Eye Rubbing

armcgill

I am trying to get Grady to fall asleep independently, the problem is that he rubs his eyes which prevents him from falling asleep. As a result, we have to hold his arms down. I don't want to be doing this for the next several months. Any experience with and/or solutions to this problem?

cardiganmom

No solutions, but my LO does the same thing but she usually does it to fall asleep. Does it keep your LO up? Or could you let him go and see if it helps him go to sleep? 

musiclover0007

What I'm doing is putting her down while sleepy but awake. When she fusses I go back to calm her but each time she cries I wait a bit longer before going back to her. She fights sleep too instead of the eye rubbing she shakes her head viciously back and f

clrgrdfrk

Dd has started running her eyes when she's tired... Prob in the last week or so. We were still swaddling at night which worked but the past two nights she has managed to wiggle her arms out. I have the Merlin suit that we are going to start using. She can

armcgill

I have tried letting him rub his eyes to see if he'll fall asleep; he just gets angrier and angrier. He was a champ at falling asleep on his own when he was still swaddled. I'm tempted to go back to swaddling. However, I know that's not going to solve the

AnotherPreggo

musiclover0007:

What I'm doing is putting her down while sleepy but awake. When she fusses I go back to calm her but each time

musiclover0007

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jecanty

The last week or so, DS will fling one arm back and forth in the air for about five minutes as he's falling asleep. lol It is the most bizarre thing I have ever seen, but it seems to help him. He keeps his eyes closed while he does it. He used to throw hi