oooh I'm just quietly popping in to say I put Clodagh to sleep on her tummy in her cot at 7.30pm and she has stayed asleep...so far!

Sssshhhhhh   lol

Bizzy wrote: will the cot fit in your room?

Yep it does...but we've only just taken it out before Xmas lol. We had her sleeping in it with the side rail down by my side of the bed....then with the rail up against the wall...but for some reason decided it was time to move her into the nursery. Well we decided to because she kept waking up when we breathed or rolled over or read a book in bed...noone was getting any sleep, she was such a delicate wee flower (hmmmm).

SBM...I start the best threads cos I have the worst problems lol just kidding

We had another bloody eventful night last night...this time DF adn I took turns just sitting with Clodagh while she was in her cot and we sat in the BF chair nearby. Well she didn't cry but she certainly didn't sleep either! Playtime all the way...yawn. We did then leave her but she cried and got all worked up and when we went back into the nursery, there she was, sitting up miilimetres away from her Pooh bumper (yes I know Plunket says no bumpers- this one is v secure)...and staring at him and crying...aaawww bless her. So back to bed we came where she slept, well, like a baby. Might I need to just resign myself to co-sleeping forever?? Or do you think we should keep trying the cot, even if she does eventually end up in bed with us?

You mentioned that she's turning into a tummy sleeper. Are you putting her down on her back or tummy? DD doesn't mind her cot, I've worked at getting her to sleep anywhere really though, early days she slept on the couch next to me during the day. But she is a tummy sleeper, if I put her down to sleep on her back its just not going to happen. If I put her to sleep on her tummy then fine. On the odd occasion that she does fall asleep on me then she wakes when I put her down but goes back to sleep easily if she's on her tummy.

I don't like co sleeping for the whole night mainly because her and dp take up so much room, but I love that in the morning I pick her up and she comes to bed and sleeps with us and we wake up to her talking and punching DP in the face

Ohhh NZpiper that gives me some hope! So you think it might just be a phase? I read the no cry sleep solution and in fact we did it last November and it worked really well with not that much crying (on my or Clodaghs part lol).

Maybe I'll start staying in there with her before and after her BF so she gets used to me being there as well as being used to just being in her cot...

Bizzy- she normally falls asleep feeding and then we try to transfer her. Both DF and I and in fact also my Mum have tried other ways of singing, rocking etc her to sleep...which works...but it's the transfer bit that she wakes up at!  She can sense the lying down bit lol. AND we def wait till she is properly asleep with limp wrists etc....but boy she just knows. It's so frustrating. I've tried sitting next to her in the cot for up to 2 hours...and she cries and cries..and crawls around (and now sits up )...Basically our nights now consist of us trying to get her to go to sleep between 6.30 and 7 and fighting it till about 9.30-10 when we eventually all head off to bed...with her It's crazy cos she is SOOOO tired but fights sleep like anything. Even during the day she's a bit  like that.  Any ideas? I love being with her too but I need my rest as well

IssacsMum- that's a good idea about associating the cot with good times not just sleep lol. I do leave her in there if I hear her playing but what normally happens is she kicks the railings or moves around so much she gets stuck and then cries bloody murder.

Hi Bizzy, thanks....yes I have tried that and it worked *somewhat*.... but not well enough!

I'm just sick of nighttimes being such a battle. Feel like we've ttried everything, different bedtimes, wearing her out during the day, same bedtime routine always,,,and still the onyt thing that *usually* works is sleeping with us.

Anyone elses baby hate their cot and sleeping alone in general?!

Clodagh has always been a bit of a rubbish sleeper (Mum thinks payback for me cos apparently I was too lol)...but she's actually getting worse, not better.

I truely think she hates her cot. The room is comfortable, the sheets are 100% cotton, I"ve changed what she wears from footed onsies to sleeping bags to onsies only...but oohh she's a wee trick adn just hates sheets and blankets of any kind.

On a really good day, I can convince her to take her naps during the day in there but it is just not happening at night. We are attachment parenting but have resorted to letting her cry for ages but boy she can go for ages, and gets more wound up than ever. I cave miles before she ever will ...plus it feels so wrong to do it that way so that is off the agenda anyway.

She sleeps pretty well with us, especially if we've had a battle over going to bed! She'll just snuggle into me and drop off adn now hardly wakes o'night at all that way.

Just seems a waste of a $1000 gift lol