rocking baby to sleep

[linz]

My twins are 10 mos. DS goes to bed fine. He'll sometimes fuss but I can lay him down and he'll fall asleep on his own. DD needs to be rocked. If I lay her down she just cries to the point she pukes. And now that she can pull herself up she just stands and cries. If I rock her she has to be dead asleep or she'll wake when I my her down.

Will she grow out of this or is it a bad habit I started? She also can't be rocked by H. She won't calm down for him. And it isn't that she's not tired. She's just stubborn.

[bananapancakes]

She may respond well to the sleep lady shuffle.

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I disagree that they won't outgrow it. All 3 of my kids reached the point where they no longer wanted to be rocked to sleep around 12ish months. I would start to rock them and they would twist and arch and K would actually just point to her crib.

They have all gone from nursing to sleep, to rocking to sleep, to just going to sleep after a quick nurse, song whatever.

So you may have to break the habit, but she may surprise you and decide to be done on her own.

Eta: I did end up having to do some sleep training with all 3. A sleep lady shuffle type. But that was to break them of co sleeping and night nursing around 13mos and not rocking to sleep. All 3 would start the night in their crib and then co sleeping after their first wake up.

[luv2rn4fun]

I would try sleep training at this point. As for your DD not falling asleep for your H, no help there...C goes to bed on his own but the few times I've had DH do naptime (he's never done bedtime since I nurse and then put to bed drowsy but awake) C does not do well. ((hugs)). It's hard when you are the only one who can get them to sleep, especially since you have two. And I so remember the days of C needing to be passed out to put him down

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Team mine did outgrow it. DD was right around year. She was just too squirmy and wanted down. She still likes to rock sometimes now and she's 4 but it's few and far between.

DS at 18 months still likes to be rocked but he's always been my snuggly kid. He's also just outgrowing his rough stretch of I haven't slept since birth phase. Ha. So I'm more inclined to roll with him. The time has lessened greatly and he's no longer dead asleep.

I think so few things are actually bad sleep habits. If it gets you all the hell to bed whatever. Carry on my friend.

And if it's not rocking it's "one more drink of water, one more story, one more lay with me, one more I have to go potty, one more kicking the wall from bed, one more flipping lights on because they can." I'd rather still be rocking some nights.


And my kids go to bed way better for me than H. He's just never around at bedtime. We're working on that because my life would be easier but I'm not holding my breath. You're not alone.

[linz]

It doesn't bother me to do except that I feel bad DS never gets snuggles. He always wanted me as an infant whereas DD never cared. I know it'll be a challenge with them sharing a room too. It's only a matter of time before they are up chatting away instead of sleeping