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so I have a question for you ladies about your LO's and sleeping.

a_chance2007a_chance2007
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

If you did not use the ferber or CIO method.. does your LO go down nice for you?

I have tried the Ferber method with DS before and he did not learn to fall asleep by him self, he fell asleep from pure exhaustion of screaming for a long period of time. I do not plan on trying ferber or CIO again. But I want when DS is able to understand "Its bedtime" and not give me a huge tantrume where I have to hold him and rock him to sleep when hes older.

Right now, Ill be holding him watching tv or something and sometimes ill notice he's fallen asleep.. and I didnt even think he was tired... Other times when I catch him with his eyes getting heavy Ill lay him down right before he closes his eyes. This seems to be what works best..

But like I said.. I dont want to have a big huge ordeal when I say its bedtime in the future..

 

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Re: so I have a question for you ladies about your LO's and sleeping.

  • violetvirgovioletvirgo

    i used the techniques in the book by "the sleep lady" (i can't remember exactly, but you can google that and it will bring it up).  it's a really mild, modified cio type of method.  there definitely no long periods of time for screaming or passing out due to exhaustion from crying, etc.

    dd goes down like a champ.  we do our night time routine, she grabs her lovey and i put her down, she rolls over for me to cover her up and says "nigh, nigh" and i usually don't ever hear a peep.

     

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  • christine52078christine52078
    We didn't use either method, DD just pretty much lets us know when she is tired by rubbing her eyes and laying with her taggie blanket anywhere when the time is right for her to go to bed. When she does that usually we will hold her for a couple of minutes and then just bring her to her crib, where she'll usually just roll around for 5-10 minutes and then she is out for the night. I guess this started around 8 or 9 months, when she didn't want to fall asleep on DH or me anymore. We knew she was tired so we just brought her to her crib and let her fall asleep by herself.
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  • lismoglismog
    We didn't use either of those; I rocked DD to sleep for quite some time, I can't remember the exact age.  But one night I decided to just rock her until she was just about to sleep and put her in the crib.  She went to sleep with no problem.  Did that for a couple days and then just started putting her in the crib when she seemed tired and she'd lay there; sometimes she'd fall right to sleep, sometimes she'd roll around and moan and groan for a while then fall asleep but never cried. 
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  • LLB430LLB430 member
    I still have to rock her to sleep and lay her down after she has been sleeping for a few minutes.
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  • maple2maple2
    At least for us, it's all about having a consistent bedtime routine.  First it's teeth brushing, then DD gets a little time to play in her room.  She often "complains" a bit when it's time to put on the diaper and pjs, but then she settles down for stories and a bit of rocking and singing.  Sometimes she falls asleep during the singing, but if not, she's perfectly fine going down in her crib.  I know it sounds simple, and it may not work well for everyone, but we've been doing this for many months, and it has really helped her go down at night.  We're still working on naptime (she has to be rocked to sleep then), but night is good.
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