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i am still trying to get my 5 month old daughter to take naps with out having to hold her during the days. i am able to get her to take her 1 rst nap in her swing in the mornings and every 1 after that she will only take her naps in my arms. so what do i do ???????????????? |
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| my daughter is 18 months and still mostly only naps in my arms. I used to stress out about it but then I just changed my routine. I put her bouncer or swing in my bathroom to take a shower. her playpen in my kitchen so I can play with her and do dishes or dinner. I clean while she played with something and when she napped in my arms I read a book or magazine or watched a movie and enjoyed it.Right now she is asleep and I am just on here for about 15 minutes and we are off to bed. Everyone tells me to let her scream it out but I rather her sleep without stress and upset and be happy sometimes she sleeps in daddy's arms or grandma's and sometimes even her older brother (almost 14yo) they like her all cute and asleep so hey I let them. If she is considered "spoiled" oh well she will be secure and know she is loved :) |
| posted by Kristhal on 03/17/2009 |
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| hey sarah. my nine month old son is the same way!! he will not sleep during the day unless he is being held. even if I am holding him and lay us both down at the same time in my bed, he will wake up screaming for some reason...at bedtime, I can put him down in his crib and he'll wake up 3 times throughout the night and need to be rocked back to bed again. I can't figure out why it's just naps that he needs to be held for. does your daughter sleep at night in her crib well? |
| posted by Melissa on 03/17/2009 |
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| Trick your baby. Swaddle her in a nice fluffy blanket like they do in the hospital. When she falls asleep then gentlely place her in the crib. |
| posted by Brandy on 03/20/2009 |
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| hey kristhal, it is amazing on what a similerity our daughters have in common. it is good to know that i am not the only 1 that has a child that is like that. i thought i was 1 of a few mothers that goes through that. hey melissa, yes my daughter sleeps through the night in her crib and will only sleep any where from 30 minutes - 60 minutes at a time during the day now if her music box is playing when she is in her crib. hey brandy, i have been trying tour idea with little luck |
| posted by SARAH on 03/26/2009 |
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| Our son was the same way. It has gotten naturally easier. We had to wean him from the swing, took a while. He is a year now. After the swing, I'd rock him and sing to him, then roll him into his crib carefully :-) After a while, we had to force ourselves to let him cry it out for about 15 minutes, first time 20 minutes. It was so hard. But, he got quiet and fell asleep. You can say, "Mommy's here." Not too often though. She'll hear you and take the bait :-) For reassurance and kindness. Now he starts to pull himself up to the crib railing as I exit his room, but I leave quickly (he has his stuffed toys and a book in there, although he is starting to tear the pages and chew them) and his mobile. I read Ten Minutes Till Bedtime by Peggy Rathman, it's amazing. |
| posted by Eileen on 03/28/2009 |
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Three words: Cry It Out
My daughter was over a year old before I could get her to nap without me holding her. It was due to the fact that several people were having to put her down for her nap at different locations due to my work schedule. When I became a stay at home mom the first thing I did was make sure she began taking scheduled naps in her own crib. It only took 1-2 days of her crying it out before she figured out how to get herself to sleep on her own and stayed asleep. Good luck! |
| posted by Shana on 03/29/2009 |
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Three words: Cry It Out
My daughter was over a year old before I could get her to nap without me holding her. It was due to the fact that several people were having to put her down for her nap at different locations due to my work schedule. When I became a stay at home mom the first thing I did was make sure she began taking scheduled naps in her own crib. It only took 1-2 days of her crying it out before she figured out how to get herself to sleep on her own and stayed asleep. Good luck! |
| posted by Shana on 03/29/2009 |
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Three words: Cry It Out
My daughter was over a year old before I could get her to nap without me holding her. It was due to the fact that several people were having to put her down for her nap at different locations due to my work schedule. When I became a stay at home mom the first thing I did was make sure she began taking scheduled naps in her own crib. It only took 1-2 days of her crying it out before she figured out how to get herself to sleep on her own and stayed asleep. Good luck! |
| posted by Shana on 03/29/2009 |
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I agree with Shana 100%. Now, crying it out doesn't mean she will cry for hours and freak out and you'll suffer listening to it.
My daughter was breastfed till 14months. She got used to falling asleep at the breast for naps and night time. It was torture. I didn't have time for anything cause I spent hours just laying down with her to nurse until she fell asleep. If she wasn't COMPLETELY asleep when I tried to move her to bed, she would have a fit and I would have to start allover again nursing to calm her down and fall asleep. It took anywhere from 30 mins to 2 hrs to get her completely asleep at night.
I was dreading weaning because I didn't know how I would get her to fall asleep away from the breast, on top of the normal upset from her not being allowed to nurse anymore.
Well, guess what? It took two days to get her used to going to bed on her own. What I did was that I completely changed her routine. Before I would just lay on the couch with her and let her fall asleep nursing. Now, I started giving her a sippy cup with milk instead and started a nice little routine. I asked her to help put her toys away, then I got a brand new Baby Einstein video and sat on the couch to watch it with her, and then we brushed teeth and I put her to bed. She was really mesmorized by watching a new video , which made it easy to get her in that mindset every night.
Of course the first night she cried her heart out for about 20 minutes during which I went in to reassure her twice, and the second night I was shocked to see that I only had to go in her room once. By the third night, I am dead serious, from the time I put her in her bed till the time I got back to the living room and turned the video monitor on, she was already laying down going to sleep. I wish I knew it would be that easy earlier on. I would have made her go to bed on her own a lot sooner.
I know your baby is younger and my routine will not work for you, but the point is, make up a routine that will work with your baby, get her excited about something like a video or a book, so that when that part approaches she will be happy to fall into the routine. The MOST IMPORTANT part is DO NOT GIVE IN AND GO PICK HER UP when she cries. Keep going back in to reassure her every 5 minutes the first night and then every 10 minutes after that. They are so smart. If you give in then she'll know that if she cries long enough you will come get her.
Even now, my daughter sometimes doesn't feel like going to bed so she'll cry, but after 2-3 minutes she gives up and falls asleep cause she knows I wont go get her.
Also, by teaching her to fall asleep on her own, she will stay asleep longer and/or go back to sleep during the night on her own because she learned how to comfort herself. If my daughter wakes up during the night, almost always she goes back to bed on her own. I don't go in her room unless she starts crying hysterically.
I appologize about the long message, but I am so passionate about this. I wish someone had told me how fast they get used to it. I always heard that you need to let them cry it out, but the way my daughter would start crying hysterically when I tried to put her to bed awake, I thought the crying it out would not work with her because she would pass out or something from all that severe crying. But all it took was nerves of steel the first two nights not to go in and rescue her.
Good luck and maybe you can come back here and let us all know if you were able to make any progress.
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