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Babies: 6 - 9 Months
help from moms who co-sleep or use to co-cleep with LO
I posted this on the 9-12 board. I am hoping someone here might be able to help.
Our 8 month old has been sleeping in our bed for the past month. First it was once a week, then twice a week, and now every night! The more he sleeps with us the harder it is for him to stay in his crib (for me and him). First he was sick so we brought him in with us. Then I was sick and it was easier just to bring him to our bed. Now its out of laziness/habit I think. I confess it's so much easier to being him to bed rather than getting up in the middle of the night. Usually I can get up a few times before I end up takin ghim to our bed. He is up quite a few times every night. Not sure if its teething or if its because he wants to be in our bed.
Can you help me transition from LO sleeping in our bed to his own crib?
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Re: help from moms who co-sleep or use to co-cleep with LO
Could you try spending a few nights with him in his room (on a futon or air mattress on the floor) and gradually transitioning to him in his crib with you still in the room, then to him in his crib with you out of the room? I've had some friends have luck with this. The pick up/put down method can also be really useful for reminding him you're there and ready to respond to him even when you're not sleeping in the same room.
That said, if things are working for you guys the way they are now, I wouldn't sweat it. There's no right or wrong age to quit cosleeping IMO, unless of course any of you are uncomfortable.
We don't co-sleep at night, he sleeps in his own crib, but this happened to me with his nap times. The one day he refused to take a nap, so I fed him and laid down with him on the couch and he fell right asleep, but now he won't take a nap without me laying with him.
It is so frustrating because his nap times are the only time that I have to get things done, but now I have to lay there with him or else he won't sleep and if he doesn't nap he is a little terror. I've even tried laying down with him for awhile and when he is in a deep sleep putting him in his crib, but he immediately wakes up right when I put him down and won't go back to sleep.
I am so angry with myself for creating such a bad habit.
I'll eventually need help with this, too, but right now I miss him so much being back to work, that I want him there with me. I'm almost bummed when he doesn't wake up to nurse (almost).
The PPs gave you some great advice, and I'm sure that if you RP on the AP board (if you haven't already), they will have some insight, too. GL