Hi, I'm new to this group. I'm a first time mother as well and my daughter is 6 mo lately she has been having trouble sleeping in her crib. She slept in a bassinet for the first few months. She doesn't fall asleep on her own in it and she will cry and cry if i try and leave her alone. I'm not sure what to do and how to go about her falling asleep on her own..any suggestions??

I had the same problem with my daugther at around that age i would have to rock her to sleep but she got where she would fight me to go to sleep bc she was so tired she didnt know what to do with herself. So I started giving her a bottle and rock her/ give her lovens then lay her down in her crib if she still crying after 5 mins i go in and check on her give her paci and kisses let her know that i was still there and make her feel sercure. Then leave the room if was still crying i woul wait 6 mins and go bcak in and do the same thing and add a min everytime. But do not let her more than 30mins at a time it might up to a week for her to get used to this but it worked like a charm for me. She started napping on her within a week or less. Let me know how this works for you.

Sorry i didnt say that you should lay her down when she was still awake just rock her and gives so she knows its nap time and always told my daughter it was nap time so she knows.