Refusing to go back into next to me.

Singing my LO to sleep always helps straight away maybe try 😊

Have you tried putting a hot water bottle in the bed to warm the mattress up before you put him in? That’s what helps our little one to settle. Obviously we don’t leave it in there with her.

My son has been doing the same, sleeping happily till he wakes for a bottle, then refuses to go back to sleep unless he's on me! He wakes at any attempt to put him back down then won't settle until I pick him up again, it's exhausting

Sounds like the first sleep regression. It’s a really hard time. Might help to wrap up tight and wait half an hour for deep sleep before putting down.

Most likely 4 month sleep regression. Can hit 4-5 months ish.
Hopefully it passes. Baby hits deep sleep 20-30 mins into falling asleep so best time to put them down before that they are in light sleep. After 30 mins they start to transition out of deep sleep again.

Hiya. I am an infant sleep consultant and as the above you can sleep train but I wouldn’t recommend it until you are sure you are clear of sleep regression. It can last 1-6 weeks for most it’s around 2 weeks.
There are also more gentle methods than Ferber . Which is essentially a structured cry it out with intervals check ins. And if done correctly should result in infant being sleep trained in approx 7 days. Gentle methods take twice as long. But are more supportive and reassuring for the infant. But comes down to what the parent wants to do.

Thank you all , I’ll give a few things a try. It’s normally only after the 3am wake he does it. Always annoys when I move him literally centimetres away from his bed onto mine and he falls straight back to sleep 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

I could have written this - also 5 months he would start his night sleep in his next to me no problem for about 7 hours then been waking up more often during the night & will not go back into his next to me! Before he was doing 12 hours 1 wake up for a little feed.