Drowsy but awake
I need tips on how I can make this work. I keep reading that my baby will struggle to link sleep cycles after the 4 month sleep regression if I don’t start practicing putting him down drowsy but awake now. As of today, I’ve started putting him in his crib for all 3 naps instead of contact napping (he wakes up after 1 sleep cycle vs up to 2 hours in my arms), and I’ve also stopped rocking him. But how do I put him down drowsy but awake and get him to fall asleep?! He fully wakes up
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He tells you what he needs!
If he’s content & sleeping while held but wakes when put down then he needs to be held. Once you listen to your baby and your instincts instead of outside voices, everything becomes sooo much easier 🫶🏼
Second time mum. Two total different babies. 1st would only contact nap or nap in pram and then we had to sleep train. Tried the drowsy but awake and never worked.
2nd baby is nicknamed angel child. He will put himself to sleep if I get the timings right with his dummy and white noise. He pretty much sleeps through now too and I contact nap on occasion when his wind is bad. I put him down around 10 minutes before he’s meant to go to sleep, in a darker room, white noise and dummy. It’s mad and I still can’t get over it. So know it’s not telling you how or tips, it’s more that unfortunately babies decide how they will sleep usually. You can be the same or do the same as other mothers but babies will do what they want x
I watch my baby over the monitor, he normally wakes up after 30mins, I quickly go to him when I see he starts moving, put my hand on him and rock him a bit with shh shh shh and try to help to go the next sleep cycle x
Not a Feb 26 mum but this is in my feed. Mum of 3, and will echo that babies do what they want and there is little to nothing that will change it. Drowsy but awake is a myth, only chill af babies can be put down drowsy but awake or fully awake.
Honestly I would disregard this and go with your gut! We did contact naps for about 5 months and then introduced cot naps too but with rocking and my baby (now 2.5 lol) never suffered any consequence of this at all I promise!
Trying putting him down then gently rubbing his forehead c
Drowsy but awake is a lovely idea. Did not work for my first and now at 18 months sleeps so well. My second can just put himself to sleep as and when he wants. Sleep is such a stress but honestly from my experience there is no rhyme or reason to it.
My first loved a contact nap and now naps in his cot and my second loves an independent nap 🥰 enjoy the contact naps it gives you a chance to sit which is important too!
Stop listening to the outside noise and do what your baby is asking of you. All this sleep rubbish is a myth!
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