My son has just turned 6 months, he is EBF and he and I co-sleep. My mother in law has just bought him a cot, and we will go back into the main bedroom with my partner. I am uncomfortable at present with this as I feel it is too much too soon, I have just gone back to work 2.5 days a week and he had a difficult time getting used to my being gone and transitioning to having a bottle, he isn't sleeping very much during the day when I am gone either. Now to put him in a cot on his own, I don't want him to feel as though I am abandoning him.
I'm not against putting him in the cot I just think it's better to do it gradually, I.e put him in there for his day naps before the night time so he is used to being in there. Putting him in the cot suddenly, coupled with my leaving him I just feel it may be too much for him and unfair to do it all at once. Am I wrong for this? My partner said I should do what makes me comfortable but my mother in law thinks I am being silly.