My 1 year old has always been fed to sleep. He hated the crib so we have been cosleeping for a couple months with me going to bed at the same time as him. Last week we got him a floor bed so I can get my evenings back.
Over last month or 2 he has often resisted falling asleep from feeding and will bite me in a cheeky way. He is a big biter in general and I have tried so hard to get him to stop but it doesn’t seem to be working.
so I’ve tried feeding him lying down but he will bite so ill take him off and he will then play a bit more and then I have tried cuddling/patting him to sleep with a song and at first he will wind down but then starts absolutely screaming and thrashing around. After a while of screaming (while I am lying next to him trying to comfort) I then will feed him to sleep or rock to sleep.
its not a time problem, he’s just dropped to 1 nap so it awake 6 hours before bed so definitely tired enough. what can I do? Persevere through the screaming and hope he eventually learns to fall asleep that way? Start rocking to sleep and placing down instead? I would have been happy to keep feeding to sleep but I won’t be bitten anymore. I don’t have a partner or anyone to take over or help with bedtime