My baby is almost seven months old and he has started to reject his crib, I used to be able to sleep with him on his crib next to me but now he wants to be in my bed, I love the concept of co- sleeping but my back hurts so much from it and sometimes I can’t even stand up in the morning. I read here that if you move them to their own room they don’t feel your smell and I thought maybe he would be able to sleep again in his crib (the first part of the night he is fine and sleeps almost three hours straight but the second half of the night he wants to sleep breastfeeding and I don’t think my body can take it)
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Yes everyone slept better when my EBF baby went to his own room.

My daughter was an amazing sleeper until the dreaded 4-month regression and then her sleep was horrible. She would go down easily but then as soon as my husband and I came into the room to go to sleep, she would become restless and would wake up every few hours. We dealt with that until she was 6.5 months before moving her to her own room for the sake of our sanity and she has slept amazing ever since. I definitely believe they can feel/smell your presence especially once they hit 6 months and are way more aware of their surroundings even when sleeping.

After like 5 months when he started standing in his bassinet and looking at me and not sleeping he’s we moved him. It took about a few weeks to a month but fully sleeps in his own bed happily through the night even walks to his own bed when he’s tired lol

Tbh can't offer any advice but my baby is 13 months now and he slept fine in moses basket/next to me until he was about 6 months and then I have cosleept ever since and I don't really know how to stop lol. As if I leave the bed he somehow senses it and wakes up looking for me lol xx

If it’s the C-curl that’s uncomfortable, have you tried a support pillow behind your back and/or one between your knees?

Is the process . At first no then they get used to it overtime yes

Yep, we figured out that we were actually waking her up with our noise. When we moved her everyone's sleep got substantially better.

Yes my daughter was waking up about 3-4 times a night and once I moved her to her own room or reduced to one a night and occasionally twice. Plus quicker to get her back down again

My little girl is nearly one as has been sleeping in her cot from 6 months in her own room, she’s a big mover in her sleep so she loved having the space to move about as she pleased, she’s was also breastfed until 8/9 months but all babies are different so see what works for you all xx