How to Stop CoSleeping with Baby: Transitioning From Bed Sharing to Crib | Helping Babies Sleep

If co-sleeping with your baby isn't working for you, how do you stop bed sharing? Hi there, I'm Doctor Sarah Mitchell and today I am going to share a few simple steps to help you gently transition your baby from bed sharing to sleeping in the crib.

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00:00 - Why do we co-sleep? Is co-sleeping working for you?
01:52 - Sleep is a learned habit
02:35 - Timing of sleep
03:30 - Intentional feeding
04:57 - Messaging and consistency
05:27 - Responding: acknowledge or attend
06:23 - Actionable Items

[peepeenuggerman]

My 14 month old baby will fall asleep independently for all of her day time sleeps, pretty reliably... and knows how to fall asleep in her pack n' play without assistance. We tried night training her and she KNOWS the difference between her daytime naps and when it's bedtime. She will happily go down for all of her naps, but Heaven forbid you try to put her in her own bed between the hours of 7pm-4am. She wakes up after 20 minutes of sleep after an hour of hysterical/hard crying. She refuses to fall back to sleep in her cot alone at night after waking, at 6 months old she stayed awake from 3am-6am! She has great independent sleeping skills but is completely allergic to her own sleep space only at night. This has been an ongoing problem since we sleep trained her at 6 months old.

[Innessofficial]

Could you give any advice on how to stop nursing to sleep while cosleeping?I would love her to fall asleep in her crib and not need me to fall asleep during day naps, so I can work from home a little, I don't have a rocking chair, and my babe doesn't fall asleep on hands(she did before but in 1 day decided she s over it) now ONLY lying down nursing beside me. She turned 7 months, it's my 1st baby, and I realised my mistake of not getting my partner involved early enough in helping her to fall asleep, even with pumped bottle would be great(I'm exclusively breastfeeding). Me and her sleep in her nursery on another bed..so that we don't bother his sleep, since he works..I don't really know where to seek advice.

[Its_mso]

Your the most helpful resource I’ve Ever seen! And I’ve searched for a while now. I’m going to buy your book now. Your tips are super helpful. Love your channel. Thanks for everything you do.

[alyssa.hooper]

How do you consolidate feedings? I breastfeed and baby has always been a snacker. She is 9 months.

[dontetank]

My 9 month automatically wakes up every time I try to put him down in his crib to sleep any suggestions

[TheHolisticLove]

This did not teach me anything. And the reasons for transitioning is not true. My baby sleeps through the night when she’s sleeping with me. I just want her to sleep independently during nap and night times.

[nocoinnogain]

same content different video.. this is disappointing