Do you put your baby to sleep awake?

Question

I’m trying to practice this method so he doesn’t rely on being rocked or fed to sleep, I’d like for him to be able to fall asleep on his own, he does GREAT at night for his “big sleep” I put him down fully awake and within 3 minutes he’s asleep. For naps however he stays awake and coos & watches the mobile for about 15 minutes before he finally falls asleep. The room is nice and dark, I play white noise and the mobile music. He doesn’t cry or anything just plays 😅 Is that normal? Do your babes do this too?

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My baby screams for like an hour when I try this so you’re definitely doing muchhhh better than we are here lol. I’d say that’s normal. Just like if we lay down and maybe aren’t super drowsy yet we just lay awake until we fall asleep.

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That’s great he can put himself to sleep after 15 mins of settling!! The “normal range” is 5-20 mins, he’s doing great :)

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Oh, I definitely try putting her in her crib wide awake and she screams like “Mama, how can you do this to me?” Lol

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I put bub down awake 100% of the time since birth lol. Sometimes he falls asleep immediately. Sometimes he takes a bit of talking to himself.

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I think about 15-20 minutes is how long it takes an average human being to fall asleep in general, so its probably fine

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I definitely do. It’s best to put them down when they are still awake and not restless and cranky. It’s easier for them to fall asleep that way.

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I put mine down awake and set the room, so curtains closed and a feed right before she goes in her bassinet. I leave the room with her soothed and calm and then I set a timer and check the monitor 5 minutes later. If she is crying I go in and calm her and leave again, then set a 10 minute timer. If she’s still crying which she usually isn’t, I would go in and soothe her again and then leave, then go back after 5 minutes if she’s still crying. It’s a sleep training method I found online and it works amazing for us, for naps and bedtime!

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We put my daughter to bed when she is still awake for bedtime. We put her in after her last bottle still awake. Sleep sack on, white noise machine set on ocean waves (her favorite), binky in, and all lights off. She is great about putting herself to sleep and is usually out within 10 minutes. Very rarely she is restless or has a hard time going to sleep. If that happens, husband or I will gently brush in between her eyes and eyebrows with our finger and this always calms her down enough to put herself to sleep. She typically sleeps through the night from 9:30 PM-5 AM, gets a bottle and then puts herself back to bed until about 9 AM. So grateful that she puts herself to sleep and we don’t have to rock/swing/bounce her to sleep 🙌

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Yes and naps and night sleep are conquered by different parts of their brain actually, you’re doing everything great- nighttime sleep comes first and about 5-6 months naps start becoming more regular!

Do you put your baby to sleep awake?

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