When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

TIA!!

ETA: She sleeps at night, but what process did/do you use. i.e., rocking, just putting in crib, etc.

Message edited 4/6/2007 10:44:24 AM.

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to sleep at night???

keep her up all day long

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

try to get in a routine and make it bright all day and very dim lighting at night. it seemed to work for us. After her last bottle i sit with her for a few minutes on my lap (with the lights on VERY low) and then put her in the crib while she is still awake.

the dr said he recommended not putting her down already asleep b/c they become dependant on u holding them until they fall asleep and u will have to keep doing it.

all this starting working at around 2 months. GOOD LUCK!!!

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

I think I either still had to nurse her or rock her at that age, she was colicky.
By 3 months I think she was falling asleep on her own.

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

I only ask because she seems like she needs to be rocked until she falls asleep. I dont want her to get in the habit of it but she likes to be held and when i put her down to sleep she will fuss and cry.

CIO is to soon for her now. Plus, I cant stand the sound of her crying i feel horrible.

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Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

This may sound weird but I stroke the bridge of his nose up and down. Hey it worked, and still does. I still do it to him at 10 months and plan on doing it for as long as it works...

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Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

At 2 months we used to swaddle DD and then we would bounce on one of those exercise balls until she fell asleep. It was a long time before we could put her down awake.

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

Posted by Kate

Posted by missrock

I only ask because she seems like she needs to be rocked until she falls asleep. I dont want her to get in the habit of it but she likes to be held and when i put her down to sleep she will fuss and cry.

CIO is to soon for her now. Plus, I cant stand the sound of her crying i feel horrible.

We used to rock DS, and I used to worry about him getting into a bad habit of needing us to rock him. Well he is 9 months now and never lets me rock him and I miss it!

So I say rock her for now and don't worry, she will grow out of it.

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

He didn't sleep through the night at 2 months old.
ETA: We did use a CD player and would play household sounds that would get him to sleep faster and longer.

Message edited 4/6/2007 1:43:37 PM.

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

I would rub her belly or stroke her hair. Other times I kind of "rock" her while she's lying in the crib...put my hand on her belly and "shake" her lightly. It worked.

The only time I ever really rock her to sleep outside of the crib is when she's sick.

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

We just kept him up until we went to bed, at around 3 months we started with the Bath, Bottle, Bed routine. Still works like a charm a year later!!!

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

DD was not sleeping in the bassinet. When we finished her room around 1 1/2 mths we put her in the crib and the nights got so much better.

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

90% of the time she would fall asleep while I nursed her or while DH gave her a bottle. The other times she could be rocked to sleep.

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

Posted by bedda26

This may sound weird but I stroke the bridge of his nose up and down. Hey it worked, and still does. I still do it to him at 10 months and plan on doing it for as long as it works...

Re: When your DC was 2 months how did you get him/her to go to sleep at night???

DD had to be rocked to sleep at that age also....I worried like you do that it was becoming a habit ---but gradually, as she got older she just stopped needing the rocking and went to sleep on her own. She is 10 mths now and never needs to sleep. I wouldnt worry about it becoming a problem in the future. A lot of young babies need that to go to sleep the first few mths,

good luck!!