We have been cosleeping with our 14-month-old since she was about 4 weeks old as she used to wake immediately when put down but would sleep really well next to me.
However, as time's gone on that seems to have faded and for the last few months she has been waking often through the night. One night this week was as much as every hour; it is a good night if she only wakes twice, but that is rare these days.
I am breastfeeding and mostly feed her back to sleep otherwise she just cries and cries, although on occasion she'll go back with just a bit of stroking or if her dad shushes her and holds her close. We only have one bedroom so if she's up crying for prolonged periods then we all are, which is why I've mainly continued feeding her back to sleep.
I'm just wondering if there came a time when anyone found their cosleeping baby slept better in a cot without them?
She does seem to sleep better in the early part of the evening when we're not in the bed yet so I'm wondering if having her own space in the cot might help her? There is nowhere else for my DP to sleep to give her more space in our bed so can't do that - although I have spent weekends alone with her and she still wakes fairly frequently with just me there.
I have been putting off placing her in the cot asleep in case she wakes up and I have to start again, or she starts waking even more in the night.
Anybody been in this position and have any advice?