Sleeping - Salina, KS

I would try after bath and reading a story, lay her down. Try to get a routine, that is hte best thing for children. Try not to put any toys in the crib, and just use it as a place to sleep. I would start letting her put her self to sleep, i have used the Ferber method, she is waking up because she doesnt know how to put her self back to sleep, let me know what you think.

L.

Continue with putting her in her crib before she falls asleep. She has to learn how to put herself to sleep. Maybe try putting on soft music to help her go to sleep.

Well, the previous reply says what i was going to...lol. But in addition to that it is good for your daughter to lay in her crib and play, it is a safe place and a place she should be comfortable in. This gives her some time to explore on her own and you a chance to get out of her site for a bit for that valuable me time! You are lucky, lots of babies dont like thier cribs!! Have fun and best of luck!

M.

I would say that as long as she's not crying for the 15 minutes you let her lay in her crib, she's fine. She may end up wearing herself out by playing and talking and drift off to sleep on her own. My daughter is 2 now and not a day goes by that she doesn't talk and play for about a half an hour until she finally gives in and goes to sleep. I would be more concerned if she was crying. After all, there's not a whole lot that she can get into when she's in her crib, so you know she's safe.

I used to put my daughter in her crib at about 6:30pm and she would just cry for a long time until she finally went to sleep and after the first few days or so she got used to it and finally she got used to going to sleep in her crib by herself. Be glad that your daughter plays with herself and talks to herself. That is healthy for her. If you have a baby monitor that you could listen to her with, that would help, but the only way that she is going to get used to going to sleep on her own is if you just leave her there to go to sleep. She will eventually fall asleep and won't be so dependent on you to hold her all of the time. Good luck.

I think it's good that she plays and talks. that means she not scared and that she still feels safe. she will eventually fall asleep.

Ditto to the other responses. Let her be! You have no idea how blessed you are to have a baby who is content in her crib. Mine screamed and cried immediately when I'd lay her down and went on that way relentlessly. I say, let her stay there playing with her feet and eventually she'll probably nod off to sleep. This is really good for her to be able to "put herself to sleep."

Hi M..
My son did the same thing. I just left him in there and eventually he put himself to bed. The books actually SAY to put them to bed awake so that they can learn how to put themselves to bed. Dont worry, shes fine.

J.

It's alright to let her play and talk to herself. Give her some time and she will fall asleep. She may even cry for a while. If she begins to cry, give her 15 to 20 minutes of crying and go in and reasure her but don't pick her up. Within one week, she will learn to put herself to sleep. I did this with my daughter and I cried the first night but she did learn to put herself to sleep in less than one week.

I just have to ditto all of the other responses. A bedtime routine is a great thing to get into, but don't be surprised if it takes a couple of weeks or longer to really sink in. Don't give up too soon. My husband & I have been doing the same routine with our 16-month-old daughter since she was about 6 months, and she didn't like being put down at all for the first several weeks (maybe longer), but she is so easy to put to bed now! My husband asked her yesterday if she wanted to go "nighty-night" and she actually said "OK". Good luck & remember persistance is key!

Let her play herself to sleep. You're doing great, teaching her to entertain herself and she will learn to soothe herself the same way.

my 10 mth old does the same thing and after about 15-20 min she usually falls over and is sound asleep. i would let her do it and see what happens

M.,

As painful as it may be for you, you may just have to put her down awake so she can fall asleep on her own. It may help to start giving her small blanket (something that will not suffocate her while she sleeps) while you hold her so she can pair the soft blanket with the safety being with mommy. My first child cried for 45 minutes every night for one week and the time slowly decreased. The second child cried for 30 minutes the first night and babbled herself to sleep. I learned with the second child to give her a "blanky" and both girls now are calmed and soothed at the sight of their blanket.

