I'm curious to know how many of you ladies have a LO who will go to sleep by themselves so long as he or she is drowsy or already sleepy. Mine absolutely will not. On a couple of occasions I have put LO in his crib when I know he is sleepy and I have stuff to do. He will lie there, talk to himself, stare at the mobile...etc until he's tired of doing so and then he will cry. I will pick him up and within 5 or 6 minutes he is asleep and I put him down and he's good.
DH did the same thing one night when he found himself getting drowsy with LO in his arms one night. So he put LO in his crib with the mobile and laid back down. LO stared at and talked to the mobile the entire time and when the mobile went off, he talked another 10 minutes or so. At that time, I got up, gave him a bottle and within 3 minutes he was sleeping in my arms. I put him down and he was good.
All he wanted was to be put to sleep. I'm wondering if I will ever be able to put him down while drowsy. And will he grow out of it at some point...
Re: Do you put LO down when he's drowsy or good and sleep
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This. At night, I am so sleepy I can't wait for V to be totally asleep again after nursing, so I'll make sure he burps, then swaddle him and lay him down. He'll usually knock right out cuz it's night time and dark. During the day, sometimes he'll fall asleep after nursing, other times he'll be drowsy and I'll set him in his bouncy seat. Sometimes he'll get cranky again, and sometimes he'll fall asleep on his own.
Totally asleep for naps (although I'm trying to put him down earlier and earlier in an effort to be able to put him down drowsy soon). At night and after his MOTN feeding I can put him down drowsy and he'll fall asleep within a minute. He seems to be very affected by the light.
if he's awake and i need to put him down, i put him in the swing
if he is fussy and yawning but wont sleep on his own, i swaddle him, put on the sleep sheep, rock him a bit and put him in his bassinette, or the swing
Thanks Ladies. I forgot to say he is 13 weeks old. I was just curious because he will not fall asleep no matter how sleepy he is unless he's in our arm. I was curious as to how long it may last.