Putting baby to sleep

Rias

DD will only sleep while I'm nursing. She doesn't sleep on her own. She all of a sudden started refusing the paci and I don't know how to make her sleep without falling asleep while nursing first. This goes for naps and bedtime. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I want her to learn how to fall asleep on her own. CIO is really not an option. I've tried to let her whine not cry for a few minutes but then I pick her up put her on my boob and she nurses and sleeps. Sometimes I feel she just uses me as a paci. Thanks ladies.

bigbootyjudi

Have you tried a different brand of pacifier? DS is the opposite of your DD...he won't take anything that resembles a breast (I EP). We had Closer to Nature pacifiers and he hated them. Maybe try those?

If CIO isn't an option and you're looking to sleep train, you could try the No Cry Sleep Solution (rocking your DD until drowsy, put her down, respond to her as soon she cries) or another no-cry method where you pick her up if she cries and as soon as she calms down, put her down, and immediately pick her back up if she starts crying again.

NerdyMama2

Have you tried using a pacifier? That might help.

laurenhankey

This is what we did for our LO to get her to finally nap on her own and worked like a charm!!

We used a side hold (lay LO across the belly so she is horizontal w/ her belly touching yours)

Rock back and forth, fast if you need to

Shushing

Sometimes this would take 10 mins or so and she'd fuss but eventually she'd go to sleep

IncognitoSuperhero

NerdyMama2:

Have you tried using a pacifier? That might help.

 

From OPs post: "She all of a sudden started refusing the paci " 

DiveFrog

My DD is the same way and she is 9 months. If I put her down she likes to nurse to go to sleep. I generally will nurse her until I know she is just comfort sucking and asleep and then unlatch her and stick a pacifer in her mouth.

However, she can go to sleep on her own and does every weekday for her naps while I am at work. If you really want to break her of the nurse to sleep habit my suggestion is to see if your DH or someone else can start putting her to sleep, and be consistent about having someone else put her to bed until she learns to fall asleep on her own.

*** 6 months is still very young. I know from experience how very draining and difficult it can be to get your baby to sleep. DD was horrible about it. It would often take 2-3hrs and more than one nursing session to get her to sleep for the night. At 8 months things drastically improved and honestly it wasn't anything DH or I did, DD was just ready to put herself to sleep where she hadn't been before then (although I still let her nurse to sleep at night if she wants to).