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NO idea. During regression I was in survival mode. My response was screw it all as long as it gets the baby to sleep bc I need to sleep bc I have to work!

DH was deployed from the time W was 5 months old to 13 months old. It was only me. If i had to rub his head for a half hour to put him to sleep, I did. There were nights I slept on their ground next to his crib, lol. Now at 14 months hes a pretty good sleeper (through the night most nights or up just once to nurse and he goes down again without an issue) so it didnt create any bad habits

I think the very design of infant sleep is to be one big "bad habit" so I don't worry about it. G co-slept & occasionally co-bedded for years (it was just me so I didn't mind) but it's seemed to work itself out and he sleeps well at 8 y/o (pretty much the same since he started school). I really wouldn't worry about it & I would just do what you needed to meet the needs of your lo to make them feel secure to sleep. For us that means we co-sleep/co-bed & night nurse... P has no problem sleeping for someone else or us getting her to sleep (sometimes she'll put herself to sleep sometimes she nurses to sleep) so us doing whatever she needs at any given time hasn't negatively affected her sleep.

It's really hard! S at 8 months has been going through some sleep regression as well. Beginning 2 weeks ago, I couldn't be the one who put him down in his crib. He would scream bloody murder until I came back up and rocked him down. We found that if DH was the one putting him in his crib with me out of sight, that it helped tremendously. I think it also has to do with the separation anxiety. It makes me so sad that I have to kiss him goodnight and leave the room before he's down, but it's working for us right now, so we'll stick to it.

There was another night where he woke up at midnight screaming from what I assume was teething. I tried to rock him and put him down, but he would wake right back up screaming. We have a pretty strict rule about not bringing him into our bed, so I climbed into his crib and laid with him until he fell asleep and then climbed back out. I know I'm crazy, but it's something DH and I have decided on and are sticking to!