Hi Stephanie
i havent let him cry because it goes against my instincts. it has
always felt right to nurse him to sleep and coslee. i also i think
because he was premature and in the ICN for 9 nights it is really
hard for me to see him upset.

--- In midwifecenternewparentsgroup@yahoogroups.com, Stephanie Burton
<soccersjb02@...> wrote:
>
> Michelle,
> I'm an advocate for letting the child cry it out for a few
minutes, but I'll try and give you some different advice.
> I've learned that if you try and put your child to bed when he's a
bit drowsy, not asleep or wide eyed, it usually goes a lot better.
> May I ask why you haven't tried letting him cry? Just wondering.
>
> Good Luck!
> Stephanie Burton
>
> michellebug1161975 <michellebug@...>
wrote: Hello,
> I wonder if anyone had any advice or suggestions on how to get a
baby
> to sleep *not in my or my husbands arms*. Maybe this is
impossible, we
> have been trying everything, EXCEPT letting him cry it out. He is
used
> to being nursed to sleep or bounced by my husband. if we leave the
bed
> or put him down, he wakes up almost immediately. He sleeps really
well
> when we are holding him or sleeping with him. As he gets older (he
is
> 6.5 months now) it is getting harder because he doesn't just fall
> asleep when he is tired anymore and I have been napping with him
and
> going to bed at like 9pm.
>
> thanks,
> Michelle
>
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