6 month not sleeping the cot

My 6 month old keeps waking up in the night and will not go back to sleep in his cot but is sleeping on me but I’m not sleeping because I’m scared of something going wrong if I sleep with him. Any idea of what to do to get him to sleep back in cot please

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I know it’s very personal choice but my almost six month old is very similar and we cosleep a lot of the night when he becomes unsettled in his cot. I follow the safe sleep 7 and make our bed space as safe as possible and I get much more sleep than trying to keep myself awake with him on me worrying I’ll fall to sleep. I’m hoping it’s just a phase for us but I really feel for you it’s hard x

We cosleep exclusively and follow the safe sleep guidelines. She sleeps perfectly and is very happy during the day xx

I can't give any advice as im in the same boat. I can get my 6mth old to sleep, settle if wake and settle after first feed. But on the wake up for 2nd feed around 4-5 I cannot settle again. I end up bringing them into our bed as I've had about 5 hrs so can cope on that!

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