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We always tried to put them down in their own bed. If they ended up in our bed that was ok. But at least they had a solid bedtime routine for their own bed.

If you nurse to sleep, can you at least try to transition after baby falls asleep?

I can't remember exactly when we stopped co sleeping with DS, it was some time between 4 and 6 months. He used to wake up every couple hours until we sleep trained. I would nurse and rock him to sleep and then when he was deep asleep I'd put him in the PnP next to the bed. If he woke up immediately I'd give it another 2 chances of nursing or rocking then put him down in the PnP. If that didn't work we'd co-sleep until he woke up again.

As the night went on it would be harder and harder to get him in the PnP. But over time he spent more and more of the night not co-sleeping.

@Silva: It did take a while. I would watch the clock...I think I'd give it maybe 10 minutes? Then I'd set him down. And again I would do this three times max, sometimes only two.

I really didn't like co sleeping though and was motivated to get him to sleep on his own.

@Silva: Oh, I hated it. He slept the same short and crappy stretches, I couldn't roll over, and I had to constantly worry about the blankets and stuff.

@Silva: Maybe its the warmth he misses. Have you tried pwnstar's trick of putting a heating pad on the rock n play to warm it up? (And take it out of course, lol). Or you could try the rice sock thing - for pressure I think.

@Silva: We coslept until LO was around 5 months. I found that for us everything worked well in soft transitions. Sleep training did not work for us. I always would just try things and stayed consistent and then it became a new normal. Even when I was super tired of getting up I still did it and it worked out. I always think there is no magic trick but just keep at it.

@Silva: yeah I guess that wasn't very descriptive. The first real transition we did was getting him to nap in his crib. He would fall asleep in my arms and I would put him there and he would wake up. I would pick him backup, fall asleep, and try to put him back down. I would mostly always try to put him down... unless I desperately needed sleep. Because I was consistent he eventually starred napping. The naps turned from 20 minutes up to an hour. It wasn't a quick fix. I went from Co sleeping and naps into his arms to napping in his crib by 6 MO the and sleeping in his crib by 7 and then falling asleep on his own at like 9 and sleeping through the night at a year. If I was in your position I would keep pulling away until she gets the hang of that. Then work on the next transition you want.

We have actually found the swing to be more soft and comforting yhan the RNP.