dd is 6 months, and we cuddle her to sleep, are we wrong to carry on doing this ?

[gingerbreadgirl]

she is a great sleeper and doesnt get up in the night.

we usually,change her nappy ,put her in her grobag then give her her bottle and cuddle her to sleep

she usually goes to bed around 8-9 and gets up when we wake her at 7 or 8 am
so we are v happy with this

but just wonder if we shoukd be getting her to fall aslep by herself now she is 6 months ?

what do you think?

If it ain't broke don't fix it.
But be aware that her sleeping pattern could change at any time....
DD1 was a great sleeper, but then i did CC with her at 3mo so that may have helped
DD2 is not so good [ironic] but i've left it much too late (15m) and now trying to do CC is a nightmare, so i do a bit of CC, a bit of GW, a bit of patting and shushing, a bit of bfeeding, a bit of rocking.....gawd, anything for a quiet life.....

hi sm
thankyou for yore response
what is gw?

gradual withdrawal (inching away from the cot soooooo slowly that they don't notice you moving and fall asleep by time you reach the door, or standng slightly further away each night till you're in the doorway...

ah thanks not heard of that before, we are planning on putting dd in her own room at xmas as thats when shes 6 months

Yes, agree with Shitey, if you are all happy
wait until you actually have a problem before
trying to solve it.

Shitemum, there is a thread about CC with a 1 year old -
why did it not work with your lo?

so when would i class it as a problem iyswim ?

if say dd was waking in the night and wanted cuddling to sleep?

what about when shes much older will we be abl to say now its bedtime, nigh night off you go [ obv she would have to be old enough to understand us]
or will we have to cuddle her to sleep till she is really old?

dont mean to seem mean as we both enjoy cuddling dd to sleep but just wondering if we will be going this when shes in school !

It sounds perfectly lovely to me

As for the future: don't worry about problems that might never happen!

why is there a 'right' or 'wrong' to this? unless you have a problem with it, then don't worry! i have done assorted cuddling, co-sleeping for various lengths of time and reasons, and sitting in bedrooms whilst my DC fall asleep. no worries over any of it, there is no "rod for your back" IME, and my children are turning into reasonable and fairly well balanced people who don't need reassurances to go to sleep.
if your child is happy now then chances are she will continue to be so. if you want to try out letting her fall asleep herself in a cot or pram then ok, but don't worry about anyone else telling you it's not the right thing to do. Do whatever works - we have all done that.... cos we are clever

we did the cuddle to sleep method for ages with my DD and found it a little tricky to get her to go to sleep on her own recently(shes 23months!!) however i would do the same agin as it is totally valuable bonding time for DD and the 'cuddler' iyswim. my DH often works late and weekends so he really enjoys his DD and daddy time in the evening esp as she is usually calm and silent
i wouldnt worry about the future yet and just enjoy your LO xx
xx ei xx

thanks for all the replies
we do enjoy cuddling dd to sleep and we are going to carry on thanks to your great advice

you know what its like though the amount of times we got told to gt her to fall asleep by herself, you start to dubt yourself don't you ?