10 months ago I gave birth to a miracle baby, he's solar powered. He's desperate to be outside as much as possible regardless of weather but oh my god he does not sleep. After checking that he was in fact a baby and not a tree I accepted the lack of sleep and we've muddled through.
We do now have an ok schedule with 2 naps in the day and some semblance of sleep from 8pm - 7am albeit rather disrupted. We co-sleep on a floor mattress and it really works for us. In the evening I would stick him down, put on the monitor and have my evening then cuddle up next to him for sleep. Just before christmas he developed the alarming habit of waking up silently and escaping. I would peek over at the monitor and see him pulling all his books off his bookshelves. His room is totally baby proofed so nothing bad could happen but I didn't love it. Also I had bought an expensive and aesthetically pleasing cot before he was born when I was a naive pregnant lady (Only wooden toys, no screen time, I won't have to explain to him that it's not ok to eat toilet paper).
Our routine now bath, feed, story, go to sleep in cot. It's working, he goes down. Then at some point he wakes up... Now, most of his wake ups I can deal with. He's still so tiny and needs me or wants boob or whatever. What is winding me that he keeps turning himself sideways and bashing his head on the side of the cot. I'll come in, put him back and he'll do it again! and again... and again...
I was told in no uncertain terms from the health visitor that cot bumpers were a danger. Obviously the tree-boys safety is my number one concern but how do I stop him being woken unnecessarily by the confines of the cot?