Co-sleeping advice

Hi any advice to get my 10 month old to sleep in his own crib? We created the habit of co-sleeping and I can’t seem to get to him to sleep in his crib and unless I’m there. He just cries when he wakes up for me to come back in bed with him. It’s just getting uncomfortable at this point sleeping at night and I need better sleep

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Same here definitely I don’t know what to do and he keeps waking up at night for bottle 😩

We just switched my 10 month old son over to his crib last month after co sleeping since birth and honestly it’s going to be rough no matter what, but the biggest thing for us was staying consistent about it. If he knew that he cried and got to come in our bed then he would just keep crying and it made it harder on all of us. Our routine is a warm sleep sack, which I think especially helps previous cosleepers since they are always warm, nurse him in rocking chair until he’s not asleep but very close to it, and then put him in his crib and go back in every 10-15 mins to pat his back and lay him back down. I would say just do what works for you guys, but it did get easier for us after about a week and now he goes to sleep most nights great! Hang in there momma!

I just started Friday trying to do this. She’s been in her crib since 2 months but has never really slept through the night. I really want to stop feeding her to sleep so I started feeding her awake with lights on and putting down awake. Last night she only woke once at 2:45. I don’t know how to have her stop waking up at night.

So my 10 month old is doing a lot better sleeping alone unless he is hungry, pain or cold. So I try to make sure we eliminate all those factors b4 bed

We moved our son to his crib about a month ago and we started with naps were in the crib honestly the first 2 nights were really rough but we wouldn't go into the room unless he was at a level 10 cry it took 45 minutes the first time but now he sleeps in his crib through the night in his own room (all happened at different times) but it's been great not only for him but for our sleep as well

Co sleeping was good for us because I am still breastfeeding!!! But now it's more for comfort!!! But she sleeps better with us!!!

honestly with my daughter, she never slept the whole night until I stopped nursing her completely and switched to cows milk after a year old. This is definitely something that is different with each kid, but I feel like my daughter just kept waking up for the comfort of nursing.

Same here! I’ve created a co sleeping monster lol she will sleep in her crib from around 7/7:30 until 1am then I would bring her in our room when she woke up and she would go right back to sleep. currently trying to break that habit but idk how that’s going to go 🤦‍♀️

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