Hiya, this is my first time posting on here so hopefully I'm writing on the right place 🤞🏼
Just need some advice!
My DS is 9 Months next week and bed time now is a nightmare. He refuses to sleep in his cot full stop which means he will only sleep in our bed (OH sleeps on sofa which is taking its toll on our relationship) and even then it takes about 45 mins of him crawling and climbing around the whole bed/me before he eventually wares himself out and falls to sleep. If I leave him in his cot for bed he just stands at the bars crying and gets so worked up.
I've always had a good bedtime routine with him the same time every night since he was about 12 weeks, bath and bottle around 6.30-7. He was once a really good sleeper when he was between about 4-5 Months , he would just fall asleep as soon as we put him down and sleep through but something changed around the six month mark and I don't think he has slept through since or got himself to sleep at bedtime and it's just getting worse!
He is a very active baby and is always crawling and trying to climb everything in the house
Anyway I was just wondering if anyone had any advice, sleep training is my last resort but I don't really know what else to try, I'm really starting to dread bed time!!