We have been using the NCSS to put our nearly 5 month old son to bed, and will probably continue doing so. However, lately we've been wondering how others put their babies to bed. Do you follow a schedule or let DC lead? We've never been around kids so have nothing to go on (other than CIO, which all my friends advocate.)
What do yo do?
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We have always let ds lead the way. He is 1 year. Usually I can tell when he'll be ready to go to bed by the time he wakes up in the morning and how many naps he takes during the day. Also, what time his last nap was. However there have been times when ds is up extremely late and it throws off my whole theory.
up until ds was around 20 months and my milk dried up due to pregnancy i always nursed him to sleep for naps, bedtime, and back to sleep during the night.
he has always let me know when he is tired - just by his actions in the beginning and around 12 months would start to sign so.
he has always let me know when he is tired - just by his actions in the beginning and around 12 months would start to sign so.
I let ds lead the way too. He is 10 months. He usually goes to bed around the same time, and it is usually about 3 hours or so from his last nap. I just watch for his tired signs and do a bath or washcloth, new dipe, and jammies. Then we nurse to sleep. Sometimes he is still awake and will crawl around until he is totally ready to nurse a bit more and conk out. HTH. Mary
What are you hoping to do with the NCSS? I mean, what is the sleep goal you're working towards? I'm actually not entirely sure what the NCSS means that you do.
We have a 5mo too. So far, we've just focused on becoming familiar with Ds' own rhythms and patterns, and his preferences for falling asleep.
Right now, Ds sets his own bedtime which varies from very early (4pm) to later (8pm), depending on how his daytime napping goes. Once we can offer him a more stable nap times (Ds does NOT sleep well away from home), I think he'll settle around a 7pm bedtime since this seems to be his natural inclination when he's had solid naps.
Ds likes to fall asleep either nursing (10-15% of the time) or rocking with his dad (80%) and on really rough nights I might sway with him listening to the shower run until he's asleep (5%). With rocking, Ds' favorite, it only takes a few minutes before his eyes are shut and he's on his way out. We're really happy with how things are going so I don't expect to try and change anything.
We have a 5mo too. So far, we've just focused on becoming familiar with Ds' own rhythms and patterns, and his preferences for falling asleep.
Right now, Ds sets his own bedtime which varies from very early (4pm) to later (8pm), depending on how his daytime napping goes. Once we can offer him a more stable nap times (Ds does NOT sleep well away from home), I think he'll settle around a 7pm bedtime since this seems to be his natural inclination when he's had solid naps.
Ds likes to fall asleep either nursing (10-15% of the time) or rocking with his dad (80%) and on really rough nights I might sway with him listening to the shower run until he's asleep (5%). With rocking, Ds' favorite, it only takes a few minutes before his eyes are shut and he's on his way out. We're really happy with how things are going so I don't expect to try and change anything.
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I have always let ds lead the way. He is 2.5 now and he will tell me now that he's tired.
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I think letting him decide made the whole sleeping process easier.
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i take my cues from my children, but bedtime depends largely on what time we have had dinner and what else we are doing
last night dd was asleep in ed just after 7pm, this evening it was about 8.30pm as we got in a little late from the inside play place we went to
i always put her to bed first, then sometimes ds 1 then ds 2, or sometimes them both together, though recently, i have veered toward separate bedtimes for them.
with dd i just feed her and hold her after her bath and she will generally fall asleep and then i can lie her down, but she is an exceptionally chilled out baby and this is not something i could have done with either of the biys. she loves sleeping, yesterday she slept from 2pm-5pm then went to bed at 7pm, today she slept from 11am till 3pm then still went to bed at about 8.30pm.
the boys were NOTHING like that and as much as i love it i dont actually consider her particularly normal!
sorry i have had 2 glasses of wine and i am not really sure what your question was any more..
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i think i will go to bed now!
last night dd was asleep in ed just after 7pm, this evening it was about 8.30pm as we got in a little late from the inside play place we went to
i always put her to bed first, then sometimes ds 1 then ds 2, or sometimes them both together, though recently, i have veered toward separate bedtimes for them.
with dd i just feed her and hold her after her bath and she will generally fall asleep and then i can lie her down, but she is an exceptionally chilled out baby and this is not something i could have done with either of the biys. she loves sleeping, yesterday she slept from 2pm-5pm then went to bed at 7pm, today she slept from 11am till 3pm then still went to bed at about 8.30pm.
the boys were NOTHING like that and as much as i love it i dont actually consider her particularly normal!
sorry i have had 2 glasses of wine and i am not really sure what your question was any more..
i think i will go to bed now!
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We set a schedule that is directed by our childrens personalities. My 1yo is down for the night at 7pm for 12 hours, then naps at around 10 and around 2, or whenever he falls asleep lately(which is around those times). My 2 yo goes down closer to 8pm and for 11 hours until 7am(although he still wakes occasionally). He also naps at 2pm-ish.
It worked best for us to get to know our childrens personalities and work around that. Both our kids also like the routine and thrive better than most on it.
It worked best for us to get to know our childrens personalities and work around that. Both our kids also like the routine and thrive better than most on it.
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