Accidental "crying down" worked!!.... Try again?

[nozmum]

Hi! DS2 now 6 weeks and has been a really unsettled baby - very hard to get to sleep for both naps and night time. Usually in the evening DH and I are both around and one of us puts DD1 to bed whilst the other walks rocks or feeds DD2 to sleep. Today DH had to go out so our usual evening routine was impossible and I just had to leave DD2 (fed, clean and swaddled) in her moses basket whilst I bathed DD1. I could hear her yelling her head off for at least ten minutes whilst I was doing the bath (and it nearly broke my heart!) but by the time I went back into her she was sound asleep and has been much more settled all evening!! So - has anyone tried repeatedly crying down to sleep? Should I do it again? For naps? Might it be the best way to teach her better sleep habits? How long should I allow? It feels awful to hear her crying but perhaps it will quickly get better? Advice please!!

Agree with Rosemary, i had to carry my ds around for the first 9 months til he could crawl! He now hardly ever wants to be picked up and settles himself fine at night and sleeps through from 7pm-6am. Must confess he still naps on me though and he's nearly 1 . For some reason he can't settle himself in the day and I really can't do cc or cio with him. He's far too highly strung and sensitive. To the op, it completely depends upon the personality of the baby. Some babies hate fuss when they are tired and just need to cry to wind down a bit, others, need constant company and comfort. If she is just over tired and crying for no more than 10 mins then I'd leave her to it.

Completely unreasonable for people to say you should not have bathed dd1 though. My ds bedtime routine is bath, story, milk, bed. If I don't bath him, he doesn't recognise it's bedtime so i sympathise that you need to do it, especially if it's part of her routine but also, toddlers get filthy!

Agree with Rosemary on the sling, I couldn't have survived without mine!