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Baby wants to co sleep after night feed

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Dboi19 · 06/08/2019 12:36

Hi all
My son is now 16 weeks old and has had an established bedtime routine of bath, boob and bed (he is still in his Moses basket in our room) for over two months now. We don't have any trouble getting him to settle for sleep, which is great and will hopefully stay that way. For a while now he typically sleeps from 9pm and wakes at around 2 or 3 am to feed. I can generally get him to settle back in his basket (he often falls asleep on the boob and I transfer him to the basket) but he will wake, unsettled an hour or so later and will then only go back to sleep in my bed. Then he sleeps soundly until some time between 6 and 9am. We really struggle to get him to spend the whole night in his basket, it doesn't seem to make much difference if he goes back in awake or asleep after a night feed. He just seems to want to be close to me, which is lovely but I feel it is becoming a bit of a habit and I'm concerned we may have problems later when he goes in his own room.
Does anyone has any advice on how to get him to settle back down after his night feed, rather than continuing to have him co sleep for part of the night ?
Thanks :)

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MustardScreams · 06/08/2019 12:47

16 week old babies can’t form habits. All they want is security, warmth and to be near to you. He’s only been outside of your body for 4 months! Do you know any adults that still need to sleep next to their mum to get to sleep?

You can’t force him to sleep in a crib, he’ll get upset, you’ll get upset and neither of you will get any sleep. I co-slept with dd for her first year and she was absolutely fine going into her own bedroom. Just do what works for you both now, don’t plan ahead for problems that haven’t happened yet.

Rachelover40 · 06/08/2019 12:59

WhatMustardScream said.

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