How do you do it?
Ds is 6mo and hasn't a clue and I don't know how to teach him.
He has reflux which means that after a feed we sit up with him and hold him upright for half an hour (because if we put him in his cot he just rolls over and throws up...)
He likes to fall asleep on the boob; I've told him I'm not a dummy and if he is close to falling asleep I remove the nipple which is fine but he's still being held which gives him comfort. He is invariably asleep when he's put down in his cot so he's not good at being put down awake.. During the early part of the night he'll stay asleep for a couple of hours but later in the night its often about 10 minutes before he realises that his bed hasn't got a pulse and he cries to be picked up again.
Having been doing this for 6mo I find he wakes up in the night for a feed and we both manage the feed awake and then we both fall asleep. I then wake up an hour later with a stiff neck and a baby in my arms, put him in his cot, lie down and fall asleep for... 20 mins when he wakes up again because his bed doesn't have a pulse and he can't settle himself...
He's moving into his own room tomorrow which might improve things if its us who disturb him. It might also keep me awake longer because there is nowhere to sit in there apart from the floor. I could take a dining room chair in with me but he's huge so feeding him on a small chair is uncomfortable because he doesn't fit on my lap any more and I'm terrified I'll drop him if I do fall asleep.
We're proposing to try some kind of pupd/controlled crying to try and get him to sleep better through the night. Do we need to teach him to self settle first, or will be learn by pupd?
Any advice or experiences welcomed.