Pick up/put down?

[BamBam'sMom]

I refuse to let ds CIO, but nothing else is working. Well, the other night, I tried just putting him down. Then when he cried, I picked him up and comforted him, then put him down again when he was calm. I did it about ten times and then gave up.

Last night I read about it as a way to get babies to fall asleep on their own. I know some people may have problems with this, and I'm sorry. Feel free to voice your opinions. There have been lots of problems in our household lately and I think many of them, including my back and neck pain, stem from co-sleeping and/ or ds's night-waking. I need to do something.

The book I read was called "Secrets of the Baby Whisperer." I disagreed with a lot of it, especially her take on bf'ing, but the way she suggested to help babies sleep on their own kind of made sense to me. She said, with some babies, you may have to pick up/put down MANY times at first.

Has anyone tries this? Any suggestions? Ds is 10 months by the way.

Thanks.

[Diane~Alena]

Good for you. I think it is a wonderfull idea. I tried this method but I guess my daughter is to old(2yrs) becuase she paniced each time I tried to lay her back down no matter how calm she was before. I for one dislike cosleeping and tried hard to get my children to sleep in their own beds without CIO. I am cosleeping with my daughter right now and I am looking for ways to get her back in her own bed. I have four children under 9 so sleeping in your own bed is important to me since no bed could fit us all. I also realy want a calm peacefull night routine that doesn't involve me locked in a room caring for one child and ignoring the older ones. Each child is different though and as a parent we have to do our best to meet each childs needs. It sounds like you met your DS needs while meeting your own. You were there for him as he made the transion to his bed. I know many will probably disagree with my veiw. I for one find it very hard not sleeping at all in the night and parenting cranky kids in the morning/day, any way out of it while still being their for my kids would make me so happy

[pumpkinseed]

I have not tried this-but am struggling with trying to figure something out-I will be following this thread. I am reading the No Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers (my dd is 15 months)...and am at a loss. It used to be so easy to get her to go to sleep-its now impossible.
Good Luck and let us know how it goes!