Our one year old (14m) will sleep fine in his cot for naps and initially at bedtime (6.30/7pm) but will consitently wake up between 11pm-1am and won't settle until he sleeps in our bed... I've made a rod of my own back by rocking him to sleep since he was born and now I think I'm paying that price.
Context: he has a dummy and cuddly soother, has a lovely consistent bedtime/nap routine and in general is a happy content little one
I'm not a fan of the cry it out method and have tried various other methods when he wakes:
Patting/shhhing
Cuddling and putting him down when drowsy
Playing music/white noise
Giving him a Tshirt with "my smell" to make him think im there
I guess I'm looking for some advice on whether to stick to the co-sleeping or what I can do when he wakes to get him back to sleep again? I'm usually asleep by 10pm and take tablets that make me very groggy after going to sleep so having him waking every night isn't ideal and I'm too out of it to really do much about it other than put him in our bed so everyone can sleep! I don't mind him being in our bed, but my partner isn't a fan!