that there is an improvement tonight!

Good luck and let us know how you get on!

Jackkie,
We co-slept with DS initially. When I needed my space to sleep comfortably again we moved him onto his cot mattress right up against our bed next to me (our bed is on the floor). This way he was still in arms reach, could see and smell me but I had more space. He didn't seem to notice the difference. After a few more weeks we then put the mattress into the cot , again right next to our bed. After a few more weeks we then bit the bullet and moved his cot into his own bedroom and he really didn't seem to notice. Before moving him into his bedroom I fed him in there during the day for about a week to familiarise him with the space.

My DS was a few months younger than yours when we did all this but hopefully it might be of some use

thanks peeps... gonna try some of that advice and also the baby whisperer technique, just picking him up then putting him down when hes settled, no interaction, been chewy again last night

hello again, just an update,

our son now,of late has become much more restless and we are having to rush up and down everytime the baby monitor goes, then he will end up in our bed as will not re settle in his cot, we dont know whether to leave him when he wakes and cries rather than responding to him every time he cries. Last night was the worst, his mother could not leave him alone at all, though he has got conjunctivitis and teething at the minute so he is chewy.