Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

yeah, i've just been spoiling her now. we took a great nap together. i swear she sleeps soooooooooo well in my arms. we have such a great cuddle it melts my heart!

my main issue is that she wakes up very quickly after i put her down but i hope she will outgrow that soon. it would be nice to get some work done around the house while she sleeps...

Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

I also think that 8 weeks is kind of young....but if I ever have another baby..I think I will give it a try......because I have created a baby that at almost a year does not know how to put himself to sleep..I have to put him in the stroller and walk around my house then put him into his crib.

Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

I'm pretty sure at that age I was still rocking her to sleep. If she did fall asleep while eating, she transferred well and would stay asleep.

Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

You cant spoil a newborn... they need touch and security! Every child is different and I think some need more help with sleep than others. I still rock my baby at one year old... we both enjoy it... dont feel guilty at all... Do what feels natural!
ETA: Yes they do outgrow waking up when you put them down... I think it was around 4-5 months for my ds! Until then we enjoyed naps in my arms mostly!

Message edited 3/7/2009 8:45:59 AM.

Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

I was still rocking my son to sleep at that age. I wouldn't try cry it out for a while. I think your pediatrician is a bit aggressive with that schedule.

Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

for the first 6 months ds napped on me....i was thankful he would nap.... now i put him down on the couch next to me and he is able to fall asleep, not that i can do anything while he is napping as i have to supervise, dc is 7 months and we rock him to bed at night....some nights he sleeps through some nights we bring him into bed with us, when he becomes cranky.....it works for us, i don't think that its possible to have a "perfect" sleeper, i know that some books say we are doing everything wrong, but if it works for us, they i don't feell so bad about it.

we trid cio at about 5.5 months, it totally was not our thing....not worth it for us at all

Message edited 3/7/2009 9:50:15 AM.

Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

I don't believe in CIO. I rocked DD to sleep until she was about 6 months. Then she started to go to sleep on her own.

Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

My DD is 3 months now. I swaddle her, rock in the glider until shes almost sleeping, and then put her down. Shes getting better at falling asleep on her own now. Do you swaddle?

Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

I agree with everyone 8 weeks is too early. When DS was 8 weeks I let him fall asleep on me. At about 4 months I would put him in for naps and let him soothe himself but if he cried I would take him out of the crib. At that age we were still wrapping him in the Miracle Blanket at night so I had to let him fall asleep before I put him in it or it was a nightmare getting him in it. I started real CIO at 6 months and it has worked wonderfully but I definately think 8 weeks is too young.

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Re: moms to 2/3 month olds or BTDT moms, does your child fall asleep on their own or do you rock them to sleep?

I do not agree about letting her cry but that's just me, she's too young. I don't let DS cry and he's 4 months. He used to sleep on my chest a lot but now I put him down to sleep. I put him down when he is sleepy and I usually soothe him to sleep in my arms by rocking him and using a pacifier. I agree with your ped that they should learn to fall asleep on their own but not with the crying. I would first try putting her down when she is sleepy and work on it from there.