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How did your baby fall asleep?

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ButteryJam · 18/08/2013 13:22

How did or does your baby fall asleep?

My LO who is 3 months old is a serious sleepfighter and requires quite vigorous rocking, sometimes up to 30 min and is so cranky and unsettled. It's come to a stage where I dread going out with her as its just so stressful

How did your babies fall asleep?

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craftycottontail · 18/08/2013 13:26

Mine is nearly 3 months and loves his sleep, I'm constantly grateful as imagine it must be a nightmare.

Saying that, I don't tend to put him down until he's fallen asleep on me and he does sometimes need a bit of rocking in the night when i'm desperate to put him down after a feed so I can go back to sleep too!

What happens if you just leave her? - not saying you should or anything, just wondered :)

Bloodsocks · 18/08/2013 13:27

my 20 week old is fed to sleep or on occasion goes to sleep in her swing.

Panzee · 18/08/2013 13:28

I have a six month old that likes 80s rock music, the louder the better. YouTube gets a hammering at nap time.

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NaturalBaby · 18/08/2013 13:30

fed, cuddled, with a dummy and comforter.
Is she happy at any point to lay flat on her on in a moses basket/cot/crib? Ds3 fought sleep till I tried the sleep routine method of putting him in a silent, dark room on his own and it was magic.

dashoflime · 18/08/2013 13:36

I've been lucky, DS (1yr) has always been a good sleeper. We've never done anything special just let him fall asleep on us and carry him to bed.

As he's got older we've put a loose routine together (bath, into night clothes, story book and nurse to sleep in darkened bedroom) and it is noticeable that he goes down quicker when we follow it properly.

panzee ours likes minimal techno but for dancing to not sleeping

MrsJamin · 18/08/2013 13:38

Loud white noise (detuned radio) and tight swaddling. Worked like a dream.

WithConfidence · 18/08/2013 13:42

DS was like that, god the miles I walked up and down rooms jigging him in the sling. I was actually pleased when he dropped each nap as I got a rest from trying to get him to sleep!

Got better each time he learnt to do something as he exhausted himself crawling or whatever and so you would have a blissful week or two where he would drop off quite quickly.

Then when he was a year and a bit he just wanted to bf to sleep so at least I got to lie down. He kept signing for milk so I know he wanted that instead of jigging.

Forgetfulmog · 18/08/2013 13:45

Nap times - boob, dummy, hold dd whilst bouncing on a gym ball & lightly tapping her bum in a rhythmic fashion (trust me, it works!) & she then naps on me.

Nighttimes - used to co-sleep but she now sleeps in her cot after doing cc (she's 11 mo btw)

Primrose123 · 18/08/2013 13:53

Both of mine were cuddled to sleep every time. They would sometimes fall asleep in the car too. They were cuddled and when they fell asleep we would put them in the cot. If they woke in the night and couldn't settle we would bring them into our bed.

We tried CC a few times, but I never liked it, so we stuck with what suited us. It may seem like a lot of work, but it was a lovely way for them to end their day, and if they were tired, they would go to sleep anywhere with a cuddle, and then be put down in the pram or buggy. One of my friends had a little boy who would only sleep if he was put down in his cot, and liked to go to bed the same time every night. He was very miserable if anything changed. At the time I thought that sounded much easier, but actually ours were much more portable and adaptable.

Once they got a bit older we would put them to bed, read them a story and stay until they were almost asleep.

Now they are teenagers we can't seem to get them out of bed!

elQuintoConyo · 18/08/2013 13:56

Our DS fell asleep on me or DH, naturally or after a feed. Unless it was nighttime when he passed out about 5 hours after colic kicked in he was just worn out. He hated baths (still does at 20mo), so that wouldn't calm him either. We co slept as he hated, hated, hated the cot. We still co sleep as it's addictive and we love having him in the bed!

melisma · 18/08/2013 14:04

Oh I could've written your post! At that age DS needed a convoluted combination of swaddling, loud white noise and loads and loads of rocking to get to sleep. It did get easier eventually-think one day I just decided to quieten the white noise a bit and it didn't seem to make much difference, and a heatwave forced us to go swaddling cold turkey when he was about 3.5 months. The thing that made the difference was when he learnt to roll over and could sleep on his tummy. Now (18 months) he just chats to himself for 5 mins and drops off.

