[Jule'sMomInOR]

I'm just curious how others are putting the babies down for naps and bed-time. Are you still rocking, nursing, or whatever method you used to help them to sleep as babies? Or are some of them going to sleep on their own?

With Juliana, I nurse her but not all the way to sleep. Then we bounce on the ball. It seems like she only needs a minute or two of bouncing for naps but 10 or 15 minutes (sometimes more) for bedtime. It's like, the longer she's going to sleep the more fight she puts up. Then when she's asleep, but not in a deep sleep, I set her down in her crib, which is side-carred to out bed. She'll wake up and make a few noises, and sometimes settle right back down to sleep. Other times, she doesn't settle down and I pick her up and bounce some more, and repeat. She's actually getting better about going to sleep on her own but still a long way from it.

[Daffodil]

I give her a bottle while rocking and then I lay down next to her. When I started doing that, I thought I was making it easier because she's not actually falling asleep at the bottle or rocking...she is just falling asleep on the bed.

Of course now she needs to be nestled against me to fall asleep, so that backfired lol. I used to get upset by it (especially when I was pumping and my time was so limited) but now I just use those minutes to relax. Sometimes she'll play for a bit but eventually settles down.

When her room is finally ready (I want hubby to take her crib out so its not so cluttered), I'm going to lay next to her for naps and then get up and go and then eventually do it at bedtime. Not sure how she's going to like going from a king sized bed to a twin though!

[sfarrow3]

We normally just lay her down when she is sleepy or showing signs. London is pretty predictable so I know around what time she needs a nap and we have a strict bed time so she automatically gets tired at that time. She may fuss sometimes and that's just an indication that she wants to stay up and play. Its like her body is tired, but she is just not ready to go to bed (hey I do that all the time). What we normally do is just let her work it out on her own. It normally doesn't take her long (5 min sometimes it may be longer) and she is out! I very rarely pick her back up. London is very smart and she knows how to work the system! Of course if she is sick or something then I may take a different course of action to get her to sleep.

It does seem like Juliana is progressing in the right direction and it just take some babies alot longer to learn to self sooth.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Originally Posted by Daffodil

Of course now she needs to be nestled against me to fall asleep, so that backfired lol. I used to get upset by it (especially when I was pumping and my time was so limited) but now I just use those minutes to relax. Sometimes she'll play for a bit but eventually settles down.

When I used to nurse Juliana to sleep I got a lot of reading in. I miss that. It's hard to multi-task while bouncing on the ball.

Just laying next to her doesn't sound bad, though. I'd like to get to that point. How was the transition from rocking to that?

[Ally-Mac]

I've been pretty fortunate the last few months..Sydney goes to bed so easy. I can literally just lay her in her crib and she'll roll over and go to sleep. It's now gotten so that if I say to her " are you ready for bed?" she'll get up and start walking towards her bedroom! Crazy! I can also tell when she wants to go to bed b/c she'll start waving ...if you say "nighty night" to her, she'll wave and want to go to bed. I haven't had to put her down drowsy or almost asleep in months. she doesn't even get a bottle before bed anymore ...

[sfarrow3]

Originally Posted by Ally-Mac

I've been pretty fortunate the last few months..Sydney goes to bed so easy. I can literally just lay her in her crib and she'll roll over and go to sleep. It's now gotten so that if I say to her " are you ready for bed?" she'll get up and start walking towards her bedroom! Crazy! I can also tell when she wants to go to bed b/c she'll start waving ...if you say "nighty night" to her, she'll wave and want to go to bed. I haven't had to put her down drowsy or almost asleep in months. she doesn't even get a bottle before bed anymore ...

Thats funny because London will sometimes start whinning when I say, "ok time for bed!" LMAO! I'm always thinking you know really who wants to go to bed at 8:30pm, when the party is just getting started! lol

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Originally Posted by Ally-Mac

I've been pretty fortunate the last few months..Sydney goes to bed so easy. I can literally just lay her in her crib and she'll roll over and go to sleep. It's now gotten so that if I say to her " are you ready for bed?" she'll get up and start walking towards her bedroom! Crazy! I can also tell when she wants to go to bed b/c she'll start waving ...if you say "nighty night" to her, she'll wave and want to go to bed. I haven't had to put her down drowsy or almost asleep in months. she doesn't even get a bottle before bed anymore ...

*Jealous*

She is on a set schedule, I know exactly when she's tired, and she is in bed at the same time every.single.day. I just bathe her, light snack about 7:30 and in bed at 9. Lay her in her crib with her blanket and baby doll and off to sleep she goes.

ETA: Kaileigh also will walk to her room when I say "Lets go night-night". The other day she tried climbing in herself, but couldnt.

[jessanddane]

We've been lucky too. We lay her in the crib at 730 each night. Sometimes she'll roll right over and go to sleep, other nights she will sit up and talk to her stuffed animals.she is out by 8 every night.

[SarahBethsMommy]

Daniel is easy too. I just lay him down when it is time for bed and he goes to sleep. For naptimes, he has his Scout in his bed with him and he plays with Scout for a few minutes and I hear it all go quiet and he is asleep. I seriously have no idea how I got so lucky this time. Sarah Beth was a bear to get to sleep for years!

