Hi. My 9wk old DS has been fed or rocked to sleep so far and then put down when fast asleep. This worked well for a while but no longer. He's not falling asleep when feeding any more and currently howling in DH's arms for 30 mins and counting as he tries to rock him to sleep. Dummy works to calm and encourage sleep sometimes but not foolproof.
So, a plan to get him to settle in his basket is needed. Several books and our health visitor talk about comforting them while they are in the basket or cot by patting them or placing a hand on them. Has anyone found this works, or at least helps? If so any tips on particular techniques?
FAOD we are definitely not doing CIO or CC. It's just that if he is going to howl when going to sleep I figure he may as well do so in his bed as in our arms, so long as we are there for comfort?
Thoughts would be v welcome. We sleep trained DD (now 3.9) using gradual withdrawal but not until 7.5m as she was ok(ish) being rocked and out down until then, so this is new territory...
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mrsmalcolmreynolds · 07/08/2013 20:41
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