Any mamas still cuddle to sleep? Or if you’ve stopped, how???

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I always cuddle my fourteen month old to sleep (used to feed to sleep, but stopped that a couple of months ago when I started weaning) and I love it, but it’s getting to a point now where it’s not very practical anymore because half the time when I go to lay my daughter down in her crib after she’s fallen asleep, she wakes up because I can’t lay her down as gently as I used to. If she stays asleep, great! But if she wakes up, I have to walk out and she will cry (not “crying up” or screaming though) for five or ten minutes then go off to sleep. But if I try to put her in her crib while she’s still awake she screams bloody murder for as long as I can stand until I give in and pull her out. It doesn’t matter if I walk out and only come in to shh her every so often or if I stay in the room with her. There is no calming her once I put her in the crib awake unless I take her out, and it’s been like this since day one, hence why I’ve always fed to sleep and now cuddle to sleep. She’s a very affectionate little girl and craves the same back so I feel she needs to fall asleep feeling my warmth and love, but I can’t keep getting her off to sleep then laying her down just for her to wake up because it’s not such a gentle transition now thanks to how heavy she’s getting, never mind the strain on my back 😩
Is anybody else in the same boat? I’m not the only one that has allowed this sleep association to go on for so long am I?😬😂 If anybody has any tips I’d be so thankful!!

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I still cuddle my daughter to sleep and bed-share.

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Ours goes to sleep next to us in bed but next month we move into our house and bubs will have his own room and I don’t know if baby or hubby will take it worse

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I was in the exact same situation 2 months ago. I rocked her for an hour sometimes, and she would literally wake up the minute I stood up. and for naps, that was it. she would not go back to sleep. bedtime she would just cry for a few min and then fall asleep normally. I was to the point where I had to hold her for naps. she was not napping too long because she sleeps best on her belly, so she would just wake up a lot. I knew I had to make a change even though I was worried sick about doing a CIO type of thing. I put it off and put it off. eventually, I felt like i had to teach her how to fall asleep on her own. i started rocking her for 10 minutes, and putting her in her crib and saying, "good night. I love you so much!" and leaving. the first night, she literally cried for 5 min. I knew nap would be the real test. it took her 28 min the next day for nap. I went in twice and hugged and kissed her and told her I was downstairs and she was going to take a nap now. she then only napped for 45min.  the next day she took less time to get settled and she slept for an hour and a half. within a week, and still now, she cries for a minute or less, sometimes not at all, when I leave. she just doesn't want me to go. but then she is fine and starts chatting and cooing until she falls asleep. I hate that she cries but I just got to the point where she just needed sleep she wasn't getting. I love rocking her, but I cant do it for an hour before bed and for all of nap. it's not good for me and she doesn't get as good of sleep. it was a hard decision for me. I love my baby and dont want her to cry or be sad, but she seems to be doing better with this sleep strategy. good luck!!!

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we are just starting to stop at 15months as my little one doesn't settle to sleep in my arms.  he now has about 20 minutes of cuddles and into the cot drowsy

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I started reading a book to my daughter before bed, then we start her humidifier together and she goes right to sleep usually. Her naps are more difficult.. She loves to fight those still, sometimes no matter what I do. It was a long road here. It took us months to get her used to going to sleep on her own. She would cry for hours. I tried a few different methods too. Laying her down every 5 minutes and settling her. Then I'd walk out, even if she was still upset. I tried everything and eventually we figured it out.

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We use a twin size bed on the floor for my girls, I can nurse& cuddle them to sleep them just slip out of their bed without moving them.   It’s still in my room and they wake once or twice, but it just takes a few minutes of cuddling until I can slip away again.
Try getting a bed on the floor so u don’t have to drop her into a crib or move her at all, you just get up and go to your bed or wherever u want.

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Mine still nurses to sleep 😔

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Yup we still cuddle for naps and bedtime. I love it. It’s he only time she lets us hold her anymore. When she’s away she’s too busy playing etc and doesn’t want to cuddle

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I still cuddle my daughter. For a while, I could give her a bottle and lay her down and she’d fall asleep on her own. Then she got an ear infection and she needed to be held and in our bed. I finally got her out of our bed and back in her crib but I have to cuddle with her until she’s asleep. Some nights she wakes up and I have to just hold her for a minute or two so she can fall back asleep. I don’t mind it at the moment but I have baby #2 due in November and I definitely need to get her to sleep on her own.

Any mamas still cuddle to sleep? Or if you’ve stopped, how???

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