Co-sleeping mums what do you do between baby's bedtime and your own?

[Bubbalubba]

My DS wakes every 35-40 mins or so in the time between his bedtime and my own and its nigh on impossible to settle him. Last night I resorted to getting him up and keeping me with him until I went to bed. One advantage of doing that was that he woke at 7:30 rather than 6:00 but I want my evenings back with my DH. Any advice?

how old is he Bubbalubba?

i gave up as got so sick of the constant back and forth. the only way she would settle was feeding and being held.

i decided i would on balance, rather have a baby asleep on my lap all evening so i could at least watch tv and have a sit down and some peace and quiet.

at first she was on my lap all evening, then slept on sofa (NOT when small - this is past 12mo and in same room as us)
now she is older (19mo), i can put her down in her bedside cot and have a bit of evening again,

it passes quickly, easier not to fight it IMO

I used to just let DS sleep on my lap downstairs until we went to bed, once he got more mobile then I would put him to bed, he just seemed to start going longer between waking by himself, so haven't got any advice on that, sorry! TBH when I had been used to having him up all evening, him waking every 2 hours or so didn't seem too bad.

I go to bed at the same time (its quite late, 9ish usually), its my favourite part of the day! two or three peaceful hours to read / watch films on my laptop / mumsnet...

Depends on age really. DS2 goes in his cot until he wakes I give him his last feed at 10.30 and have an hour more of MN time or my fave programme then sleep...or ironing [sad. He then usually wakes around 1.30-2pm and comes in to our bed. It depends on your routine I think. (If you can call mine that).

He's almost 6 months old. Since posting this my husband and I decided to go cold turkey with him in his own room and controlled crying. It is utterly horrendous. My beautiful happy calm baby has been turned into an anxious, fractious little thing in 2 nights and its killing me.

This was on an earlier thread co sleeping You do whatever you feel is right. No-one can give you the definitive answer really.

Thanks to all of you for your posts. It's night 3 of controlled crying tonight and I've negotiated with my husband that this is the last night we'll try it. DS went to sleep at 7:45 and at 9:08 is still asleep - it's a miracle. I can only hope it means he'll sleep better tonight and not cry - it just breaks my heart. Poor hubby - last night he had DS wailing upstairs and me wailing downstairs.....!