bad mistaking starting the rocking to she fell asleep shold of just rock till she got sleepy anyway rock her to sleep facing you talk to here and say go night night put her in the bed leave the light on and stay in the chair next to the crib till she falls alseep each time laying her sown when she gets back up crying will not hurt if anything help her vocals any way each night more the chair a little further from the cribb read a book they will fall asleep if they can see you most importantly know you are there but not really by reading a book just ignore the crying and only lay her back down when she gets up

Hi M.. My advice to you would be to get a consistent bedtime routine down (bath, book, bottle, ect.) Same routine every night. She will know exactly what to expect and know it is time for bed time. After the routine put her in her crib and say goodnight and don't go back in or she will expect it and not go to sleep on her own. Pretty soon she will love the routine and go to sleep on her own. You may have to play around with the time to find a good bedtime for her schedule. If she is having a late afternoon nap she may not be tired yet so you could try dropping that nap and moving bedtime earlier. Playing and talking to herself might be the way she soothes to sleep! Better than crying! Hope you have success.

I would have to say that if she isn't screaming then you got a good thing going. My daughter is 2 1/2 and she has ALWAYS screamed when going to bed. If your daughter is in a crib and can't fall out, then she will be safe... just kinda (sneakily)poke your head in every few minutes to make sure she's okay. She needs to learn that independance of going to sleep on her own. That's where I messed up with mine, I let her sleep in the bassinett until she was 9 mos. She still tries to require me to lay with her till she falls asleep. So start now while you can and she is being easy about it. Wanna trade? God Bless!

That is actually ideal. If she's happy in her crib, just let her stay there until she falls asleep. If she's happy the whole time, just leave her until she falls asleep- that's what a lot of the current sleep experts advise. And if you do this "sleep training" now, you won't have to deal with a baby screaming her lungs out when you lay her down or when she wakes up briefly during the night- she'll be able to get herself back to sleep on her own. You're soooooooooooo lucky- what you have there is a good self-soother.

I'd let her talk/laugh/roll around as much as she wants until she falls asleep. Put her down sleepy but awake, leave the room, and hope for the best. If she cries, check on her every 3-5 minutes until she calms and sleeps. It worked well for us, and she is old enough now to let her cry a little, if it is for the purpose of learning to sleep.

Even if she's not sleeping, she's just playing in her crib, I'd leave her be. Hopefully she'll play herself to sleep and you can go back in later and cover her up, etc. If she starts fussing just keep an ear on her, if it's too bad then go and get her and start over. You could also start a routine that mixes both together, when she gets sleepy take her to her room, maybe read to her or rock her for a few minutes and then lay her down. She'll get used it and understand that it's bedtime.

As long as she's playing with her feet and happy, leave her in there. She'll fall asleep on her own. Trust me when I say, get her used to going to sleep on her own now because I had one of each (one that did and one that didn't) and it's an all out war when they get older and your trying to get them to do it then. With my oldest, her dad and I were not living in the same house when she was young, so when it came time for bed we would put her in bed and then pat her little butt till she was asleep. Even when she moved to a toddler bed we did this. It wasn't until she was 4 1/2 that my husband (her father) worked with her until she would go to sleep by herself. It took about 3 months but she finally did it! When our 2nd was born the summer ('04) after that we both said "No rubbing the butt to go to sleep!" From the very beginning we gave the last bottle, burped and off to bed we'd go. We'd lay her down and she fell asleep when she was ready. She cried maybe the first week but now if you ask her if she's sleepy she'll say yes and run off to her bed. She's very easy to get to bed. Good Luck.

hi my daughter was the same way so now i just put her in her crib and close the door and walk away about 30mins she's out sometimes it takes longer but as long as you've fed her changed her and its time for bed she should go to sleep or like my daughter at first would cry herself to sleep i felt really bad but i knew it had to be done she is now 18months old and doing fine with it good luck

Try reading healthy sleep habits, happy child. Sorry I don't have the book with me, so I don't know the author. This book changed my life, and i hope it helps you to.