cot/playpen
my SIL brought me a new cot for my #1, cos abt $300+. It's like 4 in 1 or 5 in 1. The height of bed can change lo. At 1st, I put at my mum place, cos she help me take care #1 till 18 mths. My boy sleep inside cot for 18 mths in separate rm till i spoilt him with "other option" when i bring him back on wkends.
The other option is to fall asleep on master bed before i carry him over to his bed. When he noe this "better option", he demand to sleep with the adults the whole night. We suffer mths of bad sleep at night.
Now with the bump, i sugg to bring the cot back to my hm and convert the cot to kid bed (remove 1 side of the grill). Now i put it next to our queen size bed. He will auto crawl over to his bed when he wan to sleep. But some nights, he will come over to sleep with us. But better than nothing.
I agree that if any mummies wan to train bb to sleep on its own. It will need to be constant. Cannot give bb options (like me), will suffer...