Hi I am in the third trimester and have been thinking a lot about baby sleep. I have read a lot of books and therefore come across some contradictory advice. We had a late pregnancy loss, so I know I will be following sleep advice to the letter and won't be co sleeping (even the the idea of it appeals I am just too petrified). I also know I probably won't be organised enough or inclined to follow any strict regime, although the EASY method does appeal, so I may use this as it seems more flexible. I hope to breastfeed if I can and I would like to try to encourage our baby to sleep well (for obvious reasons).
The one piece of advice lots of books seem to give is to put the baby down when they are drowsy but not asleep, so they learn to fall asleep alone from the start. This seems sensible, as does the advice to gently wake the baby if they fall asleep in your arms before you put them down so they can drop off in their crib. The thing is I have no idea how to gently wake a baby without upsetting them and whenever I have asked friends about the putting baby down awake they have laughed and said it doesn't work in practice.
Has anyone any successful methods for putting baby down to sleep drowsy but not asleep or for waking baby gently if they are already asleep before you put them down?
Also I hope to baby wear quite a bit during the day so the baby has lots of close naps with my husband and me in the sling, and then maybe a few naps in the moses basket/pram If they are so inclined, then sleeps next to us in the bedside co-sleeper at night. Some things I have read claim that allowing them to nap in the sling helps them to feel close to their parents and they therefore sleep better at night in a bedside crib, whereas others say the opposite. I really hope the former is true, but wanted to know what people had experienced.
Any advice very gratefully recieved, thank you so much
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Putting a baby down before they are fully asleep, does this ever work?
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Satlie2019 · 03/01/2021 16:50
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