Sleeping issues

My baby is reaching 5 months. He started to have sleep regression around 3.5 months when he was learning how to flip. Now he can flip well but still wakes up a few times at night. I co-sleep with him and nurse him to sleep as I have work the next day and this is the easiest agreement. Will this arrangement be undesirable as he may associate sleep with nursing and still can't fall asleep on his own? He may also be accustomed to co-sleep and refuse to sleep on his own in the future. When will he be able to sleep throughout the night? Should I train him to fall asleep on his own?

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Mummy, don't introduce too many changes at one go. Nursing while sleeping is great bonding. Baby is only 5 mths old, he might be experiencing grow spurts along the way. Identify which one u want to change first; nursing to sleep or co sleeping. A sudden change will trigger another issue. My children are still co sleeping with us and we are comfortable with it. Children will grow out of it in future.

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