We have been working on this again. For the last week or so I have been nursing Benjamin in my bed and sliding him over onto his crib mattress to sleep. When he wakes in the night, I bring him back onto my bed, nurse and slide him back over onto his crib mattress.
The first few nights were tough. The move rouses him and he was not impressed to be moved away from beside me, so he was awake and up and moving around his crib for almost an hour. Over time he got tired enough to snuggle down and fall asleep, usually half on his crib mattress and half draped over me in my bed. He would slowly reposition himself onto his own mattress and put himself to sleep.
After a few nights of moving him onto his crib mattress after he was done nursing, he finally started to stay relaxed and would just roll onto his tummy, stick his butt in the air and fall asleep.
Perhaps in a few days, we'll put the safety bed rails back up on my bed and start having to lift him into the crib.
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