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Originally Posted by AzNightmare
Sigh... my almost 5 month old refuses to sleep peacefully unless he's being held.
No matter how deep he's in of a sleep, as soon as his ass or head touches a bed mattress without us still holding him, WAAAAAAAH WAAAAAAAAH WAAAAAAAAH
Might as well put his crib up on fb market. Only used like twice...
he just outgrew his bassinet, but it wasn't any better with the bassinet either.
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You can start sleep training - what you do now will significantly impact your life later, as evidenced by others here lol.
That said, instead of holding him to lull him to sleep, try putting him down in the crib and patting him to sleep. If that doesn't work try spending ridiculously long times to 'shift' him from holding him into lying down in the bed. I'm talking like 10 minutes to move him off your shoulder, horizontal, then lying down. All while making shh shh sounds and whatnot. Don't make eye contact whatsoever though.
Other than that, just bite the bullet and sleep train. Ours took about 3 weeks at 5~6m but the 3 weeks of pain will pay off in multiples. Until the next sleep regression/sickness :P