Baby not sleeping in cot

[SAHM_TAN]

KiasuAdult:

my mum also told me that i never liked sleeping in a cot i would cry for the whole day really non-stop crying until they moved me to their queen sized bed and i have been sleeping there till now.

They gave their bed to you and sleep on another bed?

[bigsnoopy]

When DD is small, she refuse to be put in the cot. She would cry until someone pick her up. I think she dont like to sleep alone. So she start to sleep with us until 5yrs old and she is on her own now.

[KiasuAdult]

SAHM_TAN:

KiasuAdult:

my mum also told me that i never liked sleeping in a cot i would cry for the whole day really non-stop crying until they moved me to their queen sized bed and i have been sleeping there till now.

They gave their bed to you and sleep on another bed?

yes i slept with my mum until i was quite big then my mum said i kept kicking her(inherited from my dad, i guess ) then my dad moved to the living room then my mum slept on another matress but now dun have alr it's back to the old arrangement me sleeping with mum and dad sleeping on another matress i know i very不孝 and i feel bad abt it but that's the best i can do
dun scold me ya dearest mummies and daddies :oops: :imsorry:

[TBPP]

I suspect babies are smarter than we assume - they can easily tell the difference between the comfort level of the 2 types of mattresses. My 4 year old son would sleep nowhere else but on our bed. My 5 month old has also been displaying the same preference for a while now - fussing less when napping on our bed but would at times complain when left on his cot.

[Castle House]

Only my 1st bb slept in a cot… but only for awhile… as he is too long…

even till not

Later, when our 2nd bb was born… she slept on the ned with me… as we don’t have the space to put the cot…

[northernstar]

nowadays, parents here dun use yao lan for their bb?

[twinklebell]

if she doesn’t like the cot, then let her sleep elsewhere. no point struggling with her everyday and make yourself stress up and tired. Parents need lots of rest too … otherwise how to have enough energy and strength to take care of kids.


my elder boy was like that too… he hates the cot and will cry non-stop if we put him inside so i ended up getting a bigger mattress when he was 4mths and put it beside my bed. He was happier (cos i think more spacious and he can roll anywhere he wants and he doesn’t feel confined… my own thinking) and slept well . Since then he has being sleeping on his own.

my younger one co-slps with me now cos i bf-ing him (easier at night) and he doesnt like cot cos no space to let him flip here flip there. Gonna put the cot back to storeroom and get mattress for him too

[twinklebell]

northernstar:

nowadays, parents here dun use yao lan for their bb?

i tried \"yaolan\" for 2nd one but he doesn't like the \"xuan kong\" feeling... haha.. will wake up once when we put him inside

[notakidnoraparent]

i am glad I took time to read this forum. Haha! I really learn a lot. Now I will know what to expect when I have kids in future. And I realised its true. Now no one uses the yao lan. I think I will have one for my kids. Just to relfect back. Hahaha!

[DesertWind]

My DS1 slept in the cot only for a short while when he was a baby usually during the day and when we need to put him down somewhere safe when he was a toddler. Most times he slept on a portable "Combi" bed cum feeding chair with a rocker. After that he slept on our king-size bed and has been there since!


Now my DS2 baby is also sleeping in the "Combi" rocking bed. The cot is now used as a changing "table" to change his nappy and to wipe him down.

A bit regretful but the cot is really under-utilized and nowadays, the "yao-lan" is passe and took up quite a lot of space. Also we are really discouraged from "shaking" the baby when their brains are still so vulnerable. Especially not when you have maids taking care and the scary thing my friend told me is that the maid can just shake and shake after half-an-hour still dunno how to stop!