At the moment, Bella still needs our help to put her to sleep. Wondering if there is any good method to teach her to sleep on her own. I've tried patting her when she was lying in her cot/pram/sofa/our bed, but failed.....
Would be grateful if you could share your experience with me, thx
No, she sleeps fine but needs us to carry her or push her in the pram before sleeping. I want her to learn sleeping on her own, which means she sleeps in her cot without our help.
saffy can sleep on her own alright, but we need to wait for her cue before we put her back into her crib.
we see her yawns 3 to 4 times before we tuck her in. if we tuck her in before 3 to 4 yawns she'd go nuts. she'd cry and cry and cry. it never ends.... she can go on for hours at one go.
and we don't pat Saffy to sleep. we don't want her associate sleep with patting. If she cries we'd pick her up and sooth her, and we put her back down when she stops crying. She'd fall asleep on her own.
Only that it takes time, always. don't be annoyed it takes some 20-30 minutes for er to fall asleep.
How long did it take to teach your baby then? a week? I tried but she was crying her head off, so I stopped.......picked her up and cuddled her............I know probably it will take me a long time to teach her, but I think it is worth it for the long run.
1st trial today- Hurray!! She's sleeping on her own after 45 mins crying. Of coz, I was sitting by her cot, let her hold my finger, cleaned her face several times after screaming. Eventually, she calmed down, sucked her thumb for a while, then cried again, then slowed down and fell asleep!
Anyway, I will keep trying. Pretty sure she'll cry again tonight.