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Advice: Rocking baby to sleep

mari3607mari3607 member
in March 2014 Moms
For those of you mamas who rock baby to sleep when do you plan on stopping that and training baby to fall asleep on their own? Im going to begin to transition her into her crib this weekend and was thinking of attempting to stop the rocking but not sure if it would be too much. First time mom and really now what I'm doing and the appropriate time to stop/ begin new things.
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Re: Advice: Rocking baby to sleep

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  • benevolentforcebenevolentforce member
    edited May 2014
    My LO is 6 weeks, and we began working on the self soothing in earnest last week. So far she plays along, and just goes to sleep about 70% of the time. If I let her get overtired or overstimulated she can't do it, and I rock/cuddle/sing her to sleep instead. I'm trying to do a better job of making sure she doesn't get like that in the first place, but sometimes it's unavoidable unless I wanted to commit to both of us being hermits.

    ETA: I never let her CIO, or even fuss much. If I can put her down without the production, I do. If I can't, we snuggle until she feels safe/relaxed enough to sleep.
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  • Stephrm1231Stephrm1231 member
    I was wondering this too. Tonight has been rough and even my rocking won't do it I had to put him in the swing.
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  • Brich3321Brich3321 member
    I too love my snuggles when rocking. I just stare at him in aaawww! I have has nights where he isn't quite sleeping and I put him down and he does just fine. I'm thinking when I go back to work in June I will do this more so he gets use to no rocking. Or like others said I'll keep doing it until he doesn't let me anymore. ;)
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  • KariB509KariB509 member
    I'm wondering the same thing. Rocking DD for over an hour is the only way she'll fall asleep for more than a few minutes. I enjoy rocking her for now but from experience I know that it gets old after several months. I was still having to rock DS to sleep at 9 months because he wouldn't go to sleep any other way. By that point a terrible habit was developed.
    I'm thinking this time I'll try to break her of the rocking around 6 months. The Ferber method worked for breaking DS and sleep training him so I'm going to try that again. I think it's recommended not to start "ferberizing" until at least 3 months. And yes, the Ferber method involves crying it out, which is controversial, I know.
    As for transitioning to the crib and breaking your LO of being rocked, I personally feel that one transition at a time is enough. I'd let her get used to the crib and then try to break the rocking.
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  • AndreabillsAndreabills member
    I'm in the rock and don't stop camp. I enjoy the snuggles and I don't want to give it up. They're little for such a short time, and I don't want to shortchange myself or her.
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  • wildhoney4508wildhoney4508 member
    Futuremrstonyasmith said:

    Never !!!! Haha that's our little snuggle time . My sister never rocked my nephew and he HATES being rocked and cuddled now that he's a little older ( 23 months ) and she hates he won't do it . It may be a pain but i want her to know she can trust me and I think that's a great way to build trust and reassure her I'm there for her . But I'm a FTM but I've heard at 6 months you can let then CIO so maybe thats a good time to stop . Right now they are still so young that everything's still new for them.

    This. My pedi told us not to even think of sleep training till 6 mo and that basically people overuse it/misuse the idea until LO is old enough. We rocked DD1 till 6 mo and yes it was hard to break and we used Ferber method from the book Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Baby and it worked! That title really was and still is the case with DD1, who is now 2.5. Yes, I'll still cuddle her before she goes to sleep and sometimes in her glider too, especially if she's sick/feeling extra needy, etc. I have no shame-I love every moment of it and plan to do same with this kiddo!
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  • memo9memo9 member
    Please rock your baby as long as you want to.  They will be independent toddlers before you know it!
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  • DaisyJane11DaisyJane11 member
    I still rock my 2.5 year old after story time. I don't rock him to sleep but we still have rock and snuggle time.
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  • scrumpfyscrumpfy member
    I still rock my 18 mo old. Not to sleep, but for a few minutes before bed. A little snuggle time is nice.
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  • mari3607mari3607 member
    The responses made me realize that I really don't want to stop the rocking, I really do enjoy that :) figuring out this mom stuff is hard
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  • BethRN1987BethRN1987 member
    Yes we did two days of no rocking and trying to let her fuss- yep we are back to rocking. She's only little once and this Little girl has me and her dad's heart so we will do anything for her
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  • ProudMommy030614ProudMommy030614 member
    I will never stop! Our 11 year old has made H and I realize how fast they grow up.
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  • maganonymousmaganonymous member
    I'm with the others--I want to rock and snuggle as long as possible! I think at a certain point we will just have the rock/snuggle time be part of the bedtime routine, and I won't rock her all the way to sleep anymore. My SD and I used to snuggle and talk about her day at daycare when she was 4-5 before I would tuck her in, and on my DH's nights to put her to bed they would snuggle and watch an episode of Spongebob on DH's phone...but before that though I really don't remember. All I know is when she was really little we couldn't have afforded to buy a rocking chair even if we wanted one, so rocking wasn't a part of it! :)
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