Transition from co-sleeping to own cot GENTLY
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I started off having her bed in my bedroom and I would move her to her own bed after she fell asleep. Eventually I started putting her in her own bed right as she was about to sleep and when she was comfortable enough with that I moved it to her own room. What helped a ton is her having her own "blankie" and animal as comfort and I never denied her any comfort when she woke up and needed me.
With my son he was in his own crib by 2 weeks he was a super easy baby my daughter has been sleeping with us in her own pack n play want to put her in her own room in like a month but she still wakes up several times at night so not sure
I’d like advice on this too. Especially cause my 7 month old wakes up and is upset, as soon as I put him down away from me. And he is use to freely eating whenever he wants through the night. So now I feel a bit like there’s no chance of him getting in to his own bed.
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Hey Brittany, this is my exact same situation. My LO is 8 months now and it’s so hard to do. How are doing? I’m wanting to try again this week
Would love to see others advice on this too. I recently moved little ones crib in our room and close to the bed. Honestly hasn’t worked out as well as we hoped. 😅
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We did this not too long ago. He outgrew his bassinet and I just know he's not ready to be in his own room yet (I'm not ready for it either). I'm HOPING he will eventually get used to sleeping in his crib so the transition to him sleeping in his crib in his own room won't be as difficult. We'll see how it goes though 😂
I started off with naps during the day. When he got thar down, i started eith nights. I kept our routine the same and would place him in his crib and pat his back. Id he cried i wouls just pick him up and then take him to my bed. Took 3 times without tears. I truly believe the secret is respecting their feelings. If she is not up to it dont force her. She will get there
I actually got in the cot bed with my baba just for half hour/ an hour when she woke up upset, it only lasted 2 nights now she loves sleeping in there. She comes in our bed if she's poorly but then happily goes back to her cot when she's better
Also they say to make sure you transition when they're not teething not poorly else they will fight it a lot harder :)
Oh help me too! My daughter is 8 months and is still in our bed. I like her there but my husband not so much. I know she needs to go into her cot in her room but taking that first step is hard! She does take naps in there so I have done that.
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We're in the same exact boat!! It's been a month since you posted this comment, how is it going now? :)
I must be lucky because I just put my daughter in the cot straight away and she was fine. I did this at 3 months. But I suppose I could say do it sooner rather than later.
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Yeah I put my son in his own bed at like 2 weeks and he did great my daughter is still with us and is 7 months still wakes up a lot but is getting better and only does 2x during the night but was doing 4x 😩
It’s funny how different each child is! My daughter’s 5 months and just started sleeping all the way through(although she only used to wake up once) but you have some babies that sleep through from a few weeks old🤷🏾♀️
Thanks for all the lovely comments ladies! I have successfully been able to rock her off and get her in her cot from 7pm. She stays asleep until 9:30 which means I have 2.5 hours to clean the kitchen and have some one on one time with my three year old. Then when she wakes she comes into bed with me. Eventually I’m hoping she’ll stay in her cot for longer but it’s a start at least!!
I just did it. My boyfriend said that he missed me, I then realized that I was low key pushing him away when Jackson was born. He said that it was time for Jackson to sleep in his crib instead of with us. So I got the baby monitor turned all the way up and for the first couple weeks I was so scared. Every time Jackson made a noise I would go in there and check on him and as he got older I stopped checking less and less and now he is a year old and doesn’t mind the crib.
A couple of months before I knew he needed to swap I put the basket in the crib allowing him to get used to the surroundings that way he already mentally connected it with sleep by the time he came to swapping he didn’t even realise apart from he had more room to spread out I kept the crib in the room not close to the bed until I felt comfortable enough to move him into his own room I never had an issue and was very successful in under 12 months with no baby lights or leaving lights on and at first you may check them a lot but you soon settle knowing they are perfectly fine. He’s now nearly 4 sleeps like a dream and I avoided the bad habits of any form of lights been on 😊
Struggling with this too 🙋♀️ we had her in our bed out of exhaustion and we sleep better now, but we really would prefer she was in her own bed. But the moment you THINK of putting her down she wakes up and screams. One second she’s snoring in your arms, the next she’s screaming in the bed 🤷🏻♀️
Well, now we’re currently in the process of trying to sell our house, so we’ve been staying at my in-laws (for the sake of trying to keep our house clean to sell) so where we’re staying, he has to just sleep with me. I won’t be able to work on it until we’re in a new place. Good luck to you though!