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At what age did you start putting LO down "awake but drowsy"

Juno0901Juno0901
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At what age are you supposed to start doing this? I have a hard enough time getting LO to stay asleep putting her down asleep!
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Re: At what age did you start putting LO down "awake but drowsy"

  • newlywed26newlywed26
    With my ds, we started at around 6ish weeks, but it wasn't successful until he was 3 months.
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  • vettechick99vettechick99
    We always did it. It helped her learn to self-sooth, even at an early age.
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  • JillNicole79JillNicole79
    at first it was easy because if he wasnt asleep he was drowsy, all the time almost.  then from about 2wks - 6wks it got very hard and I kinda quit.  Since 6wks ive been more consistent, especially with naps.  Then once I've given him a 7p goal bedtime its much easier for bed too.  When he was going to be at 9p-10p I didn't have the patience to set him down drowsy and "risk it"
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  • Juno0901Juno0901

    imagevettechick99:
    We always did it. It helped her learn to self-sooth, even at an early age.

    Would she cry? If my LO is awake and not held she's not happy. The last few nights she has woken herself up crying and the second I pick her up she's back asleep - so I'd love her to be able to self-soothe a little bit. Her 4 hour sleep stretch was only 1 hour stretches for me because she would cry every hour. Any tips on what you do when you put her down drowsy?

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  • lil_rhodylil_rhody member
    7 weeks and we're still unable to do this. I still try sometimes, but it just seems to get him more worked up.
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  • CarolinaKatieCarolinaKatie member
    Is she really crying or just fussing because she's gassy? I noticed that with my LO. He wasn't full on crying, but making noises and fussing slightly. If his eyes are closed, I let him be.....maybe cover his feet if he's wiggled out of his swaddle or maybe pat his tummy or rub his head. He might do it every hour, but I've realized he'll fuss for a minute of two then make a toot. So it was just gas. My older son didn't do this, so it took me a while to realize what was going on!
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  • vettechick99vettechick99
    imageJuno0901:

    imagevettechick99:
    We always did it. It helped her learn to self-sooth, even at an early age.

    Would she cry? If my LO is awake and not held she's not happy. The last few nights she has woken herself up crying and the second I pick her up she's back asleep - so I'd love her to be able to self-soothe a little bit. Her 4 hour sleep stretch was only 1 hour stretches for me because she would cry every hour. Any tips on what you do when you put her down drowsy?

    I learned after about 5w with her that she needed to cry to fall asleep. I discovered it accidentally. I knew she was tired and so I went to pump and she started crying in her crib (we layed her down 99% asleep). Since I was busy (and frustrated since it was 10pm) I just left her and said that if she was still crying in 5 minutes I'd go get her. She didn't make it that long. That was her way of coping. Letting it all out and then she zonked out. I read in The Baby Whisperer that some babies just need to do that. And she was one!

    She's always been an excellent sleeper. If I had picked her up at every cry, I would have ruined her. Which is another thing. I let her cry for 5 minutes before going in. Most of the time she was just half-awake and whimpering and she'd fall back asleep. I did this uless I knew it was time for her to eat, then there was no reason to wait on getting her.

    You just have to figure out your baby - which isn't easy!

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  • monkeyqueenmonkeyqueen
    As soon as we brought our babies home.    It was easy with them, though  - they were pretty content/easy babies.
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  • wildfloweragainwildfloweragain member
    10 wks.  School ended and I was ready to give it a try.  Success!
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  • thomas&lynnthomas&lynn member

    For DD (25mos) I just wasn't able to do that until I did Ferber at 7.5mos. From that moment on we put her down relaxed (not even drowsy) and she goes to sleep all on her own.

    I have a feeling DS (7wks) will be easier. I don't put him down drowsy yet but I make an effort to arrange him a bit, kiss him, say 'i love you', and otherwise not place him ever-so-stealthily down into his bed like I so did with my DD :) In my mind, even though his eyes dont' open, this is waking him up a little, enough to allow him to put himself completely back to sleep :)

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  • avada_kedavraavada_kedavra
    last night! kinda worked :/
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  • themrs830themrs830 member

    We've been doing it since about 3 weeks. I do basically what I have always done to put her to sleep and when she's almost there, I put her in her bed. Sometimes her eyes will pop back open and she'll smile and start kicking around. Then I pick her back up and try again.

    I know shes "asleep enough" if I can pick up her arm and drop it and it goes limp. That's when I'll put her down, she'll move til she's comfy, then she'll fall asleep.

    I also remove her pacifier when I know she's really asleep- so far that's worked also (she's not very attached to it) and it prevents her losing it in the middle of the night and waking up.

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  • naylon511naylon511 member

    imagevettechick99:
    We always did it. It helped her learn to self-sooth, even at an early age.

    This -  but generally she was more asleep than drowsy at the younger age.  Consistently since about 4 weeks though she goes down at night, and then back down after eating at night, awake.  She'll often lie there with open eyes for a while before going to sleep. 

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