possible soothing reminder

Boo0512 · October 2013

At the risk of sounding like captain obvious I wanted to share a "tip" for all my May mamas that are having a lot of trouble putting baby down at night.

I had tried this for naps and it never worked so I kind of forgot about it but it worked tonight!

My video monitor has a microphone button on it which I never used until dd was about 3 months old. However, she has had some trouble sleeping the last few days. I call it the anti-sleep trifecta from hell aka teething, vaccines, and the end of the 4 month sleep regression.

Anyway, I had tried putting her down a few times but she was still whining, grunting etc and was wide awake when I walked out of the room. A few minutes later I sang her favorite song over the microphone and bam, she was out!

I know that this won't work for everyone but I just thought I'd share! Sometimes when you are exhausted/frustrated you forget something that may seem obvious. Hopefully this helps even one May mama get some sleep or sanity back!

Boo0512 · October 2013

It just worked again! My DD woke up about 2.5 hours after I put her down. I changed her and nursed her and then she fell asleep. She is impossible to put down if she completely conks out so I knew this would be a problem.

As soon as she touched the crib she started bawling. I picked her up and settled her down and tried again. Fail.

I walked out of the room and grabbed the monitor, sang three times in a row and not a peep! If this continues to work I will be soooo thrilled! I won't bet money on it though

you can't trust a baby!

jayro10 · October 2013

The only time the speaker on our monitor has been used was when I was still half asleep on bed and DH decided to be a creep and scare me.

Thanks for the tip