Too late for cot?

[Nellycats]

Our daughter is 15 months old and we have been cosleeping since birth, it was the only way to stop her crying and really helped with the breastfeeding.

Whenever we tried to introduce the cot, she has been desperate to get out, apart from rare daytime naps when she was too tired to object!

Usually I would breastfeed her to sleep, avoiding that would bring tears and the cryin could go on for over an hour. So I would give in and breastfeed we to sleep.

The problem is she still feeds through the night, eats very little, and I'm exhausted from the frequent waking and lack of a social life! There's no way we can leave her to sleep with a grandparent or other relative she knows - a babysitter seems a distant dream.

She won't take a bottle, may drink a bit from a beaker but also won't take a dummy. I'm her dummy really.

My husband thinks we should try again with the cot, is it too late? I worry about using a normal bed or mattress in case she falls off or escapes the room. Help!

[Nellycats]

Cheers Zappo, can I just add I loved "Zapotek", sounds like a fantastic satellite...all silver and shiny!

[Zappo]

Well I'm still going to be Zapotek, just fancied a change for a bit!

[Nightmoves]

Thanks nellycats, will check out the cafe. He is 1 in march so will begin to introduce gradual changes then. May attempt to night wean while co/sleeping then tackle the cot. Will think about grobag too. He had one when he was younger. I worry he will fall over tho when trying to crawl and stand, as he undoubtably would,with it on? Hope things keep going well for you!!!

[Nellycats]

Good luck with it Nightmoves, I only introduced the growbag whilst in the cot because I worried that she would overheat if accidentally under our covers too. But if your bed is big enough to be a bit away then why not. One thing I do prefer about cot sleeping is that she's safely behind bars unlike in the bed when she could easily bypass the bedrail or actually push against it.