Can a co-sleeping baby sleep through the night????

[hmummy]

My 8 month old dd has to sleep in our room until we move in new year. She goes to sleep in her cot at 6:30pm. She wakes up at the slightest noise, such as dd1 using bathroom before she goes to bed. She quite often wakes twice or more in the evening before I go to bed. Then she comes in with me when I go to bed. Have tried to get her to go back in cot after I go to bed. She goes to sleep but always wakes up when I try to get back in bed! Seem to getmore rest if she's in with me. She can then wake every hour or two to bf sometimes every HALF AN HOUR. Dh has given up sleeping in our bedroom!! HELP PLEASE!!!

Have you tried playing white noise from a radio to disguise other noises? Also, this kind of frequent feeding happened to us when we started to co-sleep, but now things are beginning to settle down as we all get used to being together all night. DS knows I'm there (if he gives a good kick), and doesn't feed every hour anymore - more like 3 or 4 times a night. My friend's baby eventually slept through the night in the parents' bed and continued until she was two years old no problem.

You need Tibsy and Effie Perine on Sleep is for the weak thread. Tibsy co sleeps and has night weaned recently and EP is having a go at the moment but their lo's are a bit older than yours. I night weaned and co-slept at about the age your lo is (nearer 9 months actually I think). Just offered cuddles first rather than breast. I wouldn't have resisted for too long because i prefer the route of the least hassle but my dd was happy and it was easy. (still doesn't sleep though) If yours protests too much perhaps just try again in a month. Another SIFTW contributor, Tamdin, also co-sleeps and her DS sleeps through the night so yes, it is possible.

This sounds a lot like my DS when we first started co-sleeping. He'd wake one to two times after we put him down, then again when I went to sleep, and he'd be difficult to settle until the early hours of the morning. He'd eat almost constantly. But then he got used to sleeping on his own in the early evening, and after about a month, no more wake ups from 7:30 till 10:30 (teething aside). Then he stopped consistently waking up when I came to bed (for about an hour), then would roll over for a dream feed. Now he eats at 10:30, 2:30 and 5:30, and sleeps pretty well the rest of the time. That's do-able for me.

The problem is when he's teething, and we've had some issues with early morning wake ups (4:45ish). but overall I think we're getting more sleep than if he was in his own cot. Easier to feed, etc., but I am still waiting for the holy grail of the co-sleeping sleep through (a la Tamdin).

Ro that's great to hear as I'm having trouble in the early evening too - DS needs to be upstairs in the quiet but won't settle for long without me. I found your post really reassuring - thanks

Thanks for replies. Good to know there are people in the same boat. Will keep trying! Dd has woken up twice so far this eve,but I put her back down with just a bit of rocking (usually she insists on bf). This is my other big issue - only I can settle her as she wont take a bottle. ...So I haven't been out properly yet (and am going mad!) just down to a friend's house for less than 2 hours and then called back by dh!

I dont really mind if dd doesn't sleep right through. BUT I wish I could be sure that she would sleep for a chunk of time in the evening so that I can go out occasionally! Does anyone else have this problem?
dd has said he will join us tonight(!) Will let you know how it goes
thanks

Hate to say this hmummy (and my DS is only 4 months) but I started rocking too in an attempt to make him put-to-sleepable by others - guess what - he'll only accept rocking from me!

Damn tyrant!

Oh dear Chubby! Well last night dh managed to settle her at about 10pm by rocking!! (fluke?) I got a little bit of sleep on my own before she came in with me. Several wakings - I feel that I wake her up by shifting about. Afraid dh did NOT sleep with us, as when he came in we were in the middle of the bed. Oh well, will keep on trying. Any tips for keeping her asleep for a bigger chunk in the evening?? ironically, when she was tiny she would sleep between 4 and 6 hours when she first went down!! Oh, for those times to return!

By the way just read a really scary thread on the EVILS of co-sleeping!