Any ideas on how to get an almost 1 year old to sleep on their own? I love co sleeping but it's got to the point where I…

Well Charlie is 3 nearly and Freddie is only 7 months. And Charlie has always been quite attached to me or his dad he had really bad anxiety issues bless him, about being away from us! But it's weird because he was a fantastic sleeper still is a fantastic sleeper I've never had no problems like that, I just had problems with him when Freddie came and attention seeking behaviour, but it only lasted a month, not even that when he realised that the baby wasn't going anywhere, @littleelf85,

All depends tho, my brother and sister are 11 months apart of he was extremely jealous when she was bought home, where as me and my sister are 18 months apart and there was no jealously , I'm just going to make sure Seth feels included still and that's why I want to get him out the habit a few months before his sister is born xx

@littleelf85, you can disagree that's fine, because I've seen it from experience myself.

Yeah but if you don't try and make a start now you will be stuffed Hun @sophgreenx, xx

He was always in his Moses basket then went into his cot, granted it was in my bedroom as we hadn't moved out then and didn't have a spare room to give him his own. It all started because he was really poorly and choked on phlegm whilst sleeping in his cot. So fucking luckily I was awake and quickly grabbed him out. I've slept with him a lot with me since then because it terrified me wondering what might have happened if I was asleep and didn't wake up to him @charliefreddiesmumma861, @sophgreenx, xx

@littleelf85, @charliefreddiesmumma861, its only been the last 2 months or so he's been like this, he used to sleep in his cot til around 1/2am but now he won't last 5-10 minutes on his own and I think it's partially to do with teething and he's gotten used to being cuddled all night , starting Monday night with trying him in his own cot so it's going to be like having a newborn all over only worse because being cuddled to sleep is all he knows 😂😩 xx

1st time mums always break! But saying that I was quite stern I stood my ground with both my boys, you have to xx don't listen to any1 else you should of done what you wanted @sophgreenx,

@charliefreddiesmumma861, I regret it more so because he slept in his cot from a newborn, then as he got older he would sleep til around 4am then want to be in my bed, part of me wishes I'd stood my ground and just kept putting him back in his cot xx

@sophgreenx, honestly the teddy thing or the tshirt thing would of worked when he was like 2/3 months old but I doubt it will work now he's nearly 1 @sophgreenx, he isn't a baby anymore xx

Charlie had been in a cot since he was just over a month old, and he is in a big single bed now he loves it @sophgreenx, @charlotteandharry, xx

@charliefreddiesmumma861, a lot of people have suggested giving him a teddy and put one of my tops on it so might try that , I already know it'll be hard and it'll take time but hopefully we can make something work haha xx

@charlotteandharry, that's why I never have done it. Can imagine it's great not lol. But you know your bed is your own space and there bed is there own space xx

@charlotteandharry, agreed, its lovely but it's made him beyond clingy of a night, in the day he doesn't want cuddles and just wants to be left alone to play, but night time I can't leave his side haha xx

@sophgreenx, it's going to be so hard now honestly and do you know what it will make it even harder when your little one is here because of the attention your newborn will need, your little boy will end up getting very jealous!! @sophgreenx, all you can do is try and do it slowly xx

As lovely as it is I regret so much doing it 😫 @charliefreddiesmumma861 xx

@charliefreddiesmumma861, @littleelf85, @charlotteandharry, it's not just that he won't sleep on his own either , I can be lay next to him but if my arm isn't around him he's awake crying , really have dug myself a hole 😂😂 xx

@charlotteandharry, this is one thing I've never done with Charlie or Freddie, because I know how bloody hard it is, not from experience from other people I've seen do it xxx

I agree with @charliefreddiesmumma861 I've co slept a lot and Harry will happily sleep in his own bed for a while but he'll always get out and want to be in with us xx

Good luck you have made a rod for your own back 😎 and your having another baby that's all I can say 🙄👌🏻 it's going to be a lot harder to do it now with him because he's nearly 1 xx @sophgreenx,