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If you put LO down "drowsy but awake"...advice please!
Before LO was born, I was all about putting LO down "drowsy but awake" to help him learn how to go to sleep on his own. Now that he is 8 weeks, I still cannot figure out how to make this work. When LO shows signs of being tired (yawning, not making eye contact) we swaddle him, and rock or bounce LO until he is very drowsy (his eyes are pretty much closed) then we put him down in his crib. I have tried just walking away, sitting nearby and talking to him softly, and laying my hand gently on his stomach, but his eyes almost always pop right back open. If you put your LO down "drowsy but awake" what is your technique and does it work? Ideas please!
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Re: If you put LO down "drowsy but awake"...advice please!
We give a pacifier and he will spit it out a few times but we put it back in every few minutes.
This usually works like a charm.
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I do this, and DS will shoot his eyes wide open when he lays down, but he doesn't ever cry. I just leave him there in the dark (no nightlights) and watch him on our video monitor. He stares blindly in the dark for about 5 minutes alert, then slowly but surely his blinks get longer and he eventually goes out for the night.
If LO isn't upset, leave. However if LO gets mad, obviously this won't work
I use a paci and the seahorse. Usually have to put his paci back in a few times and replay the seahorse but he is good about going to sleep.
I just wish he wouldnt wake up every 2 hours lol!
We started putting LO in his crib after one week using this method. I think it is pure luck and a good baby combined that made it work in the beginning and now he's used to it.
I would rock/jiggle him using Happiest Baby on the Block's 5 S's and lay him in the crib before he'd pass out. He would whine for a minute and move around to get comfy before falling asleep. I might pick him up if he's not settling down and gets upset, but I kept repeating the process until he finally fell asleep.
ETA: LO needs white noise to sleep at night. I have a loud fan and white noise machine next to his crib. I used both for the first month and now just use the fan. His room is dark and consistent with the fan being on. We also have black out curtains in there to keep him asleep in the early hours.
As pp have said, if he's not fussing I'll leave him alone. Same thing in the mornings I'll hear him wake up, but I won't get up till he starts fussing. I've actually gotten over an hour of extra sleep since he goes back to sleep.
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this (My DD couldn't care less about the seahorse too).
I've tried shushing and stroking her back, etc., but she just ends up screaming.... which of course, there's no soothing that except for picking her up.
My LO is pretty calm, and doesn't usually cry when his eyes pop open. He might fuss a bit, but doesn't full on cry. I have left the room with him drowsy and then seen his eyes pop open and him start to wiggle around on the monitor...and I'll leave him until his squeaks get punctuated by an occasional cry...I wonder if I should wait until he full on cries and then go right in and help him get back to sleep? It just seems like as soon as he starts to wiggle around (he does "leg lifts" while in the swaddle) he's not going to get to sleep on his own. *sigh*