Transitioning from Cosleeping to crib

Ugh let me know if you get any suggestions I’m in the same boat and I swear I have so many back and neck pains because I can’t move at all without waking my baby up he hates his crib

@kaya same here! My baby wants me to be in the most uncomfortable positions just so she can sleep. I tried leaving a T-shirt I wore for a couple of days next to her today and it let me get away for 45 min!

Hey that’s a win my baby wakes up immediately if he senses I left him I swear he be opening his eyes a little to make sure I’m still there randomly in his sleep😂 I’ve been trying to get him in his crib at least the first half of the night I just hate letting him cry so I did the pick up put down method and he was like half asleep and I put him down in the crib and just patted his butt a little and he was out so we will see how long he lasts

@kaya feels like mine is the exact same haha 🤣 hoping it works out for you and he sleeps through the night! I tried to put baby in crib and she was wide awake until I brought her back into my bed 🤦🏻‍♀️ will give it another go tmrw

I try 1 daytime nap in the crib ! And let her play in the crib so she knows its safe and its hers.

I am in the same boat, but mine is 9 and a half months old. I sleep in so weird positions that kill my back as if I move, she wakes up immediately.

@Bianca oh no! I was hoping after the “regression” it might go back to normal 😫 did ur baby ever sleep in the crib or co sleeping from the start?

Following for advice. Ice co slept from thr start as cannot put babe down without waking. Or roll over. He litterallt does open one eye to check im still there or sleeps holding me. 😬🤣 Want to transition to his cot in own room.also ebf and I have to feed to sleep lol. I feel I'm screwed

She slept only the first night when i brought her home, and that's it. She is a light sleeper, and every move is waking her up. I have to admit that it's easier to just give her the boob when it is next to me, but because she feels me there, she wakes up every hour, and it's so tiring. I am exhausted, but i still hope that one day she will sleep by herself! I can only hope.

I sleep trained mine when they were 6 months (recommended age), it was quite a gentle method we used and it allows them to learn to go to sleep by themselves in their bed, so you are putting them down awake

My boy was just like this and I used the book The Helping Babies Sleep method by dr Sarah Mitchell when he turned 6 months and it worked wonders. He loves his sleep and his cot now

@Sophie is your little boy breastfed? I wonder how do you breastfeed him now? How many times during the night? Are you bringing him in your arms for breastfeeding?

@Sally @Sophie please could you share how you sleep trained your LO’s and if they were EBF? I’m currently trying the put down pick up method but she refuses to sleep unless she’s next to me either in a sling or feeding to sleep.

We used a method in the book called Sleep Sense. It’s similar to the Ferber method but with shorter intervals. Put baby down in bed and leave room, if they cry go back in straight away and sooth by patting and shushing but not picking up, do this for a few minutes until they are calm then leave again. When they cry, wait one minute before going back in and soothing. Next time it’s 2 minutes, then 3 until you get to 5 and leave it at 5. Keep doing this until they fall asleep. Start with naps then night sleep.

@Bianca yes he’s EBF. He usually has one feed in the night but we’re finally getting more where he sleeps the whole way through now

Try the book I recommended, it’s only like £7. But basically you do not pick them up as that reinforces that if they cry they get picked up. Just sit and reassure verbally and physically til they eventually fall asleep. There’s also an interval method in the book but you pick the method based on your baby’s temperament

@Sophie ,is it something in the book for those who co-sleep? I am EBF, my daughter, and co-sleep. She wakes up every hour. Is it something that I can do for her to sleep the whole night, but still co-sleep with me? I am a single mum, living in a studio, so there is no other room or space for crib.

@Bianca no it’s about teaching baby to sleep in their own crib independently. I used it to move away from Co-sleeping and get him in his own crib and we were waking each other up constantly when Co-sleeping.

@Sophie thank you so much. I will try to get rid of some of my stuff and try to fit in a crib for her, and after that, I hope she will sleep independently. 😴