Ok how many times before I try something else?

EMTTessie

So we decided to try a new routine tonight for getting DD to sleep. Around 8:00 we gave her a bath and then followed it with a bottle. She was falling asleep on DH, so we decided to try swaddling again (with just a regular blanket since her Sleepsack swaddler is too small now) and put her on her back with her sea horse and ocean soother on. Of course as soon as she hit the mattress her eyes popped right open. We've been taking turns going in to turn the "baby crack" back on and put her bink back in her mouth and it's been over an hour and a half. How long do we keep going in and doing this before we try something else? I think I would like this to be her new night time routine, this way if/when she does wake up DH can get her when he comes home from work (he gets home around 1:30am).

Now as I am typing this I think she is finally down. I think the big part is that we were trying to get her to go to sleep about 2 hours sooner than she has gone before. She'll get used to this and each night will be easier, right?

LisaMarisa

If it's what you want to do then stick with it.  The first week or so will be really tough but it usually gets easier after that (tell that to my DS though, he doesnt like to make anything easier).  It will work eventually.