Mums share tips on how to get restless babies to sleep

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