u/Hefty-Rush-6691

My 7 months old just got a floor bed in his room - I slept with him the first night so that he’d feel safe and am planning on continuing frequently getting in with him or moving him to our bed during middle of the night wakes. However I wanted to ask those that have coslept with baby in *their* room, how did transitioning to reducing coming in their bed go? When/how did you do it? Am wondering whether it would be more confusing for him that I stop being in his bed vs moving him to his bed when we reduce cosleeping and only cosleep in our bed? Thanks so much ❤️

Btw I love cosleeping it’s just that our bed is too small and our apartment is tiny so we can’t invest in a bigger family bed. The floor bed we just got our LO is also just a single size so it’s tight when I’m in there with him too 🫠

I’m a FTM and my 7M old boy has never been a good sleeper - except for one week before he turned 4m old where he gave us insane long stretches during the night time. Always preferred contact/stroller napping and never slept for longer than 30 minutes in crib.

Well now he’s older, wake windows are lengthening and he is (I think?) extremely overtired. He does not only wake up 30 mins in his crib after being put to bed, but will wake up the second I put him back down, no matter how long I sit with him before. I end up cosleeping with him in our bed every night, which I don’t mind except now he’s started to move around and obviously wakes up to our sounds and moving around.

I’m considering getting a floor bed in his room so that I can at least lay with him but I don’t think it’ll be a magic solution. I’m very against sleep training but I’m losing my mind, I sleep so little (my husband helps but it’s easier if I just have him when cosleeping since he’s fed to sleep again) and I just want more than 30 minutes for myself once a day 😭 or more importantly, I want him to experience sleeping well and restorative for more than an hour by himself.

Don’t really know what I’m looking for by posting this, but if you had a similar situation I’d love to hear if/when it got better😭