Transition from bassinette to cot

Heya and welcome to ohbaby

First thing I would try is putting your wee boy in his bassinette inside the cot... I guess seeing he's only *just* outgrown it he would fit in it for a couple of days? That way he has the familiar smell/feeling/closeness of the basinette but gets used to the new "view".

If he really doesn't fit in the basinnette anymore (and actually that's assuming you have one where the top part can come off the legs), you could try using a safety sleep and tucking a sheet/blanket really tight around him so he gets that feeling of closeness and isn't able to move around as much.

With the wraps - maybe you need to get some bigger ones? We had these awesome ones by Mother's Choice I think, from Farmers, they were awesome cos they were so big.

Oh and if you end up trying a safety sleep, that can just go over the top of the wrap and his arms, so that will keep him in a bit too. Looks mean but my boy did like it and it helped him sleep better.

Good luck!

maybe get a sleeping bag instead of blankets... you can get them cheap from baby factory for little babies... i used to put my kids in the cot for day sleeps only for a couple of weeks before i did nights.

Thanks for posting this! I've been trying to get Natalie into the cot during the day, but we're still trying to get her to sleep at all during the day, so I've given up for the time being. She actually is a better sleeper at night, so we might do the night sleeps in the cot first, then the day sleeps.

Very helpful suggestions about the bassinette mattress though - might try that. We have a while before she grows out of it (but not too long, given her heffalump status!)

We also took Austin's bassinet mattress out and put it in the cot and tucked blankets around it.  He slept on this mattress for ages! We also hung a sheet (pinned to the bumper) over the side so he couldn't see out, so it was just like his bassinet.  I still haven't removed the sheet!  Hehe.  Good luck

So..last night (I was really dreading it) I used a larger very light wrap over a sleeping bag and a light cotton blanket on top of that and tightly tucked him in and put him down awake...he was asleep by 7.45pm and for the first time ever slept through till 7.10am...thanks for all the ideas and I am going to invest in a safe T sleep.