Fighting sleep

christine6980

My LO was SO well when she came home from the NICU with sleeping, she would lay in her crib and put herself back to sleep. Until maybe a month or so ago. She will get laid in her crib when she is awake and he just screams. I know she is SO tired and she tries to fight it. I told myself I will not get into a habit of rocking her to sleep or letting her fall asleep in my arms or the swing... Last night I put her in the swing becuase that's where she naps (Maybe her nap times need to be switched over to her crib as well) but she didn't fight sleep as bad and fell asleep fast. I broke my rule! What do you moms do for bed time and if you have a fighter of sleep? I hate to listen to her scream. I feel horrible and I am just not a cry it out type of person. I know it's needed to some extent, but I hate it.

Kissty

I still rock my little man to sleep every night.  I just can't help it.  He's getting better and better at falling asleep though.  It used to take forever and alot of walking.  I know I should put him down awake but if I do he just cries so much!  I guess he's not totally ruined because he does put himself back to sleep if he wakes early or just isn't ready to get up yet.

christine6980

Kissty:

I still rock my little man to sleep every night.  I just can't help it.  He's getting better and better at falling asleep though.  It used to take forever and alot of walking.  I know I should put him down awake but if I do he just cries so much!  I guess he's not totally ruined because he does put himself back to sleep if he wakes early or just isn't ready to get up yet.

 Same! I wouldn't mind rocking her, but she's not a fan of cuddling a lot. She likes her own space to fall asleep. The reason I didn't want to get into the habit is because I dont' want her to get used to going to bed that way. I don't mind her going in her swing to fall asleep, but what happens when she's too big for it... lol That's what I keep thinking about. When she gets too big she will have a harder time falling asleep. I guess I just need to use the method that best works for me now (which would be not listening to her scream because she doesn't like falling asleep in her room by herself) I think he likes to know I'm near her when she's falling asleep.

kateraid

CIO is not needed to some extent. It's a choice. Your baby needs you so help any way you can.

IUIBaby

DD will only go to sleep if I rock her. Sometimes you just have to go with what works

WolfpackMB

I have a 4 mo old sleep fighter too.  I've rocked her since she was born but lately to try to wean her off of that, I just sit still in the rocker holding her.  She will still scream, cry and wail around at the beginning but usually in 5 minutes or so, she is asleep.  If she's not calming down after 5 mins, then I'll rock her.  I've started singing to her too to try to calm her down since that's something I can always do even if we're not at home.  I have tried cry it out but my LO is more of a SCREAM it out!  Which in turn wakes her up even more so then she really won't go back to sleep.  I'm learning that there is no method that works for everyone in our situation and for sanity purposes, sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do.  Good luck!