[Daffodil]

Originally Posted by Ally-Mac

I've been pretty fortunate the last few months..Sydney goes to bed so easy. I can literally just lay her in her crib and she'll roll over and go to sleep. It's now gotten so that if I say to her " are you ready for bed?" she'll get up and start walking towards her bedroom! Crazy! I can also tell when she wants to go to bed b/c she'll start waving ...if you say "nighty night" to her, she'll wave and want to go to bed. I haven't had to put her down drowsy or almost asleep in months. she doesn't even get a bottle before bed anymore ...

Obviously you know how fortunate and lucky you are...but can I just say how fortunate and lucky you are??? I really don't think I'm going to get this from Arie until she is maybe 5 or older.

I've been doing a lot of reading on babies and sleep and it seems like current thought is that it just has to do with either how "mature" the sleeping center of the brain is, or just that people are wired differently. I was a TERRIBLE sleeper until I got pregnant....hubby is an awesome sleeper. Unfortunately Arie seems to have taken after me. I'm hoping she grows out of it. But anyway... those of you with babies who go to sleep easily, count your blessings, although I defininately think a routine plays a huge part!

[nevergivingup]

Aidyen still has to be nursed to sleep. If I try to take it away before he is fully asleep and try the patting and rocking he flips out completely wakes up and is almost impossible to get back to sleep! Sometimes if I am lucky when he us asleep I will lay down with him and scoot away and he actually stays asleep but that doesn't happen very often

[Daffodil]

Originally Posted by Jule'sMomInOR

When I used to nurse Juliana to sleep I got a lot of reading in. I miss that. It's hard to multi-task while bouncing on the ball.

Just laying next to her doesn't sound bad, though. I'd like to get to that point. How was the transition from rocking to that?

Hmm...I'm not exactly sure how we started, except she never fell asleep easily when she was young, so I would just rock her with her bottle then carry her to bed and lay next to her, as I played her fisher price music thingie. Now that she is bigger, she'll oftentimes sit up and turn it on and off and crawl everywhere..sometimes she will crawl over me and start walking around the room a bit, but then usually she comes back. I just pretend to sleep and eventually she cuddles next to me and goes to sleep and i leave. But if I leave before she is ready, she'll grab me again. She doesn't have to be in a deep sleep, just drifting off.

[sboricua]

for bed time we bathe, get dress and some times read a book. turn off lights give her a sippy of warm milk. give her the paci and her blanket and put her in the crib and im done! I love it. same with nap. warm milk and put her in the crib and shes off to sleep.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Originally Posted by nevergivingup

Aidyen still has to be nursed to sleep. If I try to take it away before he is fully asleep and try the patting and rocking he flips out completely wakes up and is almost impossible to get back to sleep! Sometimes if I am lucky when he us asleep I will lay down with him and scoot away and he actually stays asleep but that doesn't happen very often

Have you read "The No Cry Sleep Solution"? The author talks about a technique called the Pantley Gentle Removal Method, or something like that, where you remove your nipple when the baby is done comfort sucking. It didn't work for us when I first tried around 6 months but it worked for us about 3 weeks ago. She did very little fussing (like 10 or 20 seconds) the first night and by the third night, she was breaking her own latch when she was done gulping the milk.

[.s.o.p.h.]

We've come a pretty long way in the past few months. We've gone from nursing to sleep to patting to sleep to at the moment, putting her down herself and she'll go to sleep. That's at night. We have also gone from nursing a lot in the night to her sleeping 630pm to 6am in the past few days. Naps do sometimes involve some patting.

[mommytokem]

Fortunately Noah I can just put him down at naptime and he usually goes right to sleep sometimes he'll play for a little bit. At bed time we say prayers and sing a couple of songs and then it is to bed and normally he goes right to sleep.

[preciousgiftsmama]

Ty is still nursed to sleep for bed or naps, or Amber walks him if he is over-tired and fights it too much.

When he is tired, I just sit on the couch and cuddle and nurse him to sleep Personally, I absolutely love to put him to sleep this way. He is my last baby and my only baby I was able to breastfeed and this time with him is incredibly special to me. I am in no rush to put him to bed on his own, nor do I see that happening anytime soon.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Originally Posted by preciousgiftsmama

When he is tired, I just sit on the couch and cuddle and nurse him to sleep Personally, I absolutely love to put him to sleep this way. He is my last baby and my only baby I was able to breastfeed and this time with him is incredibly special to me. I am in no rush to put him to bed on his own, nor do I see that happening anytime soon.

Sometimes I feel this way, and other times I wish I had that hour plus we spend on bedtime routine back to spend with DH. For the most part I'm content as long as I see some small progress being made toward getting her to go to sleep by herself.

[Hollybear]

It just depends what I feel like doing. Sometimes I just lay her in her crib, put her teething tablets in her mouth, stick the binkie in, hand her "moose" (a small, plush moose) and say "Night night!" and wave bye....but I still nurse her in her rocking chair sometimes, most of the time she'll put her binkie in and push off of me like "put me in my crib" when she's finished nursing.

BUT SOMETIMES she'll let me rock her, but never completely to sleep. Even if she's about to fall asleep she sits up in her crib and waves bye lol

Naptime I put a new diaper on her, put her in the crib, and wave lol