Still rocking a 16month old to sleep

Angelica · Nov 26th, 2009, 17:48 PM

OUCH OUCH!!!
My arm is numb by the time shes asleep! I have been rocking her ever since she was born & I still am!
Its so hard now as shes heavier but she wont go to sleep otherwise.

I know it sounds like a copout but I really feel as if I havent got the energy or willpower to let her cry to sleep....

But what else can I do??

Please help ladies....

Ratty · Nov 27th, 2009, 02:39 AM

Maybe try lie down on your bed with her and stroke her back so that she will can feel her mommy next to her but you aren't have to hold the weight?

My son doesn't like to be rocked to sleep except when he is sick. It gets damn tiring.

marley2580 · Nov 27th, 2009, 03:14 AM

Try and wean her off it. Instead of rocking to sleep, lie down with her and cuddle her to sleep (remember that crying in your arms is very different to crying without you), progress to sitting on the bed, then standing beside it. It'll take a while but does work.

Angelica · Nov 28th, 2009, 05:52 AM

i tried just putting her in the cot while she was still awake yday and as soon as i shut the door & walked out she stood up & starting crying out calling for me!!
I di not have the willpower to do it last night so ended up rocking her to sleep!!

Blob · Nov 28th, 2009, 06:41 AM

I'm going through this too

I have either

Fed her to sleep,
Rocked her to sleep,
Been in her carseat
or
In her pram

Never she's really gone to sleep on her own, also because i give in so easily she's started just taking the piss

But a few days ago i just cracked, i put her in her cot and closed the door. I want to have another baby and i cant do that if she wont sleep

She's SO stuborn it can take 3 hours of crying until she sleeps its so hard

Have just put her down for a nap (as she was up all night crying) It took her 1hr to cry to sleep....I feel like the most horrible person ever but i've tried every way possible.

I really hope you find a way to do it hun, but i've found that i'm being a worse mum becuase i'm so sleepy and always wondering how to get her to sleep..rather than knowing she's sleepy and putting her down

Samantha675 · Nov 29th, 2009, 15:11 PM

I would try staying with her till she is asleep. this is what we do with BRenn now, and while it make take him 30 minutes of wiggling, he does fall asleep on his own.

Blob · Nov 29th, 2009, 15:23 PM

I've now found that if her daddy does it she just goes right to sleep. The only reason she wont with me is she doesnt want me to go away...?

marley2580 · Nov 29th, 2009, 15:43 PM

Why do you think my OH almost always puts Kaya to bed lol

bubbles · Nov 29th, 2009, 16:36 PM

I'll have to get DH to put Edward in his cot tomorrow night and see if it works for us. I usually nurse him to sleep and can't leave him to cry as he ends up making himself vomit or holds his breath (thankfully this is rare now)

Midnight_Fairy · Nov 30th, 2009, 06:49 AM

I know how you feel. I rocked my son to sleep every single night (Even whilst full term pregnant with my daughter!)- god knows how I managed to carry him in his bed!

I finally stopped when he was 24 mths because I was finding it hard with a newborn aswell.

I think I had to sleep next to his cot for a while and just do the pick up put down method. It worked in the end. He is still alot more needy at night times than my daughter and he is 5 now!!!

Nov 26th, 2009, 17:48 PM	#1
Angelica Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 927	Still rocking a 16month old to sleep OUCH OUCH!!! My arm is numb by the time shes asleep! I have been rocking her ever since she was born & I still am! Its so hard now as shes heavier but she wont go to sleep otherwise. I know it sounds like a copout but I really feel as if I havent got the energy or willpower to let her cry to sleep.... But what else can I do?? Please help ladies....

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Nov 27th, 2009, 02:39 AM	#2
Ratty Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,030	Maybe try lie down on your bed with her and stroke her back so that she will can feel her mommy next to her but you aren't have to hold the weight? My son doesn't like to be rocked to sleep except when he is sick. It gets damn tiring.

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Nov 27th, 2009, 03:14 AM	#3
marley2580 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Forfar Posts: 6,069	Try and wean her off it. Instead of rocking to sleep, lie down with her and cuddle her to sleep (remember that crying in your arms is very different to crying without you), progress to sitting on the bed, then standing beside it. It'll take a while but does work.

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Nov 28th, 2009, 05:52 AM	#4
Angelica Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 927	i tried just putting her in the cot while she was still awake yday and as soon as i shut the door & walked out she stood up & starting crying out calling for me!! I di not have the willpower to do it last night so ended up rocking her to sleep!!

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Nov 28th, 2009, 06:41 AM	#5
Blob Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 12,704	I'm going through this too I have either Fed her to sleep, Rocked her to sleep, Been in her carseat or In her pram Never she's really gone to sleep on her own, also because i give in so easily she's started just taking the piss But a few days ago i just cracked, i put her in her cot and closed the door. I want to have another baby and i cant do that if she wont sleep She's SO stuborn it can take 3 hours of crying until she sleeps its so hard Have just put her down for a nap (as she was up all night crying) It took her 1hr to cry to sleep....I feel like the most horrible person ever but i've tried every way possible. I really hope you find a way to do it hun, but i've found that i'm being a worse mum becuase i'm so sleepy and always wondering how to get her to sleep..rather than knowing she's sleepy and putting her down

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Nov 29th, 2009, 15:11 PM	#6
Samantha675 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 8,123	I would try staying with her till she is asleep. this is what we do with BRenn now, and while it make take him 30 minutes of wiggling, he does fall asleep on his own.

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Nov 29th, 2009, 15:23 PM	#7
Blob Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 12,704	I've now found that if her daddy does it she just goes right to sleep. The only reason she wont with me is she doesnt want me to go away...?

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Nov 29th, 2009, 15:43 PM	#8
marley2580 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Forfar Posts: 6,069	Why do you think my OH almost always puts Kaya to bed lol

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Nov 29th, 2009, 16:36 PM	#9
bubbles Other BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,498	I'll have to get DH to put Edward in his cot tomorrow night and see if it works for us. I usually nurse him to sleep and can't leave him to cry as he ends up making himself vomit or holds his breath (thankfully this is rare now)

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Nov 30th, 2009, 06:49 AM	#10
Midnight_Fairy Other BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Coast UK Posts: 17,171	I know how you feel. I rocked my son to sleep every single night (Even whilst full term pregnant with my daughter!)- god knows how I managed to carry him in his bed! I finally stopped when he was 24 mths because I was finding it hard with a newborn aswell. I think I had to sleep next to his cot for a while and just do the pick up put down method. It worked in the end. He is still alot more needy at night times than my daughter and he is 5 now!!!

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