So I'm co sleeping with my 8 wo DD as from day one she would crack it, big time, if we tried to put her in a Moses basket. There's also the delightful bonus of more sleep between feeds during the night. Huzzah!
So the routine (as such) is: I feed her to sleep at night in bed and then during the day she nods off in the sling for about 3 hours in the morning. This is the time when things get done e.g. washing up, post office etc. There will then be a couple of afternoon naps and an early evening one of between 1/2 hour to an hour... She falls asleep on the boob on all these occasions whilst I'm plonked on the sofa. Also, I'm cluster feeding at night before we toddle off to bed at about 9pm.
This is obviously quite fine at the moment. Lots of cuddles, oxytocin etc etc and we're both happy.
However all of this sleep involves me being physically very present. Any suggestions for how, once she reaches the 10 week / 12 week mark, I can coax her to go to sleep on her own, be it in our bed or the cot? Evenings are the most pressing as the prospect of me also going to be at 6.30pm most evenings is less than enticing.
Thanks.