How long does it take you to put LO down?

sdemilio1231 · April 2013

After each nighttime feeding I usually have to go in at least three times to replace a binky, sing him a song, or rock him to sleep. Any good tricks to getting him to sleep right away?

CBomback · April 2013

Did you swaddle him? That puts our DD down right away. Also, DH discovered that if he puts two fingers in front of her eyes and moves them from her eyebrows down towards her nose she will track them until her lids are closed - a few times of this and s

sdemilio1231 · April 2013

Yea we swaddle him and he gets really frustrated and fights it. That's what is so hard about getting him down. He'll be asleep in my arms, ill swaddle him, and he will freak out! If I don't do it though he hits himself in the face with his hands while h

MSW_721 · April 2013

I feel it takes a long time. Our overnight wakings are averaging at least an hour, sometimes 2 hours until DD is finally asleep. I change her, feed her and then just sit there holding her until she finally falls asleep. Then I hold her a little longer unt

7apodacn · April 2013

Silly questions, but have you tried swaddling him before he falls asleep in your arms? My LO likes to have her hands out as well and she'll get them out so they are by her face (she loves to have her hands by her face-she came out with her hands by her fa

cottingham3 · April 2013

Here is what we do...

I swaddle ds with arms up. So, his arms are bent upward at the elbo. This has worked better for my kids because when they are older and their arms come out they don't freak out beacuse their arms are not doen or across t

jdveatch · April 2013

Dawson does well when we initially put him down (10:30 or so when we go to bed). However, he recently won't go BACK to sleep after the next feeding. Last night he slept for 40 minutes between 1:30 and 6:30. Ugh! I need a Nocturnal

ShadyKull · April 2013

Yeah, much of the time it takes about an hour to get him to settle back in to sleep after a feeding. And we swaddle him too, but even so it usually takes a few tries to get him to stay asleep after putting him down.

I hope this aspect gets better

NovOwl · April 2013

We do the same routine every night: warm bath, clean jammies, bottle sitting quietly in the dimly lit bedroom, good burp, and into the bassinet drowsy, but awake. She sometimes drifts off right away and sometimes she makes some noise for a few mi

almachs0786 · April 2013

I would try getting a bedtime routine down, this helped us so much. At her bed time. We change her diaper and get her swaddle blanket ready, rub her down with bed time lotion , and then feed her by nightlight in her room. After she eats, we hold her for 2

watermellens · April 2013

almachs0786:
I would try getting a bedtime routine down, this helped us so much. At her bed time. We change her diaper and get

almachs0786 · April 2013

I checked with Doc before doing this he had no problem with it. Yes, she probably wanted held. But, my LO is no less responsive or attached because I let her cry it out for a few nights so that she could start developing healthy sleep habits. She started

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