Should I start co sleeping with 8 month old

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My 8mo has always been a bad sleeper but normally would go a full night in his cot / next to me crib albeit with many wakings.

hes in the past done a handful of very good nights (ie 1 wake up or 2 long stretches) but otherwise he’s been a bad sleeper!

it now seems the 8 month regression has hit and he will not resettle in his cot past midnight - if he does it takes over an hour of me passing him between me and my husband to get him to eventually stay in there!

I’ve started to therefore co sleep as soon as he starts not settling easily in the cot. I’ve definitely had improved sleep since, but I wonder how many others have done similar (ie baby sleeps in cot until not settling and then co sleep for rest or night) and how sleep has played out - did sleep improve and when?

No. I persevered through the regression. There are too many fears and worries about Co sleeping. If anything happened I wouldn’t forgive myself.

I’m not sure I would have got through parenting without co sleeping. We did the same down in cot until 12/1am feed and then in with us.

sleep did get better but my little one is not so little and still occasionally comes in with us if she is unsettled in the night!

I've always thought that if everyone is sleeping then I don't care where they do it. Co sleeping got me through until my son started being too big and kicking me in the face all night. My advice would be to follow safe co sleeping guidelines and also start the night off in their bed so they get used to having bedtime and the first part of the night in their bed.

I did with DD1 from 6 months. It lasted until she was around 22 months. I have to say years later she is a rubbish sleeper but her younger sister who I coslept with from 2 night until the same age is much better.

We did similar (i.e. co-slept from the first wake at around 1am) from around 7 months to about 13 months. She was an always a bad sleeper but improved drastically at around 13 months with no real change other than weaning off BF.

Currently co sleeping as ds is such a terrible sleeper he will go down fine and stay in his cot till about midnight then he wakes and will cry until he's in bed with me. He slept through the night from 8 weeks till just after 12 months. I do put him back when he's fallen back to sleep as he wraps himself in my hair n kicks the covers off 😭 but he will just wake again an hour or so later. He's coming up to 16 months with no sign of improvement 😭.