Hi..
My son is 7 months old.. and he sleeps through the nite from 830 to 6 in the morning waking up in between arnd 3-4 for a feed. some times he may wake up more than once.
After 5 in the morning.. he keeps moving abt in his sleep sometimes crying out.. but always goes back to sleep either if i pat him or sway him for a min odd.
currently he sleeps in his crib, but the crib opens up on one side and i pull it to my bed and attach it.
I want to make him sleep on his own, i.e without attaching the crib to my bed so tat he can learn to sleep on his own.
1) is 7 months too early for this?
2) where do i make him sleep if he has to sleep independently?
3) how to make him continue to sleep after 5 also? Hetal replied. 1.there is no time limits for baby to learn sleepng on his own.

2.lowerr your crib level,if it has the setting or try a bed/toddler level(make sure to have good sleepng frames on side so that he doesnt fall down in sleep)that is abit away from your bed and you can try like that.
or try the concept of toddler sofa cum bed,,its working well with my toddler...if you are in US, you get that in toyrus and such other baby stores,,its the toddler sofa that becomes bed,,and is so easy to take along even on vacations...
this is how i trained my dd(nirja) for sleep:
nirja was sleeping with us until she was 9-11months. she was breastfeed, esp early mornings at 5,,until she was 9,weaning took a month,,,and thn training her took another 2months,,after that 1month, she was kinda trained but would come in middle of night or whenever she had vacnnations or not well,,,she wouldnt sleep alone..she was so particular about it, she would wakeup at night and move her hands around,or say the word mumma,, to make sure that she feels one of us or hears one of us.

that was a phase which lasted pretty long like a couple months,,and with repeated assurnce from me or her dad, that we are just next to her,,she stopped doing it..we would take turns to sleep with her or keep a baby safety monitor to know that she is awake and once of us will visit her room,,just to cultivate that habit,,,and it worked out well....

sleeping habits come in variation dpending on how a child is trained to sleep, and how far he himself accepts or rather welcome the idea of sleeping alone ! it comes half way naturally...most babies who slept until 1-2 or 3 years of their infant/toddler lives,,left parents bedroom on their own,,,some required training,,and some were able to feel comfy thru out the night without parents help even before 1 year...so it diff with respect to each baby..however, cultivating good sleeping habits is always a must for thr positive development...

past one month or so,,,nirja sleeps on her own,irrespective of ne probs.. whenever she wants to sleep she will make her toys sleep and give me nd her dad a hi fi, kissey,,and then sleep in her own sofa cum bed,..whnvr she needs me, she will come to me and its understood she needs help to make her sleep..sometimes as soon as i pick her up, she will go in deep sleep,,just a touch was required ! sometimes i need to sit with her and read books or so to say spend time responding to her one/two words sentences...sometimes she herself doesnt know that she needs to be settled !
its diff with each baby,,

this is how i seperated her crib from my bed and trransferrd to sofa cum bed :
day 1 my baby crib was attached to bed,almost she was in my bed. day 2, the crib distance increased and slowly,,she was sleeping seperate in her own crib...in farthest corner of my room.
make sure to attend or pat a whhile if she seems to be uncomfortable alone at night,,it will ensure her of your presence and she will not get up from deep sleep or cry or wont notice that you have come to attend her and wil assume that you are next to her...keep doing that until you feel that its not required nemore..in initial days,repeat this every 2-3hours in night,,so that they feel the touch on intervals ,,do it also when its not required...
and they wont ask for your all time presence or end up crying in middle of night.

also keepng a snuggli toy that doesnt suffocate or your baby likes to hold is,,will work...make it sleep with your baby along with you on day1,,and let herr hug it and sleep instead of you,,,it will help her get the habit to sleep with it,,and your presence wont be required much....

i have brought sofa cum bed for her,,,i used to make her walk there and would lie down next with her,,making her sleep there,,and thats how she learnt to sleep on her own,,,she will go there and sleep hugging her soft toy....once i am confident with her of sleeping in sep room,, i wil transfer her bed to diff room.....
the day she sleeps on her own,,she sleeps sep in diff room,,or else i will put her to her crib thats in my farthest corner of my room...
soon i will be transfrng her crib to toddler bed...she is ready for it.and may be will put her in sep room on regular basis. i just need to be sure that she is ready for toddler bed,,,once i am,,she is on her own,,as of now sofa cum bed is working for her !

hope this helps you get some idea !!!!!