Please give me courage!!!

[eenysugarplumfairy]

my 17 week old DS is a very light sleeper. During the day he sleeps in the pram and I almost continually rock him to keep him asleep. I want him to take naps in his cot but I havent got the courage to try it. Please help me!! Tell me how much better it will be him sleeping in the cot and give me the courage to do it!!

It will be much better as all his sleep-signs will be there.
Read the little book of sleep on the coffee table.

I'm no expert but just recently have been trying 2x a day to put 15 week DD in cot for nap. I now have killer thighs from constantly running up the stairs/stroke nose/put on mobile/put dummy back in etc etc. It can take an hour for her to settle and even then she might only sleep for 1/2 hour (probably exhausted)but I feel I have achieved something. Morning naps are now much easier - just to master getting her to settle as easy in the afternoon....
All I can say is it might turn into a battle of wills but be strong you have my sympathies its not easy but good luck!

Hi eeny, is it the crying that you need courage for? Being a nasty mummy (and also having a toddler to give attention to too) I have already got our baby sleeping in her cot and it is SO worth it! Horrible at the time, just had to get as far away from the crying as possible, but now I can tell whether the crying is the sort that is going to stop in a couple of mins as she falls asleep, or whether it's the 'I need to do a burp' or 'I'm wide awake and you got it wrong mummy' sort. There was also a thread recently called something like 'For those who don't want to do cc' (cc = controlled crying) which you might be able to find.

Santamander

agreed that none of these baby things are easy at all
the little ones know they want to do something but don't know how
cry because they are tired and cry because they don't know how to go to sleep.

i'm looking forward to toddlerhood when it starts all over again!

aw I love the new !

I jus tdread him crying loads and not sleeping very much... if I didnt rock him he would only sleep for 20 mins. When I rock him I can sometimes get him to sleep for an hour and a half and then I can get SOME things done!!

what is this 'no cry sleep solution' thing?

what 'no cry sleep solution thing'?

I've seen a thread with that title but when I clicked on it I Couldnt work out exactly what it was.

well let's see what this does:
HERE

we'll see!

So how's it going? Have you screwed up your courage?

I've managed to get him to sleep ONCE in the cot during the day. But he only slept for 20 mins when really it should have been about an hour.

It's loads better. Ds slept for longer once I started putting him upstairs for naps at about 9 weeks. CAn you move ds after he falls asleep in the pram maybe, I used to do this with my ds.

I asked a similar ques when dd was about 15 weeks (ithink). Was given good advice regarding a sleep routine which we now do and i think is grad starting to pay off - except we still use dummy - will eventually lose when i also have the courage! DD (21 weeks)can only stay awake for an absolut max of 2 hours despite what the books say. I watch carefully around 1.5-2 hrs since last sleep for yawns or eye-rubbing. If she starts staring straight ahead i've missed the "easy" boat and it then takes longer. Any way, i start to cuddle her and sing (oh dear) my version of Brahm's lullaby as we start walking up the stairs. Sit on edge of our bed whilst still singing. Then put her in cot (awake)and goodnight to "sleepy" monkey in her cot and cover him with "sleepy" taggie blanket. Then say "sleepy time now" and give her a kiss. If she starts to cry I stay and do some shushing. If she takes a while to settle then she has a dummy. She will sleep for about 40 mins usually - does this 2-3 times a day depending on whether we're out. Will also have 1-2 sleeps in pram. Sorry it's so long

LOL at you two having a conversation on mumsnet (I hope I'm right in thinking santamander is your dh/dp?)

I'm the DH