🚫 Don’t make the cot part of the bedtime Hokey Cokey! 💤
If you’re putting your baby in the cot to put on their sleeping bag, only to lift them straight back out again for a feed or a story right after…we have a recipe for confusion 😵💫
👉 Baby goes in for sleeping bag
👉 Then out again straight away
👉 The cot suddenly feels like a teaser, not a sleep space
👉 And that’s when the crying starts 😢
Your baby thinks: “Oh! We’re doing bedtime!”
Then: “Wait, nope… now we’re not…?”
It’s the Hokey Cokey of sleep routines 😅
In and out, in and out….and no one wins. It’s why the ‘pick up, put down’ method doesn’t tend to work once babies get over a certain age. It’s more confusing.
✨ Sleep tip:
Put the sleeping bag on somewhere neutral first if you’re getting them ready but not yet putting them down.
✔ Changing table
✔ The floor (if safe & comfortable)
✔ Sofa / bed (with supervision)
Then when baby goes in the cot, it really means sleep with no mixed signals.
Small switches = calmer bedtimes 🙌
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