How do I keep my sleeping baby asleep?

Question

My 4 month old baby will fall asleep easily in my arms, either by rocking or nursing. I then wait about 10-20 minutes to make sure he is in a deep sleep. However, when I try to put him down in his crib or on my bed he instantly wakes up and starts screaming. If I pick him up, he is fine again and falls asleep. How can I help him stay asleep when I put him down? It is difficult to get things done with him in my arms all the time.

ps. this is for daytime naps only. in the night, he sleeps next to me fine all night long, with a few feedings as needed.

Answer 1

Let him learn to cry it out. It's the easiest way (maybe not for you). Put him down when he's ALMOST asleep. Not when he's fully asleep.

Answer 2

I had this problem with my son, I started by letting him nap in his carseat as he seemed more comfterble there and stayed asleep for longer periods of time, then I gradually moved him to his basinet or crib as he became more used to sleeping out of my arms. Find an alternate place where your baby is comfterble sleeping, then move them to where you want them to be. The carseat works well because it is not wide open space like the crib is, they feel more secure. You could also try swaddling him like a newborn while he is falling asleep, the blankets around him might keep him feeling secure while he is sleeping so he will not wake up.

Answer 3

I also have a 4 month old that has problems sleeping. I have only found that my baby will sleep on his tummy. He is able to turn over on his own and holds his head very well. I have been told that a baby can't properly soothe themselves until 6 months of age. I tried the letting them cry it out but with a high pitch scream like my child, it does not work, well only on my nerves. Good luck.

Answer 4

Have you gotten into bed and noticed that it is cold. Well this sounds like your child is being woken up from the cold mattress. Try putting a hot water bottle or heating pad on the mattress before he falls asleep. it will warm the bed and it shouldn't wake him. Do be careful however that it isn't to warm as this could have the same effect try low on the heating bad. My child had the same problem . it worked like a dream

Answer 5

For my son a swing works very well. Try laying him a swing after he is asleep. After a few minutes he should go back to sleep. It would be good to break him of sleeping in your arms in the day time before too long. He may not be able to go to sleep by himself. That's just my input, but you're the mommy. Best of luck to you.

Answer 6

He needs to learn how to go to sleep on his own. It's hard for babies when they fall asleep on mommy, and then wake up and they are not on mommy. What I did for my son, who is now 15 months old, is I set up a sleep routine for him. At nap time, we go upstairs, draw the shades, and rock a bit in the rocker, and then I put him to bed. When he was your sons age, he did cry and fuss a bit, but then fell asleep on his own. I don't beleive in crying it out.. but, crying for a few minutes so he can learn to self soothe will be fine. Good luck to you!

Answer 7

in case you wake your toddler many times in the course of the day to feed, per chance you receives somewhat more beneficial sleep at evening.. in case you're breastfeeding, wake 2-2 a million/2 hours from the start of the perfect feed, if bottle feeding each and every 3 hours. Then at evening you would get 3 hours between breastfeedings, or 3-4 between bottle feedings. undergo in recommendations, little ones meed to eat round the clock. to boot, SIDS is linked with heavy, undisturbed sleep interior the toddler. it really is likewise linked with over heating, smoking allowed interior the domicile, dozing in everywhere yet on the back, and formula feeding. that's been got here across that little ones interior a similar room because the moms and dads have a tendency to have more beneficial mature sleep kinds, so keep the toddler on your room for various months. in case you opt to assist your toddler come across straightforward approaches to sleep at evening, keep all sorts of stimulation (mild, noise) low even as you're taking care of the toddler at evening. you truly can sing softly or furnish smooth track, yet attempt to dodge the television or loud track or speaking, and keep the lighting fixtures fixtures as low as plausible. This enables the toddler to entice close that evening tme is for dozing, and the day time is the time to be unsleeping. do not anticipate the toddler to have a lot of a 'agenda'-except eating many times-for the first sex weeks or so.

Answer 8

Get a sling and wear him while he sleeps.

Also, try "not letting him feel gravity" when you go to lay him down. This was the only way to put my oldest down. Don't lower the baby down into the crib or bed. You keep the baby held securely against your chest and you lower yourself as close to the mattress as you can so you keep close contact all the way down to touching the mattress.

Answer 9

You child probably does that because he is used to of being in your arms often
The following method really works but you have to implement it Strictly. I did it on my 7 month old son and now he sleeps by himself and NEVER cries.(btw he is two now)

Before bedtime Change your child...feed him and leave him in his crib... you can also put a lullaby cd as well.

He will cry a lot but make sure you DO NOT pick him up. After crying ..hemay get tired and exhausted...he will fall asleep by himself .
Do this a couple of times...and you will notice a DRASTIC change in him.He will fall asleep right away. This is a very stressful experience for parents watching their child cry but it really works and it was recommended to me by my doctor.

I hope it works for you

Answer 10

With both of my children I got in the habbit right away of putting them to bed fully awake. I would feed them and change them etc, make sure they're comfy and then just put them to bed. Both of my children would just lye there kicking until they fell asleep. I would try to encourage this if you can. He may cry a little at first, but just keep going in and reasuring him. If it doesn't work for you, just continue to do what does work for you. They aren't babies for long and before you know it he'll be walking to his bed to be tucked in. God Bless

Answer 11

well, you could try a snugli.
easier to get work done with arms free.
what i used to do was lie down with the kid in bed
and then ease myself away.
moving further away with each breath.
usually moving just slightly on the exhale
it does take patience, but it usually works.
you just very slowly slither out of bed.
it can take minutes to do this but worth it.
because they don't wake up
but i don't know how to make sure the kid doesn't roll
out of bed after that.