How does your baby go to sleep?

[bullybutt]

[missilini]

My DD doesn't want to be rocked anymore. It makes me so sad. I usually just put her in her crib and she will either play for a few minutes or roll over immediately and go to sleep. She pretty much will only sleep in her crib or in her car seat if we are driving somewhere.

[Liv]

same here missilini

[jnnfrrose6]

I'm a combo of the above. I nurse her, but she doesn't fall asleep to that. She gets her paci when she's done and she goes in her crib wide awake. I get the mandatory squall of discontent and by the time I'm out the door she's settling herself down to sleep.

[bigrock74]

Spencer goes down wide awake and he settles himself to sleep. Sometimes it takes seconds and other times it can take up to half an hour. We know he is fed, changed and tired so we just leave him be.

[bullybutt]

Holy shit. How does this happen in real life? I tried putting DS in her PNP to go to bed and she screams bloody murder. She needs the boob to go to sleep. She still wakes up a couple of times a night for a boob fix. Pacifiers are out of the question.

[sararl07]

I nurse until she really sleepy then pop in her paci and then rock for min until drowsy and put her down and turn on her sleep sheep. Most of the time that works but I am concerned with her late bed time.

She goes down around 8:30-9 but sleeps through the night until I wake her at 7:30.

[liziz]

We use the boob to calm her down, but she's rarely asleep when I lay her down anymore. Sometimes she fusses/crawls around/stands up and yells, but she's usually asleep within 10, up to an hour on a bad night. After she gets through this cold (and maybe these teeth) I'm going to start working on putting more time between nursing and sleeping (story time, etc.) in preparation for weaning.

[anotherdreamer]

I voted SS. I nurse them right before bed, sometimes they do fall asleep. Most of the time they don't though, and I lay them down, turn on their music/lights, and leave the room. DD2 normally falls right asleep, she's the easiest baby I've had. DD1 cries for 5-10 minutes before giving in, she hates sleep. Hates. It.

[GrrArgh]

I answered boob but when I put her down she is awake unless she didn't nap and is extra tired.

[jnnfrrose6]

May 13, 2015 11:20:04 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

Holy shit. How does this happen in real life? I tried putting DS in her PNP to go to bed and she screams bloody murder. She needs the boob to go to sleep. She still wakes up a couple of times a night for a boob fix. Pacifiers are out of the question.

Consistency and habits. It's the same routine we've been doing since she was a month old. Same for DS, though he never took to the paci. 

[bullybutt]

May 13, 2015 11:47:59 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

May 13, 2015 11:20:04 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

Holy shit. How does this happen in real life? I tried putting DS in her PNP to go to bed and she screams bloody murder. She needs the boob to go to sleep. She still wakes up a couple of times a night for a boob fix. Pacifiers are out of the question.

Consistency and habits. It's the same routine we've been doing since she was a month old. Same for DS, though he never took to the paci. 

I know "I" am the problem and not her/them...but I have the biggest problem just letting them cry.  I jump right in to fix it even if it technically doesn't need fixing.  Is it too late for her to learn to sleep on her own?

[soon2bmrsn]

May 13, 2015 11:20:04 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

Holy shit. How does this happen in real life? I tried putting DS in her PNP to go to bed and she screams bloody murder. She needs the boob to go to sleep. She still wakes up a couple of times a night for a boob fix. Pacifiers are out of the question.

+1

[soon2bmrsn]

May 13, 2015 11:51:10 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

May 13, 2015 11:47:59 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

Consistency and habits. It's the same routine we've been doing since she was a month old. Same for DS, though he never took to the paci. 

I know "I" am the problem and not her/them...but I have the biggest problem just letting them cry.  I jump right in to fix it even if it technically doesn't need fixing.  Is it too late for her to learn to sleep on her own?

+1 again

[ladytiffany24]

Boob for the most part. I nurse her and she usually falls asleep at the boob. Occasionally she's still awake once I nurse her so I pop in the paci and lay her down. She'll usually protest for 10-15 minutes but will then settle herself to sleep. This is why I get frustrated with her sometimes. Because I know she can put herself to sleep. She just manipulates me with her cuteness into giving her the boob most of the time.

[jnnfrrose6]

May 13, 2015 11:51:10 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

May 13, 2015 11:47:59 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

Consistency and habits. It's the same routine we've been doing since she was a month old. Same for DS, though he never took to the paci. 

I know "I" am the problem and not her/them...but I have the biggest problem just letting them cry.  I jump right in to fix it even if it technically doesn't need fixing.  Is it too late for her to learn to sleep on her own?

Of course not!  The book we used (moms on call) reminds to get through the hard part of letting them fuss, just remember this: "Speak the truth to your heart - they are safe, they are loved, and they can learn to do this."

[ladytiffany24]

May 13, 2015 11:54:03 GMT -5 soon2bmrsn said:

May 13, 2015 11:51:10 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

I know "I" am the problem and not her/them...but I have the biggest problem just letting them cry.  I jump right in to fix it even if it technically doesn't need fixing.  Is it too late for her to learn to sleep on her own?

