I have read tons of books on sleep and different methods but I think I am just going to do a combo of all of them. I nurse Max and rock him and if after 10 minutes when I go to put him down, he does not go down then I start to rub his belly and of course he is crying and I sing to him and tell him Mommy and Daddy love him and I rub his bottom and I rub his head and when her gets up crying..I put him back lying down and say , “time for sleepy”.
I started doing this last night and he cried for 20 minutes and then tonight he cried for 4 minutes.
He still gets up during the night and that is fine for me for now. I still put him into my bed or next to me in his cradle if he is having a really tough time and that is for me now.
For our family, it works. I never thoght I would be a mother with a child in her bed but it works for our family. I think as Max gets closer to being 1 years old, maybe then, I will do different but for right now this is what I am planning on doing.
My biggest fear was that he would never learn how to sleep without me rocking him or nursing him or sleeping with him. I know lots of people who have family beds for a long time and it works and they have successful sleepers but for me, I needed to just take baby steps towards Max being able to fall asleep on his own. The more and more I realize.. THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG, IT IS WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOUR OWN FAMILY.
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