My LO is almost 10 months old. We currently cosleep and this was working well for us until she hit about 8 months old (pretty much until she was more mobile). Now she tosses and turns so much that it is disruptive to my sleep. I work full time so it is starting to take its toll and I would like to try to transition her to her crib. I don't think I am cut out for CIO but I feel like putting her down and doing checks will only get her more worked up. Has anyone else been in this situation? How did you transition your baby to their own crib from cosleeping? How old was your LO when you made the switch. My husband works nights so it will pretty much be on me to make the transition.
Thanks in advance for your input 
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Following! I'm in a similar boat and am thinking about making the transition
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@@beckysue: @whenoceanrises maybe she can help
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DD was 2 when we made the transition. MIL bought her big girl sheets for her toddler bed. She still sleeps with me, but I tell her I will move her when she sleeping.
Sorry I know that is not helpful.
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I transitioned mine from co-sleeping to a crib at 1. I was super worried about it. I started with a floor bed, which didn't work because she was still up and about and crawling in to bed with us. I decided that I would just put her in the crib and see what happened and not do anything that made me uncomfortable and I would do it for a week. So I put her in the crib and told myself I would leave her for five minutes. She cried for two minutes, then passed out and slept the whole night for the first time ever. After that, she didn't even cry. I had so. much. ansgst about it, and then it was totally seamless! So I recommend experimenting and keeping an open mind - it might not be as bad as you think.
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We switched over in stages. From bed to sidecar (took one side off his crib and had it next to the bed, like a little bed attachment). Then a toddler bed in the same place, right next to our bed. For those, I would lay in my bed and hold his hand. Then we moved the little bed under the window in our room, about 6 feet away from our bed. I'd hold his hand there, but once he was asleep I'd sleep in my bed. That took about 4-6 months. Then he decided to sleep in his playroom (where we had a full-size mattress; the little bed was too small for his flailing), and we went back to co-sleeping for a while. Then recently he decided that he wanted to sleep in his reading nook all on his own, so we do that now. From start to today it's been probably an 15-month process, getting him sleeping on his own. But we were fine moving slowly, and letting him know that he's not alone -- that we will give him the support he needs to feel comfortable.
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