Do you still rock LO to sleep at night?

17Apes · February 2010

I will admit, I do. Every night, we read 3 or 4 books, have a bottle and then snuggle in the rocking chair until she falls asleep. Sometimes we just talk for 25 minutes and make faces at each other and other times we just sit quietly together. But it's my favorite time of every day/night. I don't want to give it up. I love watching her drift off to sleep...and catching that little dream smile... it reminds me so much of her as a newborn! She sleeps 10-12 hours thru so I'm not too worried about it. And if she does wake in the night and cry, she goes back to sleep in a minute or two, I do not go in.

Fordlor · February 2010

Nope, not since she was seven months old.

LyndsayQ · February 2010

Most nights, yes. Most recently she started to prefer to talk herself to sleep. I always worried about it in the beginning and even a few months ago, but now I don't mind and will do it as long as she needs it.

Alli3586 · February 2010

Yes, every day before nap and every night before bed. I love it and don't plan on giving it up until she's ready.

AngieandTony · February 2010

you bet. i work 40-50 hours a week and this (along with greeting him in the morning) is the BEST part of my day. It gets me through the day knowing that I will get that 15 minutes of snuggle time with him. Tony changes him and reads to him to help him wind down and then i nurse/rock. it works and i don't care what anyone else thinks about it.

Monkeybuttwhat · February 2010

yes, and I love it Embarrassed

i always wonder if she is the only baby I will ever have and it makes it hard to let go of.

Faith1318 · February 2010

I don't, but for us, I think it was making it more difficult for her to fall back asleep in the middle of the night. If you don't mind the minute or two to soothe her again, then that's great!

I read her two books and try to rock her for a few minutes before putting her in her crib, but she generally just requests to be put to bed at that point. It's a good thing and a little sad at the same time. I like that cuddle time!

mlf625 · February 2010

Nope. I rock him while we read stories and he has a cup of milk, but he's been going down awake since 6 months or so.

That said, if it's working for you, I see no reason to worry about it!

jnksmom · February 2010

I have not rocked DD to sleep since she was 3 months old. She prefers to go to sleep on her own and always has. She would fight/cry/squirm so bad when I tried to rock her but if I lay her in her bed she would go right to sleep.

I help DS to go to sleep every night until he was 14 months old though and the only reason I stopped was because I wanted him to be able to go to sleep on his own before DD was born. We started by sitting by his crib until he went to sleep and after a week or so started moving closer to the door until he finally would go to sleep without me in the room.

Shutterbug28 · February 2010

I do. We both enjoy it. We usually sing 3-4 songs together and sometimes he's asleep before we finish the songs, and other nights he's awake when I lay him in his crib. It's kind of our winding down time before bed. And he also sleeps 11 hours a night so I'm not worried about it.

exhausted_bride · February 2010

DH gives him a sippy cup with some milk and rocks him. David doesn't go to sleep when DH rocks him but it winds him down. It's their routine!

MrsGeek · February 2010

I don't have that luxury since I have another baby to care for so we trained her to fall asleep on her own. However, we have a special bedtime routine. I put on her lullaby music and her twilight ladybug (it makes stars on the ceiling and walls), and hold her in my arms for 5 minutes. I sway back and forth. I put her in her crib while she is still awake.

caeliesmom · February 2010

No, only b/c dd will never fall asleep that way. I still nurse her right before bed though so we get plenty of cuddle time that way. Once I stop nursing, I'll probably rock her for a little bit before putting her down.

foreignroyalty · February 2010

We have a nighttime routine but ds has fallen asleep on his own since the 6 week point.

cbwm · February 2010

Nope.

We have a bedtime routine - bath, jammies, DH reads books while DS takes his bedtime bottle and I rock him. After that, we put him in his crib and he goes to sleep

newlywed26 · February 2010

I never do. The only time I do is if I've missed him from working long hours and feel like I didn't get a chance to spend time with him. He doesn't require the rocking, so I just put him down, give him a kiss, tuck him in and shut the door. He's the one who reaches for his crib. I say if it makes you both happy, what's the big deal? Keep rocking your baby. I think it's very precious. My ds wouldn't sit still to finish one of those books.

abergale · February 2010

I have never rocked her to sleep unless she fall asleeps to quickly or has been very ill. As a baby she would curl up in my arms and I would rock her and put her down when she started with the heavy eyes. Now we do milk before bath, bath, brush teeth, books, I cuddle and rock her while I sing our bedtime song, then I lay her down she give me a kiss and tell me she loves me too, I tuck her in and I leave the room. She will sometimes get out of bed and play or talk herself to sleep after I leave but her room is very toddler proof lol! She rarely wakes at night but will do a little rocking and put her down with heavy eyes if she is crying more than a min or two and doesn't go back to sleep.

I do love our time together and we love to rock.

stephm0188 · February 2010

No way Jose. I drop him in his bed like a hot potato and book it outta there.

Fordlor · February 2010

stephm0188:
No way Jose. I drop him in his bed like a hot potato and book it outta there.

When I answered earlier, this is what I meant.

Ljd425 · February 2010

Haha I'm with Steph!

LLB430 · February 2010

Every night, then I place her in her crib with the same care that I would handle setting a bomb down and hope that she stays asleep. Sometimes the whole thing takes 20 mins other tmes an hour. I don't plan to change a thing!

macchiatto · February 2010

That's really sweet.

We didn't get in the habit since we needed a bedtime routine that either of us could do on our own with both babies. We rock just long enough for 1-2 lullabies (sometimes longer if they're really cuddly) and then put them down drowsy but awake.

Jen&Len · February 2010

I do. It's my favorite time of day. After his bath and sippy, we sit and watch his crack machine projector (we tried books, but it excites him rather than winds him down) until he falls asleep. I used to do until he was drowsy and put him in the crib awake, but since being pregnant, I always doze off too! He STTN and if he does wake, he can get himself back to sleep unless he's not feeling well.

skoorbnibor · February 2010

sometimes for naps, we will cuddle together under a blanket and rock and sleep there... but at night, he is ready to go in his crib and that is it! he doesnt want any rocking at all

KathrynMD · February 2010

no, DD is a squirmy mess and ready for her crib! We rock while she has her bottle before bed, but I normally put her her down a minute or two after she finishes her bottle.

Luckiest13 · February 2010

yep, still do. And still give her a bottle before bed too.

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