DS is 14 mths, and boy what a shit sleeper he is. Anyhoo, had to end co-sleeping because he needs the extra space and he's waking every bloody hour for a bf, at my wits end so something has to change.
Basically DH and I are doing it in shifts. We put DS down asleep in his cot, he can stay like that for anything to 1hr to 3hrs, no pattern to this. All the other wakenings we put him on our chest until he falls back asleep - then back asleep.
Trouble is though he's so unsettled, especially from about 4am - not a chance can I get him back in that cot.
Is it a backward step if I give him a bottle at this time? Incidentally he still screams out for boobs during each wake up.
I was also thinking of getting rid of cot and putting his mattress on the floor - does that make a difference?
Do we need to start putting him down awake in his cot? I know he will scream the house down for hours if we try this on the other hand it kind of makes sense if we needs us to cuddle him back to sleep.
Sorry bit of a garbled post. I'm at work tomorrow so hoping for an easy time tonight...