+1 again

+2

[Liv]

I voted lay and pray but I'm not sure what that means lol! We give her a bottle, then daddy reads a couple books to her and then puts her in bed. She is usually quiet or talking to herself for a few minutes. Sometimes she cries but not often. We did "sleep training" (hate that term!) a little before 6 mos. Cut the nursing to sleep and paci and swaddle cold turkey and endured a few nights of her crying herself to sleep. I had a hard time hearing her cry at first bullybutt, but she was just so miserable during her waking hours that I knew things had to change. Now bedtime is drama free and wake up free. And it's so so nice.

[Lola]

I said boob but really its bottle until drowsy then he rolls over in the crib and goes to sleep.

[bullybutt]

We sleep in a pitch black room with a box fan on Mach 5. Should I keep that the same if I am to put her down alone, or should I put some sort of night light on? I might have to buy some booze for this.

[Liv]

May 13, 2015 12:08:41 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

We sleep in a pitch black room with a box fan on Mach 5. Should I keep that the same if I am to put her down alone, or should I put some sort of night light on? I might have to buy some booze for this.

I think you can keep everything the same, since it's what she's used to. 

Def stock up on some snacks and get a good movie or something to keep your mind off her protests! I can't speak for jnnfrrose6 or other sleep trainers, but we used our own version of the Ferber method with success. All the info you need is online in various blogs and such.  

[isolemnlyswear]

C has a bottle before bed, we read a few books and then I rock her to sleep. She will either sleep through the night or wake up once usually around 3am where I have to go in and help her go back to sleep.

She goes to bed around 7:30pm and wakes up between 7:15-8am.

[Deleted]

May 13, 2015 12:26:38 GMT -5 Liv said:

May 13, 2015 12:08:41 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

We sleep in a pitch black room with a box fan on Mach 5. Should I keep that the same if I am to put her down alone, or should I put some sort of night light on? I might have to buy some booze for this.

I think you can keep everything the same, since it's what she's used to. 

Def stock up on some snacks and get a good movie or something to keep your mind off her protests! I can't speak for jnnfrrose6 or other sleep trainers, but we used our own version of the Ferber method with success. All the info you need is online in various blogs and such.  

We did our own version of Ferber as well due to reflux issues. I bought 2 gallons of ice cream to eat during the crying. He slept through the night in less than a week.

[jnnfrrose6]

May 13, 2015 12:26:38 GMT -5 Liv said:

May 13, 2015 12:08:41 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

We sleep in a pitch black room with a box fan on Mach 5. Should I keep that the same if I am to put her down alone, or should I put some sort of night light on? I might have to buy some booze for this.

I think you can keep everything the same, since it's what she's used to. 

Def stock up on some snacks and get a good movie or something to keep your mind off her protests! I can't speak for jnnfrrose6 or other sleep trainers, but we used our own version of the Ferber method with success. All the info you need is online in various blogs and such.  

I woukd go to an area that I can't hear her from. I found doing some dishes immediately after putting her down helped. I was being productive, I couldn't hear her over the water running, and it took about 20 min. If she was still going when I finished, she'd get checked on, but not picked up, though this was rare. If we were doing it now, I'd be more comfortable letting her go longer without going in because I know she's older and ok. I've never read Ferber, but from what I gather, it's really similar to the moms on call method. 

[liziz]

bullybutt I don't think you're too late AT ALL! If you're ready, you can do it!

I second all the suggestions to have something to distract yourself with. On a bad night (when I was home alone) I ended up with headphones in (but where I could still see her on the video monitor), just because I couldn't handle the crying anymore.

Remember whatever you set up, you need to be able to continue. So if your current sleep situation is not working, change it!

[mary1217]

We give DD a bottle, if its a bath night she gets a bath after the bottle then I change her into PJ's read her a few books and lay her down. She rarely fusses for longer than a minute if that long. Right now she is sleeping from about 7:45ish to 5:45-6:45.

[hurricanerek]

May 13, 2015 11:23:58 GMT -5 sararl07 said:

I nurse until she really sleepy then pop in her paci and then rock for min until drowsy and put her down and turn on her sleep sheep. Most of the time that works but I am concerned with her late bed time.

She goes down around 8:30-9 but sleeps through the night until I wake her at 7:30.

It looks like she's getting 11 hours and sttn. I wouldn't be concerned at all; don't borrow trouble.

[hurricanerek]

May 13, 2015 11:47:36 GMT -5 anotherdreamer said:

I voted SS. I nurse them right before bed, sometimes they do fall asleep. Most of the time they don't though, and I lay them down, turn on their music/lights, and leave the room. DD2 normally falls right asleep, she's the easiest baby I've had. DD1 cries for 5-10 minutes before giving in, she hates sleep. Hates. It.

I also voted ss because +1

[Deleted]

Totally the boob. I know we should do something about that at some point, but he goes down so well right now that I don't want to mess with it.

[Deleted]

May 13, 2015 11:51:10 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

May 13, 2015 11:47:59 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

Consistency and habits. It's the same routine we've been doing since she was a month old. Same for DS, though he never took to the paci. 

I know "I" am the problem and not her/them...but I have the biggest problem just letting them cry.  I jump right in to fix it even if it technically doesn't need fixing.  Is it too late for her to learn to sleep on her own?

This is soooo me.