Falling asleep on their own

What helped my son is putting on nice relaxing baby music I put him down in his bassinet pit the music on and walked away. He cried maybe like 5 minutes and stopped and fell asleep.
If he went past 5 minutes of continuous crying I would put my hand on his belly and talk to him which would calm him down and then walk out the room once he was calm. Keep repeating the process. I hope this helps a little! My son is almost 4 months old.

How does he react if you just lay him down ?

I’d just let him lie there. If he isn’t crying that’s amazing! Perhaps he will nod off if you give hun space

my son is also almost 4 months old this week, I will try this!

he just stares at the wall which has his name sign so he must be studying it but he will stare at it for sooo long!

thank you! I’m currently doing that right now he is just chilling 🙃

Soundsmachine (volume should be the same as if you were standing besides a shower) and make sure the awake window is timed correctly (between 75 and 120 minutes before night sleep) Also, have a fixed bedtime routine that is relaxing , book, bath, eat and put him awake in the crib.

And make sure the room is completely black, you should not be able to see your own hand if you put it in front of your face.

how about for naps? I use a soundmachine and have a good bedtime routine I don’t want to change that just since he’s going through a sleep regression

Make a mini routine for naps as well, nothing longer than 10 min.
One thing for naps, I learned in the "Taking Cara Babies" sleep training that "nap sleep brain" (different than the night one) does not develop until 5 months. So even if you are doing everything, it can be that your baby is not there yet. Hang in there, we are just a month away! I did the training because my baby was the same, sleeps perfectly alone at night but naps I need to wear him otherwise he is awake in the crib for a really long time.

White noise and ssshhh music on YouTube....my babe loves it during that time...my back is trash also

thank you! Did your hit a 4 month sleep regression?

he was sleeping through the night but not anymore 🙃

Not yet! He'll be 4 months tomorrow. I'm hoping he is not going to get one, I can only dream lol 😅🤞. He is doing two blocks of 5-6 hours atm and sleeping on his own at bedtime and when he wakes up to eat in the middle of the night.

I read somewhere if your baby has the skills to fall asleep on their own then their regression isn’t as bad so might be lucky!!

Okay! Make sure the room is dark dark dark! If not everything he sees will keep him occupied and he won’t sleep