My DS has always been a pretty terrible sleeper, but up until recently bedtime was the one thing that seemed to go ok for us. We had a good routine, he'd get nice and sleepy and go down in his cot at 7pm, then sleep till about 10pm. He'd wake up very frequently through the rest of the night, but at least I got an evening!
A couple of months ago he got poorly and after his first wake up of the night would only sleep if I brought him into bed with me - that remained the case even once he got better, so we've been co-sleeping since then.
The problem is that recently he's started waking up about half an hour after I first put him to bed, and it's then really difficult to resettle him in his cot. I'm now spending most of my evening trying to get him back to sleep, and it's getting me down - especially as he will only go to sleep in my arms so my DH can't help much.
Does anyone have any similar experience / ideas on encouraging him to sleep in his cot, at least for that initial sleep?
Oddly he will sleep in his cot for naps during the day, but just seems to need to be close to me for night time sleeping.