Sleep help

I’ve always fed to sleep or half asleep and then transferred, she used to start off the night in her next to me cot and then end up in bed with me, but for the last month she’s cried every time I’ve tried to put her down and will only sleep with me so I’ve been going to bed with her. I’m trialling one nap a day in her bigger cot (outgrown next to me) to get her used to it again 🤞

I used to co-sleep & feed to sleep. She now sleeps in her own bed and doesn’t require feeding to sleep. We did it by creating some really strong sleep associations. A red pulsing light, white noise and hand stroking. We also put her to sleep in her dock-a-tot (this is not recommended, so this is only at your discretion and you should read the risks. We did it under supervision so we felt it was ok) When we were able to get her to sleep in her dock-a-tot alone in our bed (we still do-slept) we moved the dock a tot and all the noise and light to her room and put her to bed in her cot. We then removed the dock-a-tot because she wanted to roll around. It was over a 3 week period and we were really consistent. I didn’t do the cry it out method. I stay with her until she is asleep.

@Wazida this is what I'm doing next now he's too big for the next to me ❤️

I cosleep and feed to sleep lol. But I got a cot and literally is ‘attached’ to my side of the bed (only put one railing on). It’s the same principle as a next to me. And he rolls over to me when he wants a cuddle esp now it’s a bit more cold or to feed then rolls back to his space. But if hes in a mood he’ll just moan or cry for me to ‘get’ him. I would say get your girl to play/explore in her cot so she knows it’s safe and is there only for her. Hopefully she’ll settle on her own soon enough x

I used to feed to sleep and then put her down asleep. But it became necessary to swap to a bottle and to put her down awake. We had a difficult few days while she came to terms with the change, but she got the hang of it pretty quickly. Once you’ve made a decision on what you want to do and are consistent with it, you might be lucky and be pleasantly surprised. I built it up in my head as a huge problem I dreaded dealing with but it wasn’t half as bad as I’d been imagining x

They might surprise you! I used to put my little girl down once she was asleep but we moved to putting her down as soon as she had finished feeding...she took to it really well! If she started crying and fussing I would just start feeding her again and as soon as she had finished or calmed just put her straight back down again! It wasn't anywhere near as bad as I was expecting. Just be consistent! 😊 xx

We co sleep but he goes in the next to me for the first part of the night, I do the same as above. Just keep persevering and you'll both get used to it. I just think of it like I'm fine with him in my bed so I'm not gonna stress if he doesn't go in his cot, so it's a bonus when he does lol xx

Hi, I’ve never Co slept, but my baby does feed to sleep. I BF him in my bed, he falls to sleep on me, then after about 5 mins I then transfer him into his cot. I lay him very slowly and gently into his cot bum first and then slowly lay his head down whilst keeping him close to my chest if that makes sense. If he wakes up whilst I’m doing it, we have to do the whole thing again and go back to feeding!