Going from co-sleeping to cot

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Yikes I've set myself a horrible challenge but an important one. Have been co-sleeping with DD for a few months and she's now 6 months and I'd like to move her into the cot and move DP back into my bed 😂
Tonight is night one, I've got the cot attached to the side of the bed, strapped solidly to it so no danger, it's been like that for a while so DD can't roll out but I've not put her down to sleep in it. She feeds to sleep in bed with me then I roll away from her.
So now I need to get her used to being put down to sleep or moved rather than falling asleep and staying in the same place.
The mattress in the cot is baby safe and therefore as hard a sleeping on the ground. She's been used to my softer mattress and also rolling onto her front (she can roll both ways) and sleeping for two 6 hour stretches a night. Am I mental to mess with this?

Have people had success with this transition?
Is there a way I can make the cot mattress softer? (I don't need all the SIDS warnings I know the guidelines and I'm still asking)

Anyone who has lived through this let me know how please 👍

Should add she's got a little comforter, you know those little squares of soft fabric, and she sleeps in a grobag with no extra blankets etc.
I was hoping those as sleep associations would help her to sleep elsewhere but so far not

Oh and white noise every night

I have a nearly 6 month old and have exactly the same situation going on! The transition for us is going well so far, but I've had to stop doing his last feed lying down in the bed as he gets comfy and moving him wakes him up. Instead I get him in his sleeping bag and I feed him sitting up, then extra carefully place him down into his cot. Sometimes it takes a few pick-up and put-downs to get him fully settled.

In the daytime he falls asleep on me or feeding so we're both already used to having to move and put him down for a nap.

We also had the issue of a hard mattress in the cot but I was given a really lovely fluffy blanket by a relative, which we have put down on the mattress with a sheet over the top. He's been absolutely fine using that and it's a more similar feel to our bed.

I hope it goes well for you!

Amazing @HoneyBee03 thank you so so much for getting back to me 😊 the not lying down to feed just before bedtime is probably a very good idea for her, we're the same in that once she's settled it's very hard to move her without starting the whole process again.
I did actually order this on amazon as well (at about 1am this morning while she was back in my bed 😂)
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B077PD6MY5
The reviews suggest it's spot on for this exact problem of the cot feeling so different to my bed.
Good luck with yours as well, come back if you have any more tips, I think the fluffy blanket one we'll try tonight until that topper arrives x

That looks perfect! DS sleeps on his side too and has done from about 4 weeks old when he'd get painful trapped wind lying on his back. I think the hard mattress would be far too uncomfortable with him on his side.

I'm currently lying on the bed while he kicks around in the cot next to me! Feeding to sleep might be the only way...

I didn't bother last night as she's got a blocked nose so she woke up every hour anyway 😒 she's slightly less snuffly tonight and the topper is here so I'm feeding her to sleep right now and I'll try a transfer to the cot in a minute 😕 I don't feel that optimistic but I'll keep trying!
How did last night go in the end? Did he fall asleep in the cot eventually?