Rocking and falling asleep

silvie25mar · May 2013

I have posted this before. But do you think that at almost 14 mos dd should be falling asleep on her own? Without being rocked. I know she can do it but doesn't always do it and if I don't rock her she will just sit there and play. Or scream. She goes to daycare pt at 18 months and I want her to be able to by then

silvie25mar · May 2013

I know but I could find my op from last week which is why I said I know I posted it already.

She stays army MIL and I can only go by what she tells me. She says she won't fall asleep consistently on her own now even though for about a week she did. Now she does have the playpen in the living room so I don't know how much of an impact that has. But MiL does k ow its time to work on getting her to godown on her own.

I'm willing to bet she will just scream and fuss until she is picked up but for how long or how much mIL can handle I don't know. I guess my concern is that she won't fall asleep? I don't know. But I'm pretty sure he next few months will be a transition from two to one naps. Although she is still doing a solid hour hour and a half in the am and pm.

sharinfaith · May 2013

i never rocked DD to sleep, but i did nurse her to sleep until she was 16mo. the day came to wean, and i knew she would be in for a shock, and she was. it took about a week of comforting her and refusing to nurse for her to understand. i had tried to break the habit before but kept giving in, so i knew it would be harder.

if i were you, i would start a little different routine, and slowly cut out the rocking. ie, milk, 2 books (while rocking, but not letting her fall asleep), then sleep time in her bed. then slowly stop rocking. see if it works, then if not, start a different routine.

orangecurls · May 2013

I think it is ok to rock your LO to sleep. If you don't want to any more, you can just slowly reduce the amount of time you rock her each night.

oliversmommy32912 · May 2013

I think the biggest problem is the pack n play in the living room. I would have a hard time falling asleep in the middle of a living room too. I suggest a dark room away from activity if possible. I like PP's suggestion of white noise and a sleep sack. That's what we use and when DS is tired and it signals to him that sleep time is about to come. Sometimes he cries for a few minutes but settles down once he realizes it's time to sleep.

meglette417 · May 2013

I rock LO to sleep and he is out in about 5 minutes, put him in the crib, if he wakes up and cries I leave him and he does fall asleep and stays asleep at night. I don't see a problem with it, that is how he is doesn't want to miss a thing so I think if I am there it makes him feel better.

fanofanne · May 2013

i have b/g twins and hubby and i both rock to sleep and they're 13 months. i rock my girl and he rocks my boy. we actually just finished sleep training our boy and yes, it was torture listening to him cry and scream for us, but he did learn to soothe himself and now about a week later, he sleeps on his own, and it's great. my girl, though, is a different story. hubby has a soft spot for her so sleep training her has taken a little longer as he can't stand hear her cio.

silvie25mar · May 2013

I think for me it's more about when she starts daycare at 18 mos. I want her to be able to fall asleep on her own.
At night I don't really rock her, just feed her milk a f hold her and she falls asleep. It's the naps during the day that I'm more concerned about

namara5532 · May 2013

I too suggest you and MIL move the pack and play to a quieter spot. DS is a heavy sleeper, but he still has trouble falling asleep if there's a lot going on around him. If MIL is the one watching DD most of the time, you need to make sure she knows you want DD to go to sleep without rocking.

It's not unusual for my DS to fuss for half an hour sometimes before going down. He knows though that I won't rescue him in a hurry, so he doesn't get rocked if he's fussing. It's tough love, but I think it's healthy at this age for him to go to sleep on his own. Makes it easier for him to go back to sleep without help if he wakes in the middle of the night.

blu-eyedwife · May 2013

Mine's 19 months. At daycare he falls asleep completely on his own. At night, he'll wake up and put himself back to sleep. I know he has the capability.

That being said, he likes being rocked and he goes to sleep SO quickly when we rock him for naps that both DH and I take advantage of the cuddle-time.

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