Sleeping

Help! My son is 7 months old and will not sleep in his crib or pack in play. He started rolling over in his bassinet so it was time to upgrade him to a new sleep space and he would not sleep in the crib or play pin. We would be up all night till I couldn’t take it anymore and would put him in bed with me. I hate cosleeping it gives me so much anxiety. This has been going on for the last 2 months . He also will not sleep at all if I’m not with him. When I go to work my mom watches him and he sleeps maybe 25-45 mins total out of the 7 hours I’m gone. So I’m starting to think he has separation anxiety .
I do not let him “cry it out” he also has a bad arm with nerve damage that doesn’t function properly so when he rolls over it’s hard for him to get back to his back and when he’s on his tummy he is uncomfortable so he screams and cries bloody murder

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Did he sleep through the night in his bassinet?

Hey I’m sorry I don’t have any solutions but just wanted to say I’m in the same boat? Mine also will not sleep alone and I end up giving in and letting her cosleep all night only to have the worst anxiety through out it. I’m sorry it’s happening I hope u find the answer 💕

Exact same here. Idk what to do anymore. My baby wants to be next to me, feeling my skin during the night. I am so drained. We even tried the car ride thing with the crib, but nope, she wants to be attached to my body. Ugh!
And no, I dont have the strenght to do sleep training.

My 7 month old moves around so much in his sleep he wakes himself up in the crib and I’m so scared he’s gonna hit his head or get hurt. He’s been sleeping in my bed and my boyfriend has been on the couch ☹️🤦🏼‍♀️ I know we can’t live like this for much longer. I wish I could get my little man to stop moving around so much. sigh.

I've coslept for about 3.5 months now. While it's not perfect I put a crib mattress next to my bed and started cosleeping naps on it too get him used to it. Now we're at the point where I can get him to do 50% of the night down and I feed him back to sleep.

Just came to say, I've been in the same boat. I recently bought a guava Lotus travel crib so I could feed my baby to sleep in their own sleep space and sneak away, but they wake back up wailing every 30 minutes to an hour wanting me. You could try this I know it's worked for other people. Im about done woth this nee experiment cause it's easier having them in bed cause they're more happy through the night. They still wake alot but we both go back to sleep much easier. Check out cosleepy for safe bedsharing info. Also 90 percent of SIDS cases happen before 6 months. You do need to be mindful of suffocation risk at this age, especially with blankets as they get more mobile.

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My little one is 19 weeks, she used to sleep through when we would put her to bed at around 10pm, she would sleep through until 6-7 am.
Now she gets so tired around 8 pm so we moved her bedtime here, but coming with this is 1-2 night feeds and she’ll be wide awake at 6 am, which I know is still amazing but I am currently as sick as a dog so hasn’t been the best for my flu 🤣.
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