How are your babies getting to sleep?

Feed all the way 💕 it’s the only way my others would sleep.
This one sometimes gets fussy when feeding and over tired so pop him in the sling with a dummy and he’s goes off quite nicely, then transfer to bed. The transfer sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t but it does make him sleepy enough to feed a little bit and then go off to sleep.

Don’t fall victim to all the stuff saying babies need to self settle etc, sure it works for some people and that’s great for them, but for our family and most of those I know having baby close is what works.

If what you are doing is working for your family then keep doing it :) soon enough they’ll be asking to stay at their mates house and fall asleep playing Xbox or something!

There will always be some babies that can self soothe early but the vast majority won’t have that ability until at least 6 months so do not start comparing to those that can self soothe early ❤️ xx

My LO won't self sooth at all so we don't try it. I put her in. A swaddle and feed her wind her then once she is asleep I transfer her then if she wakes I have to pay her bum or back till she falls back asleep.

My 2yr old still doesnt self soothe, she still needs one of us, my 6yr still needs me. I dont like self soothe methods personally they are overrated x

We tried so hard to get our son to self soothe when he was 7 months old, all the gentle methods. We achieved it, were promised this was the thing that would make him sleep, and it absolutely had no impact. I quickly went back to feeding him to sleep because it was the quickest way for us to both get back to sleep & he started sleeping through when he turned 2.

With our 11 week old, I’m not stressing. Feed to sleep & my husband can rock her to sleep as well x

I feel like a lot of the time it’s just baby’s temperament tbh, how old is your LO? I don’t think self soothing can really be taught at a young age

My little girls 10 weeks + 5 days and can self soothe pretty well, since she was about 5-6 weeks and gaining weight steadily (she never lost any of her birth weight) we stopped instantly feeding whenever she woke up, and also stopped picking her up when we could hear her fussing, I always wake up to her making any little noise but if she’s not crying or being super loud I’ll wait to see if she’ll go back to sleep, if she gets louder I’ll put her dummy back in but not talk to her and if she’s being extra fussy I’ll shush her and stroke her face and she’ll usually go back to sleep

If she’s wakes up crying then I’ll instantly go straight to her and try to settle her in the crib, if she doesn’t settle we get her out for a nappy change and a bottle and she usually goes right back to sleep