How to get 5.5 month old to sleep in cot

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My little girl has always been a good sleeper and slept fine in her next2me cot but is now to big for it.

We moved her into her own room a couple of weeks ago and into her cot, I know this is earlier than 6months but we have zero room in our room for her cot and she’s too big for the next2me so had no choice.

The first few nights went ok, she slept 7-3 then I cuddle her back in and that was her until 6:30. Now if I put her down I’m lucky if she will sleep for any longer than hour and then she just will not settle back down.

She’s co slept with me the last few nights as I needed a sleep and she’s slept 12 straight hours and hasn’t budged but the minute I put her in the cot she’s up.

Iv tried white noise, leaving my T-shirt near her etc.

I really don’t want to start cosleeping as my poor husband has been relegated to the couch the last few nights.

Any advice?

I think the fact that she used to sleep in the same room as you in a cosy next 2 me, and now all of a sudden has been moved to another room in a completely different cot hasn't helped as there have been too many changes at once.

Best thing would have been to do it gradually. Let her sleep in the cot in your room for a while then move it to her own room.

Is there no room at all in your room for the cot? Even if you rearranged the bed etc?

Just wondering, why do you feel sorry for your husband (grown adult capable of self comfort) not being able to bedshare, but not your tiny baby, who relies on you for comfort? It’s bizarre to me.

On a practical note, when she lays beside you she’s aware of you being there. She can hear you breathing. In a separate room she gets none of that.

(When I moved from the middle of a major city to the leafy suburbs it took me weeks to learn to sleep without sirens and trains and car horns.)

Could she stay with you a little longer while she has all her naps in her big cot which will give her time to get used to it? Then in a few weeks try again at nighttime

I do think going from being next to you to another room is a tough ask, tbh. I just never found a way. We used our wonderful cot to store all the baby clothes in in the end!

Can you sleep in her room next to her cot?

Thanks for your replies since I posted this she’s actually been really good and back to sleeping through thankfully.

@TomHardyAndMe to answer your question my baby is in a room across the hall and with both doors open I can still see her she’s probably no more than 10ft from me. To be able to parent the best we can we need to sleep too, I hardly sleep when co-sleeping and my 6ft husband sleeping on a 2 seater couch while working 70hour weeks doesn’t do that for us but thankfully we don’t need to worry about it anymore as she seems to be settled in her new room.