Co sleeping and night weaning advice please

[SunnySide1992]

Hey everyone! So my DD is 9 months, exclusively breastfed and Co sleeps. Well I have a cot next to our bed with one of the sides off so it's like we have extended the bed if that makes sense! So she normally starts in that then rolls over to me.
My questions are
.....I'm quite happy Co sleeping as she still wakes up a few times to feed and its easier for all of us as I can feed her laying down. I'm a bit unsure what to do when she starts crawling/moving more. Like I said the cot is right up against ours but then there's a gap at the end of the bed? Would she crawl over me to get off the bed?

Next question when and how do you start night weaning? I think I read you have to wait atleast a year? I'm not in a big rush but it would be nice to start having a few less wake Ups!

Thankyou everyone in advance!😁

This was our set up too. Totally depends what direction you want to go in re whether to keep cosleeping. For what its worth here is my story.

Once dd started moving, I disassembled my bedframe, stored it and put the double mattress on the floor pushed against the wall (with rolled up towel filling in the gap between mattress and wall, and a padded mat on floor surrounding bed). Dd slept next to me on the side near the wall. DH was off sleeping elsewhere by this point as he was fed up of all the night wakings.

Night weaning we did at age two and it was a nightmare, DD was very upset. No advice to offer except night wean before day wean.

Warning re the cosleeping, I thought it would come to a natural end but it did not. I shifted us both into DD’s room at age 1, then tried gradual retreat etc. I moved out of her room several times but the most I managed was 6 months in a different room. Still trying to convince my 8 yr old to sleep alone 🤦‍♀️ When she has her own room get a double bed is my advice to you as you’ll spend a lot of time in there!

xx

We've moved our DD's cot next to our bed with a side off, she wouldn't sleep in her cot normally so we've been trying this. She can crawl and move around more now but doesn't tend to try and climb off which is good as we have a gap at the top.
I weaned from breastfeeding when she hit we months (now 13 months) mainly because I'm pregnant and wanted some space before baby is here in January.
I started with the day as I thought it would be easier. Night feeds, she started cutting down herself and wasn't really eating as much so I started trying her with water instead.
She pretty much sleeps through all night now, occasionally she'll wake up and have some water but not often.
She also decided that she wanted a dummy aswell so I've let her have one for naps and bed. I'm thinking it's the comfort of the sucking she likes and as she's not bf'ing she is happy with a dummy

Hey OP we have the same set up with the cot secured to the side of our bed with one side off. My DD is 18mo and walking. I had similar worries when she started crawling. What I have done since about this age, is teach her how to climb down from the bed feet first bum first, obviously when she was younger this was me holding on to her, to show her. But now she can get down from the bed safely herself.

We have a camera on her at night with a motion sensor and I put her on my iPad when I'm downstairs so if she wakes up I know.

I was always told to ideally wait until 18 months before night weaning as they can begin to understand a bit more around this age, before hand they won't understand why mum suddenly won't give them the boob and they can become quite distressed.

We haven't started night weaning yet but it's something I'm looking into atm.

@Apl this is really helpful thank you for sharing! I actually just got a double bed in my daughters room with the intention of transitioning