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rocking baby to sleep...

GRISMINOGRISMINO
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Does anybody NOT rock their baby to sleep?

 I have to rock by LO otherwise he won't sleep, he'll just cry & cry until he's pick up... I wish I didn't have to do that but I guess it's too late to break that habit now Sad  

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  • Deirdre18Deirdre18
    No rocking here.
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  • matt&stephmatt&steph member
    I don't.  When he is tired at night he just wants to get in his crib and go to sleep. 
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  • sarahmselfsarahmself
    I used to rock DS to sleep.  It was my favorite part of the day.  Then, one morning last week, I made the mistake of dancing around the living room w/ him.  He got sleepy and fell asleep on my shoulder.  Now, the only way he will go to sleep is if I dance around the room w/ him.  It's exhausting.  Stick out tongue
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  • BestsugarBestsugar member
    we don't have a rocker, so we sway/walk to sleep. sometimes we can just sit on the couch with a paci in mommy's arms and fall asleep. I like those times.
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  • GRISMINOGRISMINO
    Good for you!!  That's much easier for you and baby Big Smile
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  • cedenscedens member
    we dont have to rock her to sleep to go to sleep- we do sometimes to alieve her tummy pains - when she gets colicky, its sometimes the only thing that will help (that or going outside)
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  • schmoodleschmoodle member
    We rock. I read yesterday in "No Cry Nap Solution" that 68% (2/3) of babies are rocked to sleep. Not as bad as some baby books will have you believe. I like rocking him, it's nice, quiet one on one time. When I go back to work I imagine I'll enjoy it even more.
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  • Shawnna PandolphShawnna Pandolph
    we have to walk around the house and kind of bounce her... good arm and leg workout!
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  • GRISMINOGRISMINO

    imagesarahmself:
    I used to rock DS to sleep.  It was my favorite part of the day.  Then, one morning last week, I made the mistake of dancing around the living room w/ him.  He got sleepy and fell asleep on my shoulder.  Now, the only way he will go to sleep is if I dance around the room w/ him.  It's exhausting.  Stick out tongue

    I also have to do the dancing around routine, which doesn't  bother me but after a while I do get tired Tongue Tied what concerns me is that they probably won't do that for him at daycare and he'll just cry forever Sad  I have to figure something out to make him sleep on his own...

     

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  • josswhedonjosswhedon member

    occiassionaly, but I will admit its mainly to serve my own selfish needs and she doesn't really need it. I miss her and want to snuggle her as much as possible since I dont see her all week!

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  • DaisyAdairDaisyAdair

    I never did with any of them.

    Not because it was any kind of sleep training, but it was just never something that happened.  My oldest was a hands-off baby (who turned into a don't touch me toddler).  She wasn't into the rocking thing.

    DD2 is cuddly, but she never sleeps.  I could rock her from sun down to sun up and she wouldn't fall asleep.  

    DD3....sad to say, but I don't have a free hand to rock her at night because DD2 doesn't sleep and I'm up dealing with her!

    They never liked pacifiers and they were never into the rocking.  Sounds good, but DD1 is a thumbsucker and DD2 doesn't sleep at all, so I'd take a rocking habit over that any day!

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