How do you put your babies to bed?

Just wondered if you just say goodnight and can leave the room or do you stay in the room? Do you have to shushh sing or/pat them? Do you do the same thing for sleep and naps?

Trying to help my little one develop some independent sleep habits after rocking her to sleep all this time. I just feel scared to expect her to change the way she falls asleep immediately so would love some tips and advice. Thank you

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So for ages I have been giving my baby his bottle and he mostly goes off to sleep
When he doesn’t I sit with my back against the cot and he then settles within 15mins
Partially I do this as I have had such back problems since having him that rocking him was never an option
HOWEVER my dentist has said we need to stop doing it for tooth decay so I honestly don’t know what to do now.
Tonight I did the bottle while downstairs and put him to bed and it’s taken on and off an hour and a bit before he’s fallen asleep

I gave my son a teddy shortly after his first birthday, prior to this he would have his feed and stroke my arm to sleep cuddling.
I'd encourage him to cuddle the teddy and gently rub his back. This went on for about 5 weeks, now i can just cuddle for a few mins then put him in his cot with the teddy and he'll just lie there cuddling him and go straight to sleep. It did take that time to create the sleep association but im glad i stuck with it as I couldnt do tears. X

I'm really not sure how much of a big deal this whole don't feed your baby at night teeth thing is in reality. I breastfed my eldest to sleep for two and a half years and loads over night and it really hasn't harmed her teeth at all and she's almost five now.

For a nap I take her up change her nappy,put her in cot with dummy & teddy,put the white noise on and leave.
Bedtime is bath,dressed for bed,white noise on,offer a bottle then she wants to go straight in cot with dummy & teddy and I leave.
She doesn’t want to be held she very much wants her own space in her cot to self settle to sleep 🤷🏼‍♀️. My son was the opposite he needed some form of touch to go to sleep!

We put our little girl in her crib and just have a hand on her tummy and she falls asleep. It’s taken a long time to get there though!! Xx

We just give a quick cuddle, say goodnight etc, put her in her cot, give her a teddy and say goodnight again then go out of the room. Very lucky she needs no help getting to sleep and she just settles in a few minutes with no crying etc

I lay my daughter in her cot, sit on the floor and hold her hand until she falls asleep. It's usually no longer than 5 minutes now but it took us a few weeks to get to that point. At first it was taking 30-40 minutes with a lot of ssshhing.

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