Tips on making baby tired/relaxed to help sleep.

Hi everyone.

I have a 5 month old Boy, who is sleeping in the bedroom with Mum and Dad. He was generally sleeping really well in his own bed which is close to our bed. But recently he's been a real pain, waking up multiple times and not wanting to go back to sleep in the bed, unless he's sleeping with us or in our arms. Due to me (Dad) not always having full control of my hands In my sleep I've punched things in my sleep before and also hit my wife all in a dream!! That's why I'm very reluctant on sleeping with the baby.

I concede that, this is part of life and some babies are different and there's no magic wand that will make him sleep himself like that.

What I would like to know is some tips you guys could share on what we could do to make him more relaxed and tired during the day. Sometimes when we've taken him out most of the day he's got a really good length of sleep. Likewise when we bath him sometimes that helps him too. Anything else you can thibk of? As can't bath him everyday due to his dry skin issues and not possible to take him out everyday.