2006-09-03 10:04:16 · 12 answers · asked by Neicy 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I would give your child a Paci. What is wrong with them! The AAP actually recomends giving your child one because they help prevent SIDS! Also, sucking on a Paci is probably going to soothe your little one into sleep! If you really don't want to though then try feeding her a bottle right before bed. You baby will probably be half asleep when you put him or her down and it will probably fall asleep on it's own.
2006-09-03 10:18:07 · answer #1 · answered by g_bug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandson is rocked and has a pacifer to settle to sleep. He is 5 months old. Enjoy your baby in your arms for as long as you can. They will soon be too old to rock to sleep and won't want you to hold them. The human touch is a need that without it a baby will die or "fail to thrive". They need to feel secure and loved. Sit down and leave the housework alone. Let someone else fix the dinner or whatever else you have to do. If you can. If you don't have any help then I'm sorry for you. This time with your child is so special. It will pass too soon. Pacifiers are not a bad thing. My dentist gives his son one.. He said he'll fix his teeth later (LOL!!). It's easier to wean them off a pacifier than it is a thumb. My sister sucked her thumb till she was a teenager. I had to give up my "dum dum" when I threw it away for the last time. (That was something I did, threw it and expected it to be given back) My mother said I cried for 2 days.
2006-09-03 11:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by sinned 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see anything wrong with rocking and giving an 8 week old a pacifier. 'Loving' your baby to sleep, especially that young, is the most wonderful way to bond with your child. It is also very relaxing for both of you.
However, that's not what you asked.
I swaddled my baby until she was about 5 months old. That helped a lot. I bought 'The Miracle Blanket' and it worked wonders. I still rocked her and gave her a pacifier, but the swaddling did a lot as well.
2006-09-03 10:42:56 · answer #3 · answered by jwelsh79 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same question Ive been asking myself for 7 months. Our dausghter was...is the same way. No matter what we tried she couldn't get to sleep without rocking, bouncing, our walking, ect. Some techniques Ive read that "work" are:
1. Putting them down with a full tummy, dry diaper, and drowsy.
2. Reading to them in a soft low tone. Dim the lights.
3. A car ride works for us some times.
4. Letting them cry it out is said to work but usually only for older babies like 6 months and up. Younger babies dont know the meaning of manipulation, crying is the only form of communication they know.
5. Laying them down and sushing them till they get to sleep and over the next few day slowly back away out of the room till they can do it themselves.
6. Giving an older baby (4 months and up) a little bit of cereal when they go to bed might work later.
When our daughter was born we wanted to hold her all the time, so it didnt bothers us. Also, she didnt want to be put down. Bottomline, all babies are different and some just need more attention. Dont feel pressured to make your baby like others. Dont be worried yours isnt doing something another one is doing or that yours isnt like the ones in the books. You have paternal instincts...trust them.
2006-09-03 15:15:33 · answer #4 · answered by gummydad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should swaddle a new baby until he/she is about 3-4 months old. Do it tightly and lay her on her side or back in her crib, with the room darkened and some very soft baby lulliby music and gently pat her back or thigh rythmaticly while you say SHUSH SHUSH SHUSH over and over again until she falls asleep.
This is SO tedius, but this will teach her not to need any props to fall asleep on her own. Eventually you will not need to do this anymore, maybe just for a min or two when you first lay her down. After she is 4 months old you can actually let her fuss in there for a while, but before that she is not physically able to teach herself to go to sleep on her own, you have to do that.
This is what I did with my son. He is now 14 months old and is the best sleeper ever. I just lay him down in his room when it's time for a nap and give him his blanket (the one we swaddled him with) he HAS to have it, and he just rolls over and falls asleep. Sometimes he'll fuss for a few min, but he will go to sleep very quickly.
Trust me it works! Do not do what the first guy said! Yikes!
2006-09-03 12:29:50 · answer #5 · answered by Ask me anything! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The American Academy of Pediatrics actually recommends giving infants pacifiers because it's been shown to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Start putting her down before she is completely asleep and let her learn to soothe herself to sleep. Also, swaddling her should help.
2006-09-03 10:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by jilldaniel_wv 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Letting your baby cry himself to sleep will teach him to fall asleep on his own. i would'nt let him cry for too long but this really does work. my first child could not fall asleep on her own until she was a year old. but my second child who is six months old was falling asleep on his own at 6 weeks. i learned from the first one. and a pacifier is okay.
2006-09-03 10:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by ursula G 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
letting them cry it out is toture and i think it is bad parenting . Babys want there mommys to hold them and snuggle. Have you thought of c0-s;eeping so you are close to the baby? Or get a side car to keep next to your bed.
My daughter slept on my chest until she was 3 months old, and we co-sleep now and it dosent bother me one bit that she needs me to fall asleep
2006-09-06 16:20:07 · answer #8 · answered by designingbaby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
car rides, whats wrong with a pacifier?
2006-09-03 10:05:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
she's a baby.. your job right now is to spoil her.. with due time she will go on her own... but by 4 months she should be able to sleep by herself!!!
2006-09-06 14:20:35 · answer #10 · answered by nikita_7399 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