Do you still nurse & rock to sleep?
I know many of your LO's are perfectly content with being put down on their own, but DS still gets rocked to sleep for naps and nursed to sleep for bedtime. He's super alert all.the.time. and has a hard time shutting out the world, so he often needs help calming down. After reading the Babywise book that someone gave to me, I want to try to get him to fall asleep on his own for naps just because in one month he'll be going to a nanny. Mommy has the magic touch to rocking him to sleep and I don't want her to get frustrated with him.
Starting today, I thought I'd give it a try. He was giving me tired cues, so I gave him his paci and put him down. He is in his PnP behind me. His sleep sheep has now changed from beach to rain to the annoying whale noise. I don't know what that child is doing in there!
How many of you still rock & nurse? Please tell me I'm not alone in waiting this long to try something like this.
Re: Do you still nurse & rock to sleep?
Mine still gets a bottle before nap time and bedtime. Most times I can get him to lay down still partly awake and he does fine, but it doesn't always work. Normally the only reason it doesn't work is when he rolls over. He will only sleep on his side for some reason. So if he finds himself on his back he'll cry for me to come roll him back over to his comfy side.
The first time I put him down when he was still awake, I didn't think he would go to sleep, but he did! I would try weaning him from it! Nurse him until he's almost asleep and then put him down and let him fall asleep in his crib or PnP. Ease his way to going down awake.
my LO is also super-alert. she has a baby einstein aquarium/sound machine in her crib and if i turn on the light she gets batty! for naps, i don't rock but she is still napping in her little lamb swing (no swinging though). i've tried putting her in the pack n play but she just flails like mad. at night she gets her last bottle and then i rock her at little before putting her down in her crib.