DS is 7 months old and a week ago we moved him into his own room in his cot. He has been having daytime naps in there for a month and been fine with the naps. The first night went well, he slept 8pm-5:30am, had some milk then dozed off for another hour.
Since that first night he’s ended up in our bed every time. He is wriggling and whimpering in his sleep in the cot, eventually he wakes crying. Last night i managed to settle him while he was still in his cot and he went back to sleep but woke 10 mins later. I went in again and sat on the floor and cuddled him and breastfed him, he went back to sleep but again he woke 10 mins later. The resettling went on for about an hour and in the end I brought him into our bed where he instantly fell asleep because I’m just too exhausted to keep getting up every 10 mins. This has gone on for a week where half the night he ends up in our bed. I don’t mind if this is just a phase and he needs extra comfort but I’m worried that this will become a permanent thing. We are aware of the safe co sleeping guidelines and the crib where he used to sleep is still attached to the side of our bed (he’s too long to fit in there now). DH is uncomfortable as he’s hanging off the edge of the bed and DS is a wriggly sleeper so I still don’t get much sleep so I do really want him in his cot. Unfortunately our room is too small to bring his cot in and there isn’t a spare room for DH to sleep in the meantime.
One thing to mention is that he is teething and has been in considerable pain this week, this started since I moved him to his room and I didn’t want to cause him confusion by moving him back into his crib until it passed. Two teeth are cutting through the gum. I don’t want to do any sleep training and I could never leave him to cry in the night so I bring him to our bed for an easy solution, I just don’t want it to be long term. Any advice? Could this be a phase or do I need to be persistent in the night in keeping him in his cot?