Hi..
My 8 and a half month baby girl is point blank refusing to sleep in her cot which is in my room.
A month or so ago, she caught a virus off me whilst we were visting her dads over night.. She was so poorly and choking on her sick and all that stuff you dont even want to imagaine it was sp horrible. I sleep on a matress in the living room next to her travel cot when we are away and because of how bad she was i didnt feel safe putting her in the cot over night so me not thinking anything of it put her in bed with me so i could get to her quicker if needed... Biggest parenting mistake ive made so far, ever since then ive npt been able to get her to sleep for more than 20mins if that in her cot. From 5months shes slept in her cot and we have never had any problems (she loves her sleep) She will fall adleep in my arms and i can put her down anywhere and she will stay asleep for hours but as soon as i put her in her cot shes wide awake and i cant settle her for hours and when i do it has to be in my bed. Im just looking for some advice really as i really want to get her in her cot sleeping through. Dont vdt me wrong its not awful having her in bed with me ita quite comforting but its just not tje way i want to do things. She has a dummy, a teddy and a snuggle which shes had since birth but nothing seems to comfort her when shes in her cot.
I dont want to do the cry it out method as i dont agree with that at all. Im a very patient person but there is only so much i can thinl of doing and none of that has worked so far.
Sprry for the essay just wanted to give as much detail as possible.
Any advice is very much appreciated.
Thankyou x