Hi M.,
I am having the EXACT same problem! Our baby slept in our bed from birth to about 6 months, then we transitioned her to her crib. Took her a week or so, but then she was fine. She'd fall asleep in our arms, then we'd put her down in her crib & she'd sleep through the night. When she woke up, she'd play with some toys and talk to herself for a little bit even! Well, about 3 months ago, she started waking up within an hour or two of putting her in her crib. Once in a while we get lucky and she'll sleep through the night...but those seem to be flukes! More often than not, she gets up. I have 2 other kids who go to school so I can't be fighting with her in the middle of the night trying to get her back to sleep in her crib, while disregarding and disrupting my other kids' sleep. On top of that, I"m exhausted, so I just don't have the stamina to stick it out w/her. When she wakes me up shortly after I've gone to bed, I'm literally dead on my feet, so it's just easier for everyone for me to bring her to our bed. But I experience the same thing you do. She's a restless sleeper, and she PERSISTENTLY has to curl up against me. I wake up several times during the night to push her back toward her side, where the bedguard is. I can't take much more of this...and I didn't have this problem with my other 2 kids. The baby just recently got over a double ear infection, sinus infection, and horrible diaper rash which was a result of diarrhea caused by the amoxicillen she was on. Now she's teething! I don't know if all of these things are contributing to her disruptive sleep, or if it's just a bad habit we've established...but I need to break it, or I'm going to break! If you get any good ideas, please let me know...I'd love to hear them too!!! Thanks!
-W.