Baby is currently 26 weeks old and since week 10, we've been safely co-sleeping (following helpful advice from here!). Before this, we tried to get baby to sleep in the next to me crib but it was like they were allergic to the mattress - pretty much every time they were put down they would scream.
Over time, we've progressed to 2 hr stretches, 4 month sleep regression hit and we pushed back to shorter stretches but we blissfully came out with up to 4-5 hour stretches with baby being initially fed to sleep, but then being comforted with cuddles/humming a lullaby/a dummy. We even managed a few days away and there was zero disruption with the change, it was lovely!
Fast forward to about ten days ago - baby now wants to be constantly latched and comfort sucking all night. They also do this really jarring thing of throwing themselves over while still latched so popping off dramatically, often with milk going everywhere (not to mention it's quite painful when it happens repeatedly). Wake ups are every 1-3 hours and only feeding back to sleep works, then as soon as they are back on the bed they are rooting to start comfortable sucking. The dummy seems to infuriate them.
Will this ever end?! How do I fix this?? Also, can I transition to a crib some how?! My husband is still in the spare room and I'd like him to come back into our room at some point.
I go back to work in 8 weeks and I don't think I can survive with this routine overnight. I'm not expecting to sleep through, but just up a couple of times and an easy transfer back to the sleeping space, then some rest for me would be ideal!