We sleep trained our Bub at 5m with CIO and after only a few days he was going to sleep quickly and independently and sleeping through the night.
Fast forward to 20m and we needed to put him in a single bed as he was climbing out of his cot. His sleep has been a total mess since.
My husband and I were barely sleeping for the first week. Bub was resisting sleep for hours just getting out of bed and walking to the door on repeat and waking up multiple times screaming for us. After a week of sleeping in his bed with him we did some research and decided the chair method would likely work and we have given it a go for the last week.
He now falls asleep for his nap more quickly (around 12:30pm) and without us in the bed with him (I am currently just on the floor beside his bed until he sleeps) and he is falling asleep around 8pm every night again which is fabulous!! He has even slept through the night twice since we started to get more strict on his bedtime routine and using this method. I have faith it is working!
However, if he does wake in the night/early morning the chair method is a struggle. He desperately wants to sleep on me and cuddle, to the point I have been awake with him for over 2 hours the last 2 nights leading him back to bed over and over and over again.
Any tips on how to manage that early morning wake without slipping into the habit of just getting into bed with him and cosleeping?