Co sleeping

She’s 8 months old

Mine was the same when she was smaller. She would sleep on my chest. I also felt more comfortable having her on my crest when she was little

Co-sleeping is going to involve some degree of holding, snuggling, patting etc. Basically some amount of physical touch, like you said your kid likes to be held, they need that physical touch. Parents resort to co-sleeping because it's hard to keep getting up and getting kids from their cribs/beds multiple times throughout the night when they keep walking up. Bringing them in your bed means they hug, snuggle, hold, feed, or have some kind of contact with you throughout the night.

She sleeps on my chest or right next to me usually wrapped up tight so she doesn't notice if my arms are gone

You might want to look into safe chest sleeping. Do you breast or bottle feed? When I’ve done it in the past I’ll start with her in my arms while sitting in bed until she calms down then lying down with her in my arms, eventually placing her on her side on the mattress. Then rolling on to her back. One of my arms above her head and other across her belly. If all of this moment is too jarring you may have to take things in slower chunks

I’m currently loosing my mind because she won’t be put down and I don’t know what to do apart from sit or stand with her sleeping on my chest! It’s going to be a long night ahead… i genuinely don’t know what to do

My daughter has slept in my arms for 9 months! She will sleep in the bed or crib for a couple hours at a time when I put her down completely out, but when she wakes up she is back in my arms. It’s just a season of life and they will grow out of it.

When my baby was newborn she only liked to chest sleep. I had one of those large U-shaped pregnancy pillows which I would have behind my back and down either side of me, so my back/chest was more elevated and my arms were supported to stay up around her.

i held my baby for most of her naps as a newborn but when it was too much and i really needed to put her down i found it easier to put her down feet first into a kind of sitting position & then slowly lower her upper body down very gently until she was completely down, it helped with the startle reflex and she didnt stir as much. if she did stir i would gently hold both her hands & feet and do a slow rocking motion until she settled. we also used sleep sacks for a while.
hopefully this works for you!

We breastfeeding and baby sleeps on his side turning to me and im on my side turning to him. So i kinda hold him as he is wrapped up with me.
But i put him down when he is asleep. So rocking, feeding him to sleep and then i put him down.
He is also like to be held 24/7. He is 11 months now.

He still wakes up a lotz but because im there he goes back to sleep straight.

You might wanna try to have an extra bottle in bed? So she wakes up, give her a bottle just like you would breastfeed her in there and see if its working.

Chest sleeping may work for you? Happycosleeper on instagram is a good profile to show you how to do this safely xx