Tips for getting 22 month old into cot?

[Thejoysof2boys]

Hi All,

DS slept in the cot until 10 months old at which point he went through a phase of constant illness and I stupidly let him into our bed through sleep deprivation. After that he refused to go back into the cot and I haven't persisted with it.

I am expecting baby #2 next month and now really need to get him back into his cot, any tips?

I have tried letting him cry it out so far but finding it difficult to cope with being 8 months pregnant as well I don't have the energy to keep laying him back down 🤦‍♀️

I'd probably skip the cot and go straight to a bed. That's what I'm planning to do! Baby number 4 has always slept with us and completely refused the cot. I'm going to start with the toddler bed in our room and then move him in with his brother once he is sleeping more and feeding less. He is 15 months old and his understanding is great. Why not make a fuss of him going in a 'big boy bed'?

I second moving into a bed! We had same issue in the lead up to the birth of our 2nd child, being in a full size single bed meant we could get into settle him if need be!

Oh good lord, skip the cot. He won't go back into it. You'll lose the will to live. He's old enough for a bed with a bed guard from Argos. The good thing is with a bed you can lay beside him till he falls asleep at first to make the transition easier.

Mine is 13m and I’ve given up on the cot. He has a toddler bed which he also refuses to go in. I’ve put a mattress on the floor beside his bed in the hope that eventually I’ll convince him to sleep in it and it’ll feel sort of like cosleeping because I’m beside him. Then I can eventually retreat. Currently he sleeps on the mattress with me

Thanks everyone, I did consider a toddler bed instead but we just don't have the room at the moment. We are all in one bedroom so I don't have the option of putting him into his own room yet which I think only adds to the situation as he doesn't understand why he can't just sleep in my bed!

UPDATE: I'm not sure who has taken my child and replaced him with this one, but last night he went to sleep in there without any tears!!!!!!!! I did have to sit next to the cot and it took him 1 hour 15 mins to actually go to sleep but he just laid quietly! He lasted until 3am then was getting upset, I tried laying next to the cot but I'm 8 months pregnant so this was very uncomfortable for me, plus I'm up at 5:15 for work so for the last couple of hours I did cave and let him into the bed so we could both get some sleep, small steps right?

@VelvetPineapple this really did make me laugh, amazing how these toddlers control us haha. The things I have done to try and get him in there, you're not on your own!