My daughter is 8 months old. Me and my boyfriend are trying to break her off of being held when going to sleep. Daddy normally puts her to bed but he is at work. So I am left here alone. She is teething, Put orijell on it and not working. Tryied giving her a bottle didn't work, Tried to give her baby food, didn't work, gave her a bath didn't work, and if I lay her in her crib all she does is fuss. She will not take a passy either. Please help!!!
2006-09-27 20:08:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
my suggestions is to pick her up, give her big hugs and kisses,talk to her in a soothing calming voice, and tell her she is a big girl who needs to sleep in her crib. sing to her a lullaby. maybe offer her a small stuffed toy to be her "cuddle buddy" keep talking and reasuring her. maybe read her book. give her another hug and kiss, lay her in the crib, caress her back, tummy, or top of her head. you may even find gently rubbing the eyelids or temples to be soothing and calming for her. maybe a mobile or a crib to that plays lullabies or nature sounds like a waterfall or birds. do you have a night light or a light with a dimmer control. try giving her advil or ibuprofin (best for pain) for her teething, maybe a frozen teething toy to bite on might help. i hope you find any one these useful, and remember mom, don't get frustrated. if you're frustrated, baby senses it and becomes frustrated herself. if you feel frustration setting in, put baby back in her crib(a safe place), go out of the room and take 5 minutes to calm yourself down. go back in to babies room and start over. good luck. p.s. mom there is 3 "big" things going on to upset the situation : teething hurts, mom is putting baby to bed when child is used to daddy doing that, and you are trying to break her from being held till she falls asleep. too much all at once. sometimes you just have to give into certain things during a difficult time like now. holding till she falls asleep might be the answer tonight if either one of you is going to get any sleep tonight!!!! best of luck!
2006-09-27 21:01:03 · answer #1 · answered by Barb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the only thing that works for me with both my 6 year old when he was a baby and my 6 month old is holding him and patting his bottom or laying him on his tummy (not to sleep) and patting his bottom. I think the reason laying on his tummy will work too is because his chest and every thing is against something, just like if he was being held facing me.
Now my brother would cry and cry and cry when he was a baby, he had colic and it was hell until one day my mom was vacuming and he shut up. From then on she would turn on the vacume (on its side so it wouldnt overheat) while putting him down to bed or for a nap and he would be fine and it seemed to soothe him straight to sleep. Later we realized if we turned the tv on to a static channel it worked just as well. I actually think they make sound machines for babies, as well as adults, with the noise, its called "white noise", so you might try the tv on static or just pick up one of those nursery sound machines.
2006-09-27 22:03:18 · answer #2 · answered by dmercer12679 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is from experience. Both of my children were this way. My oldest had to just be put in bed and cry himself to sleep/You have to be the boss.My pediatrician said that if after 20 to 25 mins. they are still crying then something is wrong otherwise you have to ignore them. Trust me it is hard to do but sometimes you just have to. Now my youngest was colicky so either a swing, the sound of the vacuum or this might sound stupid but the rinse cycle of the washer. It really is more of a trial and error than anything.
2006-09-28 14:17:37 · answer #3 · answered by esther_4181982 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would give her some tylenol for the pain, and fix some camamile tea with dark karo syrup for the fussiness. You can give it to her in her bottle, just a tiny bit warm and it will soothe and relax her... It worked for my daughter. Also you can find one of those vibrating attachments for the crib, it fakes them out. They think someone is right there with them. My daughter loved hers.
2006-09-27 20:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by Wheezy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her a little bit of Tylenol or Ibuprofen to help with the teething and you may just have to sit with her for awhile in her room with her in her bed. Try letting her cry for a little bit to see if she tires herself out.
2006-09-27 20:12:55 · answer #5 · answered by medevilqueen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your first mistake was holding her to get her to sleep in the first place. One way to wean her off this is to get her sleepy in your arms and then put her to bed before she drops off. You need to learn to leave her alone to fuss, the more you respond to her fussing, the more she will continue to do it. Be strong, put her down and leave her to cry, even if she continues for 5 minutes. She will soon learn that bed is for sleeping in and fussing is not going to get her anywhere.
2006-09-27 20:20:48 · answer #6 · answered by moroaero 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i have a baby girl 8 months old too.
try patting her eyebrows till she goes to sleep will she is in the crib.
works every time
2006-09-27 21:46:49 · answer #7 · answered by magwai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why try to break her of what works? I nursed my babies to sleep for years. They were happy, I was happy, we were all happy.
Babies evolved to sleep with their mothers. Think about it!
2006-09-28 13:51:08 · answer #8 · answered by cassandra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
run the vac for about 10 min i don't know y but it worked for my kids with colic
2006-09-28 02:31:37 · answer #9 · answered by grmilet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