From co-sleeping to own cot

Hi All, my 7 month, exclusively breastfed baby has been co-sleeping with us.

She currently has 4 naps a day (30 mins each) and is rocked to sleep for them, in her own room and in her own cot.

She doesn't sleep well in bed with me and can wake on average 10 times a night and feeds herself back to sleep each time.

We have made the decision to move her into her own room and cot. We bought a gentle sleep course but she hasn't responded well to it in the sense that once she's finally asleep, she will last for 10-30 minutes before we have to start the whole process again.

I feel I may have missed a step 😅 having gone from sleeping with me to being in her own cot alone and using gentle sleep training to try and help her.

Any advice/ support/ or shared struggles out there?

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Hi, mine is only 1 month and 2 weeks but he has the exact same problem. I’m scared he will not get better since you said yours is 7 months…. Mine will only nap in a baby carrier. He is currently 12 lbs and my back is killing me. He will not sleep on his own no matter what. In a swing or bassinet. At night we also have to co sleep. If I lay him down he wakes up instantly. If I’m successful then he sleeps for exactly 10 minutes. I can’t sleep train him either because he is too young.

Aw don't worry my little one has made huge 'improvements' since she was born. She now sleeps on her buggy and I can pop her down for naps just fine. It's just this final stage now that we are ready and comfortable for her to sleep in her own room that we need to figure out how to help her link her sleep cycles together as it's getting a bit much for us with how many times she's up every night 😅

You have plenty of time as you say your little one is 1 month and 2 weeks ❤️

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