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Sleep 'crutches' - do you think they're bad??

kgail11kgail11 member
in April 2011 Moms

I say 'crutches', in that you use them to get them to sleep because it's 99% of the time a no-fail-method. But they ain't falling to sleep on their own, in their crib! With DS I took A LOT of short little car rides on bumpy roads.. gas was cheaper back then! And it was easy when it was just him to deal with. And I had no idea about babywearing.

Now I have 3 different ways to babywear (2 slings/and my Ergo) and MY LORD is DD a sucker for it. She passes out cold every time. So, 2 of her naps per day are in the Ergo/sling (which is fine, bc we're on the go a ton w/my son).. and 1 is in our bed, I side-lie nurse her. 

So, no naps are really on her own, in her crib. But, she IS only 2 months old, so I really don't think I should be too worried just yet. 

What do you think?

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Re: Sleep 'crutches' - do you think they're bad??

  • biblionerdbiblionerd member
    At this point I personally say "screw it". DS is a crappy napper. I get him to nap however I can. He hated his swing at first and would only nap flat in his pnp. Now he loves his swing. After 2 yawns or his eyes getting heavy I put him in the swing, tuck a blanket around him (his legs moving and hitting the tray was waking him up), stick the paci in and off he goes. I'll even fight him to take his paci a lot of times. Sometimes he just doesn't want it and I'm convinced he knows that he'll fall asleep if he starts sucking. Sure enough... once he stops fighting the paci and sucks a few times he's out cold. :) I need those couple hours. Once I started using crutches to get him to nap though he's become a MUCH happier baby. I say a happier well rested baby is more important to me at this time.
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  • RunningGal900RunningGal900 member
    My Dr told me around 4 months to try (try being the operative word here) to give up those crutches. But he also says that when they are young it's all about survival. DS naps in his swing every day. But he's a great night sleep so I know he is capable. I try once every few days to put him in his crib - and he wakes up 20 minutes later so I put him in his swing. I need some down time - even if it is only 60 minutes. I am reading all the sleep development books and will form a more educated opinion once I finish them, but for now this is what I'm going with.
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  • ITGurl0626ITGurl0626 member
    I don't think they're bad.....you do what you have to do to get these babies to sleep.
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  • APrice4UTAPrice4UT member

    Yes, yes, and yes!  They are the devil!

    I really screwed up with DS (letting him sleep on me for naps, nursing him to sleep, etc.) and then tried to sleep train at 6 months-ish.  I am adamant about having DD nap in her crib and go down sleepy but awake.  Sleep training is hell, especially when you have to break bad habits.  :(

    I should add that I have an easier kid this time around too - she loves to sleep.

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  • sbmp10sbmp10
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    Yes, yes, and yes!  They are the devil!

    I really screwed up with DS (letting him sleep on me for naps, nursing him to sleep, etc.) and then tried to sleep train at 6 months-ish.  I am adamant about having DD nap in her crib and go down sleepy but awake.  Sleep training is hell, especially when you have to break bad habits.  :(

    I should add that I have an easier kid this time around too - she loves to sleep.

    I agree!! Sleep training is hard enough without having to break bad habits!  I am religious about two naps every day being in his room in the crib.  It takes time to get them used to it but it pays off in the end!!!

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  • buckeyebaby2011buckeyebaby2011 member
    I've sometimes managed to get her to nap in her crib but can never put her down sleepy but awake.  She always fusses and then cries if I try. After 2 or 3 times,I just rock her to sleep and we are good.   I don't want to leave her in her crib crying so I generally have to go in and pat/rock her or pick her up for her to settle back down.  I spend all day just trying to get her to go to sleep and stay asleep.  Not quite sure how to break that habit.  She's 9 1/2 weeks old so hopefully I still have some time before the habits become ingrained
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  • letolarletolar member
    My LO has MCAD, which basically means he will not be STTN until at least a year (MCAD babies cannot safely go longer than 3-4 hours between meals until around a year when you can give them things to help with this, per our specialist), so at this point, this means that I cannot get longer than a 3 hour stretch until then (he's 2 months), so for the next 10 months, however I get sleep is fine with me, and I shall not judge anyone else.
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