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Maybe do assisted sleep training? Since baby is used to you being there, you could stay with him until he falls asleep, but he can be in his own space (crib or pnp). It'll take a few days, I'm sure, and you can make the transition better by giving pats and comfort.

I'd also be sure he's not over tired and you notice signs of sleepiness.

It's so hard, this sleep thing! I'm sure you'll get many responses from people here, and you'll find a plan that works for you.

@Danizaur: my LO would get overtired. We sleep trained at night and then naps just fell into place. She has bad nights, like when she is teething or if DH is home and holds her during naps, etc, but sleep training made a huge difference for us. She gets in her sleep sack, we kiss her, and put her down, awake, and she falls asleep. We did it when she was 6 months old and moved to her own room. We used the sleep sense program.

Reading the sleep cues never worked too well for me. I gave up and just put LO on an age appropriate schedule. I used to put him to sleep after 2hrs of waketime, but noticed it was really difficult to get him to sleep later in the day (even if he had yawned). After 3 days of doing the 2-3-4 (it's really 2-3-3.5 for us) I think it's working well. KNOCK, knock, KNOCKING ON WOOD. I think I'll nap train when I think he's settled comfortably into the routine. Maybe consider getting your one used to a reasonable schedule so when you nap train you're not worrying about whether or not he's overtired.

ETA: and I've found that the extra waketime in the afternoon helps him sleep better at night. I'm still knocking on wood here!!

don't be hard on yourself about the window during which to put LO down. i drove myself crazy second-guessing myself and trying every which way to put him down during that fucking magic mythical window, and my conclusion is that for some babies it doesn't exist. with my LO, he just didn't want to fall asleep and fought it hard.

we did CIO for bedtime and nap training at the same time, if we were in the room, LO was too stimulated. the process was up and down. i had been hoping for 1 week of training and having a baby that started snoozing the second i put him down, but our end result was him crying for about 15 minutes every night/nap before falling asleep. i just accepted it because i didn't see other viable alternatives. after a few months he started falling asleep without crying.

@Danizaur: Don't be too hard on yourself...I think everyone feels this way at some point or another and I don't think the majority set out with the expectation that they will have to train. For us, LO could not fall asleep by herself...she would fight it and we were all miserable. Sleep training fixed that and she has been falling asleep like a pro ever since.

@Cherrybee: I'm sorry you had a rough night

@edelweiss: ha! That magic mythical window, that is best thing I have ever heard! So true!

I am offering sympathy too! My son sttn until I went back to work and no he wakes out of habit and the only way to get him back asleep is by nursing but I too don't want to sleep train. I keep putting it off because I'm lazy and don't want to hear him cry! Hugs!

I haven't done it yet but I know a lot of people who swear by the Sleep Easy Solution. We are planning on doing it as soon as my LO recovers from the cold that he has currently.

We've tried it all and I know how hard it is But with how poor his sleep sounds, I agree he is probably chronically overtired & sleep training may be the best thing for him to break the cycle. Good luck!