pupd

[zombiemeow]

Anyone who has done pupd give me some advice, I have no idea what I'm doing. Is it as obvious as just picking up and putting down? ????How long has it taken to work for you... If at all? ????I always said I wouldn't do sleep training but I'm absolutely broke ds is almost 10 mo and we're lucky if he sleeps 2-3 hours at night.

Push your bed up against the wall? Floor beds are quite popular with co sleeping families, you could do that in his room. Pop your mattress on the floor so if he does go crawl about he will be safe.

co-sleeping saves my sanity. I have to get up for the school run for ds1 and dd and couldn't get us all up and ready if I was up a few times in the night.
But I certainly don't think its the magic answer by a long shot, and probably has a lot to answer for (the proverbial rod ). Ds2 is a snuggler too, always bf to sleep at night time, I never found that magic window of ever putting him down sleepy but still awake- ping! That would be him wide awake everytime. He still stirs to bf a couple of times, but doesn't really wake at all, whereas in the cot I don't think he's ever done more than a 90 min stretch and would be wide awake and impossible to resettle for a while.

If you could do it safely minus the ciggies for a few days, it might just top up his sleep and yours, to a stage where you can think long term how you can tackle it consistently.

These gentler methods do take a lot longer, but I think sacrificing an hour or so of your evenings for a month or two, compared with broken sleep throughout the night is definitely worth it.

of course co sleeping won't work if your DS wakes up and wants to laugh with you again I only do it because ds2 barely stirs, whereas if I had the same battle as getting him back in the cot I'd just work on that and keep the bed to myself!

Will have to give co sleeping a go! He seems a tiny bit better with his cot right next to me but is still up and down

Hi zombie I hope you've had a better day today and your night goes well x