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@ruqaiya khan Please help. My baby is 3months old. From day one she sleeps on top of me,earlier even during the night,swaddled or not swaddled. From 2nd month onwards she started sleeping on bed but just in the night time. Throughout her day naps ,she sleeps on me only. I have tried all possible ways for her to sleep on her own but she just doesnt sleep herself. I have to rock her till she sleeps. When she s drousy , i have tried putting her on bed so that she sleeps on her own. But that just doesnt work. Whenever she s sleepy, she starts crying when put on bed. I m tired of carrying her all day and not able to do any other work. Please help. How can i make her sleep on her own on bed or cot.
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Sheeba Vijesh

Hi dear, at 3 months what a baby needs most is mother's warmth and touch. That said, two mistakes here are letting baby sleep on top of you, this is not recommended at all, second, don't rock or use motion to put baby to sleep, it becomes a habit. Now that baby is accustomed to it, you need to break the habit. Baby will get fussy, but unless you want to be constantly tired, you need to get rid of the habit. Firstly, stop the rocking, instead associate sleeping with a couple of songs. Sing those only during sleep time. Even if she sleeps only for 5 seconds, put her on bed for those 5 secs and increase the time. Keep your hand under her bums for some time so that she feels your warmth. Slowly try replacing the hand with a rolled up towel under her bum while continuing to sing... you have to be persistent while trying to train and break a habit.... take care dear..

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Sumira Bhatia

Also if you nurse her to sleep . . You could try feeding in lying down position and let her sleep on the bed and move away once asleep

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Sumira Bhatia

Sirisha go cold turkey ! I would say let her self soothe . . You sway her or let her sleep on you but once asleep put her on the bed . . She wakes up . . Let her cry for about 10 sec . . Pick her up put her to sleep and put her on the bed . . Keep repeating . . Slowly she'll figure out she needs to sleep on the bed .. trust me I have been there and one day you'll have to go cold turkey . . Better now than later.;

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ritu singhal

Sirisha,i would say its just a phase,i went through it too! The key to it is,let her go in deep sleep and then slowly and gently slide down with baby if she wakes up just keep patting and lie down with her. Initially it may not work but eventually it might! One more thing that works for me is sidelying feeding,i feed her and she falls asleep peacefully then i very quietly either lie next to her or get up,she sleeps peacefully.

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Revauthi Rajamani

Hi mommy<br> This worked for me, for or four days I was staying away from my baby during his sleep time, u let him with my hubby after asking him to take off for two days, no other go he tried putting him to sleep in his own style, first day my son cried I was standing still with out interfering had a lot of mixed emotions even tears fell out of my eyes but end of the day it has to be done for the good of the kiddo, so just three days it worked. If you have some one to help please try it out

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