Co sleeping

Melissa

My baby is 9 months and I’m looking for some advice on how to stop co sleeping. From about 4 months he used to wake at 4/5am and just to get a bit more sleep we used to put him in our bed as he would settle and go back to sleep. He was still on a side sleeper in our room at this point. Over time though he has gotten worse where he started waking more often and earlier and again we put him in our bed if he didn’t settle. Only now, he’s waking about 2/3 hours after going to bed and not setting and I feel as though it’s because he wants to be in our bed. I’ve tried sleep training (controller crying/ being in the room until he’s asleep and I’ve also tried settling him through the night and not bringing him into our bed but he’s just so unsettled). He sleeps in his cot for naps and for the start of bedtime so I’m just not sure how I can get him out of wanting to be in our bed through the night. I’ve been considering ‘camping out’ in his room to try get him used to staying in his cot all night if that might work? It’s just so hard when I work full time now☹️