10 month old transitioning from our bed to his own - your experiences please!

[LumpySpaceCow]

Hi,
Our 10.5 month old currently sleeps with us. If I'm here, I'll feed him to sleep; when I'm at work my husband sits on the bed until he falls asleep. He feeds a lot overnight and will not take a dummy or bottle.
I want to try to get him in his own bed/cot so that I don't have to go to bed at 7.30pm!

How do we do it?
He will be room sharing with his brother. Do I try to get him in a cot or do I try to see if he will settle on a mattress on the floor (so that it may he easier to settle him when he wakes at night).

I just can't see how we are going to do it.
Any experiences on how you did it?
Thanks

Dd is almost 18 months and at around the age of your ds I did buy a toddler bed which she hated. So I tried the mattress on the floor which was easier for me to feed her and escape again once she was asleep but then a few months ago I bought a single bed, a lowish one and a side rail. She sleeps best in that and I'm still able to hop in and feed her in the night which I'm hoping she will do less and less! She has still never slept through the night though so I'm not the best one to be giving advice.

Hiya, I'm also no expert given that my dd still wakes 3-4 X a night, but a few months ago I never thought we would have gotten this far as she is also a frequent waker, dummy and bottle refuser.

At 8 months we moved her into a cot in her own room from our bed. I wanted her to be in a cot for safety really (she stands almost immediately when she wakes) and convenience - when I visit my parents or go away it will be so much easier having her in the cot than on the floor etc.

The first week went surprisingly well, I rocked her to sleep and put her in, no more wake ups than normal. Then it was suddenly like she realised what was happening and she used to cry when put in the cot, it took several long gos at getting her in to sleep.

Now she goes in on the first attempt (took a couple of months to get to this point) but still wakes several times during the night. I find it more difficult to get back to sleep because I have to get up properly now but we had got to the point with cosleeping where we waking each other up all night, so it's still been worth it. I'm sure she prefers being in the cot now as she sleeps in there better than anywhere else. Having said that, after 4am I find it hard to settle her back in the cot so end up bringing her to mine most mornings.

Hope that gives another perspective and good luck!