AmandaCooper · 18/08/2013 14:06

DS goes down for naps in his push chair and needs a few pushes backwards and forwards to send him off. At night he feeds to sleep. He's 24 weeks old.

StuckOnARollercoaster · 18/08/2013 15:28

When I see a couple of yawns we start the wind down routine. Go somewhere quiet, draw curtains closed if bedroom, cuddle but not much movement and quiet gentle voice. Into sleeping bag or swaddle and give dummy. May need calming with shushing and back or bottom tapping. When calm but still awake put down in cot or carrycot. Switch on ewan the sheep tune and hope she goes to sleep. Sometimes she does, sometimes she needs some pats and shushing, sometimes have to start all over again with a cuddle! I tend to stay in sight, then walk away but stay in room until she drops off. Sometimes process takes 10 minutes sometimes an hour but am persevering with it as I want her to be in the habit that she can go to sleep without much intervention from me.
She's 9 weeks and isn't an easy sleeper but I am seeing gradual improvement and praying with fingers crossed that it continues.

StuckOnARollercoaster · 18/08/2013 15:32

Oh but if we are out, then I do just the quiet cuddle and let her fall asleep in my arms as it's much easier for both of us and the general public!

StuckOnARollercoaster · 18/08/2013 15:33

Oh but if we are out, then I do just the quiet cuddle and let her fall asleep in my arms as it's much easier for both of us and the general public!

christilass · 18/08/2013 19:54

My 6 month old we boy had made his own routine ...
he falls asleep between 6.45 pm and 7.30 pm and wakes up the next day between 10.00 am and 11 am usually nearer the 11am .... he takes after me Loves his sleep ... Long may it continue !!!

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ButteryJam · 18/08/2013 21:09

Thanks everyone! I haven't tried white noise yet, ill try it.

Christ, that is just amazing, wow!!! Is your baby breastfed or bottle fed?

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christilass · 18/08/2013 21:40

Butteryjam......

my wee boy is bottle fed ... he put himself into this routine 2 months ago when he was only 4 months old!!

We keep sleeping in for the baby groups .... !

He wakes 2 times for milk during this time , i know I'm very very spoilt

ThoughtsPlease · 18/08/2013 21:46

Christ - so he wakes twice in that time for milk, not quite the same as how I first read it then!

froken · 18/08/2013 23:00

Nap time ds (8 months) cuddles with me with his dummy in, he likes to watch things whilst he falls asleep so if we are out he just watches the world go by and if we are home I put tge tv on and he watches that, usually takes about 5 mins for him to drop off.

Night times he has dinner then a bath and then I breastfeed him to sleep. He usually goes to sleep pretty quick.

If dp needs to get him to sleep he turns tge shower on and jigs ds up and down whilst singing.

At 3 months ds was a sleep monster, he slept like a newborn, I was actually worried about him. I'd put him down my top naked and he'd sleep for hours and hours, I didn't introduce a bedtime until he was 6 months old. I just never tried to get him to sleep at that age I just assumed he'd sleep if he was tired.

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melisma · 19/08/2013 10:08

Buttery jam, good luck with the white noise-it was amazing how much it helped us.

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ButteryJam · 19/08/2013 17:23

Thanks everyone!

Melisma, thanks. How long do you leave it on for?

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AppleYumYum · 19/08/2013 17:29

Fed to sleep on the boob the whole way really, still do at night and ds is 15 months, takes less than 5 minutes and ds is out cold. Feed him on my bed, then when he has been asleep for 5-10 mins I move him to his cot.

MrsRachelLynde · 19/08/2013 17:36

Feed to sleep.

Naps - on me, will wake if moved. But will also sleep in her buggy or the car if we're out.

Night - feed, teeth, bath, into sleep bag. In quiet dark room, feed to sleep, put into cot, jobs agoodun! It used to take ages to settle her, then I realised she didn't like sleeping on her back. Turned her into her side and bingo! It takes about 20 minutes for her now, she's usually asleep by 7.30 then wakes around 12 and again at 3, just feeds and goes straight back down again.

I am lucky!

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