Arta WON'T nurse to sleep. Mostly eating just makes her cheery, not particularly sleepy; if she does fall asleep while nursing, it's very light and won't last.
If she's not overtired, I'll etiher lay her in the bassinet and sing and read to her (with or without paci) while stroking her head, or more successfully, lie next to her in OUR bed and do the same, then maybe put her in the bassinet once she's asleep (she starts off the night in the bassinet, then around 2am I bring her to bed - I get more qualilty sleep that way!).
HOWEVER, if she's completely cranky and crying out of overtiredness, I'll rock her and sing songs to her in a dark room until she's asleep or calm enough to try one of the above methods. Sometimes I'll put a blanket over both of us, to make it really dark.
If she's not overtired, I'll etiher lay her in the bassinet and sing and read to her (with or without paci) while stroking her head, or more successfully, lie next to her in OUR bed and do the same, then maybe put her in the bassinet once she's asleep (she starts off the night in the bassinet, then around 2am I bring her to bed - I get more qualilty sleep that way!).
HOWEVER, if she's completely cranky and crying out of overtiredness, I'll rock her and sing songs to her in a dark room until she's asleep or calm enough to try one of the above methods. Sometimes I'll put a blanket over both of us, to make it really dark.
Our normal routine for him is to read a book while he lies down, then sing to him while he's curled up with his eyes closed (generally holding the book - reminds me of a cat 
). We have to wait for him to be sound asleep to sneak out. Sometimes he'll wake up crying during the night - more and more, he'll wake up calmly. Then he comes to sleep with us.
. He does surprise me sometimes by falling asleep with almost no intervention, which is quite a blessing too. Then there are times like yesterday when he was so tired but we were at a friend's house and he would just NOT settle down. Perhaps laying him down in our friend's bed would have helped, but DH did eventually get him to sleep by cradling him tightly and bouncing him, along with the pacifier. Of course, then he only slept for 30 minutes!
Even the ones labelled in BIG letters. 
Kate is in the 25% percentile for weight gain, she's small too. My doctor said that it doesn't really matter what percentile they're in, just that they don't drop percentiles. Do you know what percentile Desmina was in at her 2 month appt. and her 4 month? Maybe you can look at that comparison and give yourself some peace of mind.
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