Bedtime self settling
Im a FTM to a 16 week boy. Every evening since my little boy was 8 weeks we’ve had a bed time routine (mainly for my sanity in the earlier days). He feeds, has a bath and a cuddle where he falls asleep and gets transferred into his next to me.
I want to start putting him down awake as he can self soothe as he does it through the night if he wakes. How do I start doing this? Im so worried he’ll feel abandoned if i put him in his bed and walk away ☹️
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I really wish I knew 😩😩
My baby is almost 7 months and we cosleep mainly. She can’t self soothe fully on her own (I’ve also read they’ll need lots of support for a while) but she tries sometimes with a teether, sometimes with me hushing
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