Cosleeping - how to switch so dh can do bedtime?

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I co-sleep with my 1yo which usually works really well for us - bedtime routine is a bath, then I get into bed with her and feed to sleep. Normally this only takes about 10 minutes at the most and then I get up and go back downstairs again. When she wakes during the night I just do the same thing again, she normally goes straight back to sleep within a few minutes.

This has been working well for us but I'm now at the point where I would like dh to be able to do some bedtimes /resettling so I can go out in the evening sometimes. I don't really know how to go about it though - should I feed her and then leave him to sit with her? Go out for a few nights and leave them to it? She is really clingy with me generally and I don't want her to be upset but I also really need a break! Any tips welcome...

Watching for my 11.5 mo. Although my DH walked out two months ago so it's more about anyone being able to settle baby.

That's how we did it! I went up for milk and left my partner to do bath and bed routine and my daughter is 2 now and this system still works well for us!

I think she might still be a bit upset when you leave if she's been used to just you, but it won't be like a CIO upset as she will still have her dad to comfort her.

Heysleepybaby on Instagram really helped us, we didn't buy any of the guides but she has TONNES of info saved on her page if you need a bit of help 😊

@roarfeckingroarr I'm so sorry to hear that, what a shit - I hope you have some family support?

@loafcake thank you that sounds like a good place to start... Will check out the insta too

Our DS is much younger than your DD but we’ve found that we can also feed him to sleep with a bottle of expressed milk as well as breastfeeding. Might be worth a try?

Thanks @PinkPlantCase - tbh I've never actually bottle trained her but she could have some from a cup I suppose, it's another thing that dh could try!