Putting a baby down at the start of an evening & getting them to stay asleep

[G1nger]

Any tips for getting this to happen?

I always put him down drowsy, not asleep, so he's not surprised that I've left when his 45 minute sleep cycle is finished. I don't - and won't - let him cry it out. I always give him a chance to resettle himself (okay, not always...). But in 7.5 months he's only slept once for longer than 45mins (2.5 hours) after I first put him down. For the rest of the time, I've had to help him to resettle throughout the evening.

Now, leaving aside the issue of his needing to tank up on breastmilk (he doesn't always wake for this), any tips please on how to get him to stay asleep? He can, later in the night, go for up to 5hrs without waking and needing me.

Is this all inevitable for the early evening? Or does anyone please have any tips for getting him to stay down when he goes to sleep at the start? Anything you do that you wouldn't do without? Thanks x

I'm wondering about this at a much earlier point - my dd is only 6 weeks but gets overtired in the evening so I'm starting to think about how to get her off. She still needs to be in the same room as us at the mo, and that room will not be the bedroom

My 12 week old DD sometimes does this, but it is burps waking her up. Is there a reason he wakes? Or is it just cos he is entering light sleep?

I have found that if I get the naps right in the day and she is tired but not overtired at bed time she is more likely to stay settled. Have you tried tweaking daytime naps?

Other than that at 7.5 months you could try some sleep training to promote self-settling. Not CC but one of the more gentle solutions like the No Cry Sleep Solution?

Good luck

i wish i knew, i have a 5 month old that i am trying so hard to get her to bed at 7 but she ALWAYS ends up downstairs cluster feeding and eventually sleeps at around midnight. its getting later though the last 3 nites, but she is sleepy til 12 the next day. i wish i could get her to settle at night but unless i stay with her after 45 min/an hour she is up again on a second wind.
strangely i hold dd's hand while she cries it out a bit in the morning and she will sleep for 3 hours by herself, I wonder if she is getting excited at night because daddy is home and the tv is on and the house is busy.
if you find something that works let me know!!