will co sleeping baby ever go in cot?

[alusnitcher]

My dd is 10 weeks old and we co sleep as discovered it was the only way she would sleep. This is fine and she feeds every 2 hours round the clock anyway so best way for me to get sleep too. During the day she will only sleep in the sling, not in car or pram etc. She used to fall asleep feeding but that very rarely happens during the day now. When I think she's tired I put her in the sling and jiggle her, she usually protests then falls asleep within 5\10 mins. I then have to remain standing/moving or she wakes up.

I just can't imagine that she will ever go longer than 2 hours between feeds or that she'll sleep somewhere not attached to me! Some days it's so physically exhausting with the sling. I just wondered if anyone has had similar experience, will she eventually day time nap elsewhere and will we have real issues getting her into her own bed eventually, as well meaning relatives tell me?

My dd (18m) was like this. I did find that if she went off to sleep in the sling, if I was reeeeally careful and did some jiggling and back rubbing, we could both lie down together and catch some zzzzs. Alternatively, I would lie her up my front, perch on the edge of the bed and sofa and rock, until she fell asleep. Then we could manouvre into a more comfy position.

She sleeps in her own bed, but we did do on and off cosleeping for a while - but that was ok for us. Relatives mean well but if nights are ok, just smile and nod.

In the meantime -

Exactly the same situation here. DS 12 weeks co-sleeps with me and wakes every 2 hours for a feed and will only nap in my arms in the day. If I put him down he wakes after 5 minutes and it's hell getting him back off tom

I'm exasperated but keep getting told it's a phase and will pass.

until the next phase

Seriously though, if you can at least get her to sleep whilst you are sat, enjoy the cuddles - I found it hard to accept the change in pace but loved the hours of snuggles, and have the cuddliest toddler now. It goes so quickly! Before you know it, she'll be trying to climb out of her cot and you'll look back at this time fondly

I really enjoy the snuggles but I don't enjoy being pinned down needing a wee / not being able to answer the door etc...

Yeh I remember trying to one handedly undo jeans whilst balancing a baby and weeing in a particularly bleak moment

I know will try to just enjoy, it is just the practical/backache side of things that get in the way. Thanks for comments, helps to know I'm not the only one! ?

My experience was that DS would only sleep in the sling for about the first 3 months, then one day DH decided to try him in the buggy and he just slept! And he's been happy to nap in the buggy ever since (he's now 16 months). We have a Snooze Shade to cover him up - pull it over him and he usually goes out like a light within a few minutes, though he does need to be wheeled round the block a couple of times (or back and forth across the living room if it's pouring with rain ). It was a bit of a revelation for me, as DD was the same but would only nap in the sling or in my arms till 9 months, when she started napping in the buggy, but only because my back was breaking - and to be honest she resisted it almost every day until she dropped her nap, around 3YO. Thinking about DD and her daytime naps still makes me shudder, and she's now 5.5

As for co-sleeping, my experience of doing it with DS was that he slept worse and worse until at 11 months I could stand it no longer and did some CC. Hated it, but it worked well (until a few weeks ago, but that's another story). It's impossible to know whether he'd have been a better sleeper if we hadn't co-slept for so long, but I doubt it. We only started co-sleeping out of necessity because it was the only way he would go to sleep and stay asleep for any length of time, so I think he's just not a great sleeper. I'd still be wary, though. If you're happy to keep co-sleeping then there's no reason to stop, but if you don't want to be doing it for a long time I'd start experimenting with gentle ways to get her in her cot, just to see if it's possible.

Yes mine did. Coslept till 6 months ish, then started to move towards bedside cot, then bigger cot. He now sleeps fine in his own cot no fuss. No training, no crying, no elaborate processes, just gradual changes when he was ready for them.