Nightime

Jodash24 · August 2014

What are we doing when putting baby down to sleep for the night?

Kyllarae · August 2014

She usually falls asleep nursing in bed. I've tried the drowsy but awake thing and no luck.

Rogue237 · August 2014

poru said:

Depends on the night. Sometimes drowsy but awake (but so close she falls asleep in under 3 minutes). If she is fussy like she has been since I started work, I rock and hug till she is out cold.

This exactly.

RedDawnsRevenge · August 2014

Nurse to sleep

Twirple · August 2014

Almost always drowsy but awake, though last night she must have been extra drowsy because she fell asleep nursing.

Ashleypixie · August 2014

If she's tired she'll just fall asleep doing whatever she was already doing. If she's too tired and starting to get fussy, I'll lay on the floor with her and do silly things to make her laugh and she'll just pass out with a goofy smile on her face. I try to get a little food in her belly beforehand and rock with her. It always puts her to sleep.

Jodash24 · August 2014

I'm bath bottle bed every night, he's out cold and then you can bet he will wake as soon as he gets put down! He's gets cuddled in until he falls asleep and he's still fussy going down

nursewinnie · August 2014

mom2boxers said:
Wake up from evening nap/bath/pjs/bottle. Sometimes he'll pass out during the bottle but wakes up just a bit when I lay him down and zip up his blanket and then he's out cold. No extra rocking or cuddling needed.

Pretty much this exactly. Started as a fluke one night and we just went with it. So now she knows when she's put down in her crib and the fan is on, we swaddle arms out and within 5 minutes, she's out.

imogenisis · August 2014

She'll fall asleep on her own in her bassinet, but she'll stir and wake herself up every 10 minutes so we end up bed sharing so we can all sleep better. Hope she grows out of this phase soon!

michaelad3 · August 2014

I voted awake, but really it's a little of both. I bounce with her on the yoga ball until she's mostly asleep, and then I transfer her to the rnp

zoopsiedaisy · August 2014

I said awake but she's usually drowsy. I stopped pitting her down asleep because she would just wake up and get flustered. It works much better if she's almost asleep.

RedBird11 · August 2014

I nurse to sleep.

Rrrrrachel · August 2014

I'm trying so hard to do out down awake but it mostly doesn't work. Having a three year old who keeps party crashing doesn't help.

UnofficiallyLO · August 2014

Nurse to sleep in our bed, for now.

RocksInTheWater · August 2014

DS does not like to rock or be cuddled to sleep. Since I am still swaddling, he is awake when I swaddle him and put him in his pnp. I give him the pacifier and hope he falls asleep. He used to fall asleep like this without a fuss. Over the past few weeks it can take 15-30 minutes before he falls asleep. I stand outside the door and will go in to put the pacifier in and soothe him if he fusses.

lokimau · August 2014

We nurse to sleep. And we bed share so no waking her up once she sleeps (and she sleeps 7-8 hours )

Bluebird2318 · August 2014

Depends on the night. Sometimes he's already asleep when we go to bed and I transfer him. Other times I put him down awake and he falls asleep calmly on his own. And then sometimes I put him down awake and he isn't tolerating it so I put him in bed with me until he falls asleep and I transfer him at that point.

bacorrea · August 2014

+1 nurse to sleep

hordol · August 2014

I picked other because sometimes he will fall asleep while nursing. Other times he won't so I lay him down awake. Sometimes he will fall asleep on his own, sometimes I need to rock the rnp to get him to drift off.

baileymama3 · August 2014

Depends on the night. Usually a nursing session and put in crib while drowsy. Sometimes it requires a lot of holding, rocking and singing--- but still put down awake typically.

AcaAwkward · August 2014

Depends -- either nursed to sleep or swaddled tightly and rocked in the RNP with the paci until he falls asleep. We've managed "drowsy but awake" only a handful of times.

And, yes, we still do swaddle and RNP. He will go to college swaddled in the RNP.

zazu13 · August 2014

I picked other. We have twins and one is pretty good about being put down awake, but the other will have nothing to do with it (and wakes her sister) so I rock her.

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