Is anyone else still rocking/cuddling their child to sleep?

Still breastfeeding my 15mo to sleep for every nap and bedtime :)

Yes and struggling cause I'm pregnant 😭 literally can't hold him for more than 5 mins, so I've started putting him down on the bed with/next to me while patting his bum to sleep (I cosleep) but my goodness it's a struggle!! And it's relieving that 80% voted they're still doing this too 😂😅

This is reassuring thank you 🙏 It’s starting to get really difficult as she’s getting more and more difficult to get to sleep, no matter the wake window etc. So am spending 30 minutes + sat in the dark with her manically fidgeting and babbling non stop and it’s driving me a bit crazy! Don’t know how to get her to sleep in her cot though without her screaming the house down!

Bed time we’ve nailed- can put into bed awake and she’s fine goes off herself. Day time naps however no! 😂 Car or push chair, occasionally will be rocked however even that’s a struggle - will cry for ages and it’s hard work 🙃

Yes until so recently, she just randomly started pointing to the cot wanting to go in it instead of cuddling!

These poll results really made me feel better! It’s nice to know you aren’t alone with the rocking a (in my case very heavy) toddler to sleep most nights 🥹. Some nights he will take himself to sleep after a little cuddle and being put in his cot, most he won’t. I really try and soak all the cuddles up though, even when I’m exhausted and want to go have some Netflix time 😂, as one day he won’t need me to do that at all and it will hurt our mummy hearts I’m sure 🥲

Up until 3 weeks ago - yes. I gave in and sleep trained my boy. It doesn’t always work but I feel so much better for it and feel like I’ve got a bit of my life back. Perhaps it’s time to consider gentle sleep training if it’s getting you down

Nap times he likes to sleep in the pram with white noise and his dummy still and night times he lays next to me in bed with his dummy and white noise on then once he's asleep I carry him to his cot in his own room. At the minute he's doing really well and sleeping about 8.30pm-5.30am ish and then he comes in bed with me until about 6.30am. He's only just stopping breastfeeding before/to sleep the last few days as he seems to be weaning himself off but is happy to have a drink of water and roll over with his back against me to fall asleep. No where near him falling asleep on his own in the cot but I'm in no rush to get him to that stage, he's doing everything at his own pace and doing great with it 😊

Only just for us she’s just turned 15 months we sit in the next rooms 9/10 she’ll finish the bottle awake and want to pass it to us then rolls over to sleep some nights we still do cuddle to sleep i kept putting pressure on myself but then she just done it

From someone who rocked their first child to sleep every night and day until i physically couldnt please dont feel like your child has to do anything! I rock my baby to sleep now and i will do again until he is too heavy for me! The most precious thing

Used to rock him now he’s outgrown soo put him on my chest pat and shush then in bed with me and in 2 hours he moves in his cot which is attached with bed

@Alice have you ever gone out for an evening with your partner and let someone else put them to bed? I can’t see that ever happening. Wed just get home to her wide awake and screaming if we left her with a grandparent!

Yes we did but only people who had previously looked after her in the day so knew how to put her down x