It can be so difficult.
Some babies can nod off to sleep without any bother – other babies are the exact opposite and it seems like anything you try will just not work.
However, a few mums have taken to Mumsnet to share their tips and tricks for getting their babies to sleep.
You might find a few of these helpful:
“Lots of shushing and patting and sitting next to them with a hand on their tummy. Two of my 4 didn’t like to be cuddled to sleep anyway and needed to kind of whinge themselves to sleep. Not crying but kind of grizzling.”
– Notso
“DD is 14 weeks. She doesn’t need it at night, and her day sleep is still hit and miss, but it has definitely improved with the dummy. I also only put her down when I know she is tired. This is generally after 2 hours of awake time (and she gets grumpy too!).”
– Flatwhite32
“Scheduled nap and feed times worked for us. Feed till asleep. Dummy. Carry upstairs to cot. Dark room absolutely no light, noise or stimulation.”
– Notangelinajolie
“Just let baby grizzle not cry to self settle if you want to give it a go. Try to put her down just before she would drop off and then put her down increasingly awake as she gets use to self settling. I wouldn’t bother with white noise or dummies unless you had to as its not always necessary.”
– LondonGirl83
“I did the shush & pat method with both of my babies. Started at 9 – 10 weeks, they were both self settling by 12 weeks.”
– Kariloo82
