Cosleeping at night, Alone during the day?

[Jewels06]

Hello everyone! I'm wondering how to get my little one to sleep alone in a bed without me during the day for his naps. We co-sleep at night but during the day he will only sleep in his swing and he will be too big for it very soon Any advice? Thanks!

Julie

[GreenGranolaMama]

I lay down w/ my 10mo ds until he falls asleep and then get up, or I nurse him in my arms and put him into bed when he falls asleep. For us, it's all about making sure he is in a deep enough sleep- or else he wakes right back up when I try to get up or set him down!

[curious&eager]

I think it just gets easier as they get older. I have a 9m old now and I can rock him and put him down easily in the bed. Now I put him in the crib during naps so I can enjoy a real break without worrying. But, the bed is easier to start with. When he was younger I had to stay with him, but I was so tired that I always napped with him.

[katmann]

I started with the bed around 3 or 4 mos - I would nurse him down and then quietly extricate myself. Then at around 9 months, I just started trying to get him down for naps in his crib. I would nurse him and get him to be tired, but not asleep. Then I would lay him down and pat his back. If he fussed, I would pick him up and rock him. It took a lot of practice and patience, but he got the idea. Now we can lay him down in the crib pretty easily.

He still cosleeps at night, though we are talking about trying to get him down in his crib at night (he's 14 mos now). We're total wusses about moving him from the bed, though. Mostly b/c we don't want to have to get up and go to another room at night, but also b/c it seems strange to have him so far away.

[CherryBombMama]

for his naps, at first i would swaddle and pat my ds on the couch, then put him in his crib. then he magically started falling asleep by himself in his crib! then he wanted to fall asleep with me laying with him in my bed, then i would transfer him to his crib. then he needed me to bounce him up and down while walking before putting him in his crib. not fun, btw! now we rock him in a glider and then put him in his crib that is very cushiony and has a thin pillow (very much like our bed. we are not model co-sleepers =\ )

he also starts off in crib at night and moves in with us when we go to bed.

[AndtheStars]

My DS is 7.5 mos and has been napping in his crib for at least one nap for about a month. I just decided to start laying him on his tummy in the crib when he started to seem tired to see what would happen. I sat by the crib in a rocker and patted his back and sang. He fussed for about 10 mins, never crying; just turning from side to side, pushing up, grabbing my hand etc. After a while, he laid down and slowly feel asleep. He only sleeps for 30-45 mins or so, but that's all he ever slept in the ERGO too which is where he used to nap. We've been doing this for a month now and I think that he's starting to get the idea because it usually only takes 3-5 minutes before he's asleep now. Last week we started trying the crib for his first sleep at night and it's worked ok. I nurse him to sleep, lay him down and he usually will sleep for 3-3.5 hours before I move him to the big bed. I think you just try something and see how it goes. Good Luck!