Ive co-slept with DS2 from birth and it has been great until recently (he's 5.5 months) but the last week or so it's all changed nobody apart from Ds 1 ,who has his own room, is sleeping well.
The problem is that DS2 has suddenly started wriggling around a lot taking up masses of bed. He also makes a lot of noise - not crying but squeaking and singing :o cute but not at 3am! He want's my boobs constantly but comes off really easily and grumps about it till he's re-latched on - over and over again :(
Iv'e tried stroking his head, singing to him and giving him my finger to suck which works well for short periods but as soon as I stop he's wide awake again and trumping.
I'm starting to think (reluctantly) that he might need his own bed. DH would prefer this i know but not sure how to start sleep training him. He currently feeds to sleep, naps on my lap or in a sling and has an uncanny 'anti tilt' mechanism which causes his eyes to pop open the minute he's laid down in a cot/bed/bouncy chair.
Also any training I do needs to take into consideration Ds 1 who is 3yrs and who I don't want to wake up (his bedroom is next door), and who I am not happy to leave unsupervised for long periods of time downstairs (if I need to do day time training upstairs to get DS2 to sleep in cot during day). Any help gratefully received.