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Sleep Question
When did you have DC start putting themselves to sleep? DH and i were talking about this last night and are in disagreement. I think it should be later and he thinks now should be okay. What have you ladies done?
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Re: Sleep Question
2 months (IMO) is too early for them to be able to do it from a developmental standpoint.
Ben was about 15 months (maybe older) before he did. ANd he still needs me in the room. sigh...
I think you could try things like putting her down almost asleep and then rubbing her tummy and shushing while she falls asleep. But if your DH means putting her down awake and walking away, I think it's too early.
Our Ped told us at our 6mo appointment that we *could* start Ferber or CIO at that time if we were up for it, as DD didn't sleep well at all. DD was very reliant on the bottle at the time and we had a routine of getting up at specific hours to eat. Once we watered down her bottle, her hours changed... then we tried Ferber which didn't work and finally CIO at 7mo old. She has STTN for the most part, since then.
That said, I know many of our parents used CIO/Ferber much earlier than 6mo and we all turned out ok.
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Yeah, could you explain a little more when you say put themselves to sleep? For the most part we've been able to put Mikayla in her crib drowsy and she'll fall asleep on her own since about 3 months. That's not always a given, sometimes I have to rock her or go in and pat/rub her belly to comfort her before she'll fall asleep, but generally she can drift off on her own now.
If you're talking about cry it out, I think that usually isn't recommended until 6 months or so, if at all.
Just in the last week or so we've been able to put DS down while he's drowsy. He'll fuss for a couple seconds and then fall asleep. He's still waking up a couple times in the night but for the most part if we just put his binky in he's ok.
I *wish* I would have started to put DS in his crib when he was drowsy at 4 months. He just got too used to me rocking him to sleep. I don't think I would have let him CIO that early though. Maybe just rubbed his back until he fell asleep.
We could put her down drowsy and she'd go to sleep on her own starting at around 6 months. ?We tried it when she was younger and she just wasn't able to get to sleep on her own. ?Two months is too young. ?
I don't know if you're asking about CIO or not, but I thought I'd mention that one of the reasons CIO isn't recommended before 4 months is because babies do not understand cause and effect before that age. They are not crying because they know that crying will make you come in and pick them up. ?When they cry, it's because they need something. ? Sometimes they are crying because they are exhausted and want to go to sleep but don't know how, and they need your help.
She's only 2 months old. DOn't feel this is something you even need to be "working on" right now. She's a teeny tiny baby.
And dont' shortchange yourself on the baby stuff. I LOVED when Ben would fall asleep in my arms. ANd I so wish he still would occasionally, but it's over.
I miss those baby moments. Don't rush. Do what works and what feels right. Don't listen to books telling you that you're doing it wrong or if you don't do such and such by a certain time that they'll be broken forever. All of it goes so fast.