I don't know if there was already a thread like this, but how do you put your LO go down for naps and for the night?
For us it's a struggle every time. She will be fed, swaddled, white noise, clean diaper, etc, but then the actual act of getting her to sleep is an hour long process. We swing/rock her and she cries almost all that time, until finally she is worn out. We are second time parents, but this time it's more difficult and we feel that we are doing something wrong. If she's comfortable, she should't be screaming through the rocking. We've tried different types of rocking/not rocking at all and different positions and sometimes it works, but then she gets used to it and back to screaming she goes. She won't take a pacifier (although we feel that she would benefit from one), so that's out of the question.
Re: How do you put your baby to bed?
By the time I went back to work full time (12weeks) she was solid for someone else to put her down for naps. While I'm on maternity leave, DH has morning duty with our toddler and I have night duty with our infant and that works for us since I can sleep in and nap during the day.
I've been through the sleep trenches - you don't end up in the office of dr Ferber himself until you're about ready to step in front of a train and haven't slept in 2 years - and I've learned that infant sleep is hugely variable. Some babies just drift off on their own. Some would seemingly scream their heads off 21 hours a day punctuated by 5 minute cat naps no matter what you do. At the end of the day, you have to pick a method that gets you and your baby some sleep, and if she needs to fuss it out for a few minutes and nothing else works, I for one, will not judge.
In a few weeks I'll start laying her down awake but drowsy and help her self soothe. I'm going to cross all my fingers and toes she gets it quickly like DD1 did.
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