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The Sleep Deprived 🇺🇸

Co-sleeping & not sleeping through the night

I’m not sure what to do. My son is 8 months old and we’ve taken to co-sleeping with him because he was never able to settle at night. He naps during the day fine now (he use to only contact nap) in his own crib and will fall asleep in the mini crib we have in our room totally fine but will not sleep through the night and when he wakes up at night he refuses to be put back in his own bed. We put him down at 6:30/7:00 and he sleeps well independently until 10:30/11:00 when he usually wakes up to eat. After that, it’s usually game over. We can’t put him back in his crib. If he falls asleep in my arms he will wake up immediately when I put him down or shortly after. After a few tries I just end up bringing him into bed with me which means no pillow for me and moving the blankets down. Then he usually digits and wakes me up slapping me in the face at least 2-4 times at night and usually eats once more at 2/3am. I love the cuddles but would also love to sleep without worrying about squishing him or him slapping me awake. Sleeping with a pillow again would also be a dream. Any tips? Has anyone experienced something similar?